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Politte\u003Cbr>You have a business, and your business paid an independent contractor, vendor, or other person for services, goods, or rent sometime during the year. Perhaps you paid an accountant to do your bookkeeping, or an attorney to advise you regarding a contract. Maybe you paid someone to do some overflow work for you for a few weeks or months, or paid a website developer, an advertiser, a printer, a consultant, a painter, a handyman, or a landlord.\u003Cbr>Do you know what your tax filing requirements are with respect to the independent contractor, vendor, or other payee?\u003Cbr>If you did not pay the person who performed the services (or provided the goods or leased space) for you asan employee (and withhold income tax, social security, Medicare, and FICA from wages paid to the person), you may be required to file an information return with the Internal Revenue Service reporting the compensation or rent that your business paid.\u003Cbr>Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code contains the requirement that any person, including a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, individual, estate, or trust, who is engaged in a trade or business and who make payments of rent or other compensation to another person totaling $600 of more during the year is required to file an information return reporting such payments or transactions to the IRS. Persons required to file information returns to the IRS must also furnish statements to the other party to the transaction, such as recipients of income.\u003Cbr>Generally in the case of independent contractors, vendors, and other payees, IRS Form 1099 is the information return used to report the payment of rent or other compensation to the IRS.\u003Cbr>What is a 1099?\u003Cbr>The IRS uses Form 1099 to distinguish different types of income that are paid to a person who is not an employee—it isthe tax form that tracks payments to independent contractors. While there are many different types of 1099s, the two that are most relevant to small business owners and independent contractors are the Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC.\u003Cbr>IRS Form 1099-MISC is used to report miscellaneous items of income. There are different boxes on the form to report different types of income or payments. Here are examples of the types of payments\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>[www.hallestill.com](www.hallestill.com) |\n\nreported on Form 1099-MISC:  \n Rent (for instance, rent for an office space) (Box 1)  \n Royalties (for instance royalties from oil, gas, or mineral properties, copyrights, or patents) (Box 2)  \n Prizes and awards and certain other payments (Box 3)  \n Payments to physicians, or to other suppliers or providers of medical or health care services (Box 6)  \n Gross proceeds paid to an attorney in connection with legal services, but not for the attorney’s services (for instance an amount paid to the attorney in a settlement agreement; otherwise, generally, amounts paid to an attorney for the attorney’s services are reported on Form 1099-NEC) (Box 10)  \nIRS Form 1099-NEC is used to report non-employee compensation paid to a person (or company). Here are examples of the types of payments reported on Form 1099-NEC:  \n Non-employee compensation or payments for services performed by independent contractors or others (Box 1)  \n Gross proceeds paid to an attorney for the attorney’s legal services (see instructions as Box 10 on Form 1099-MISC may apply) (Box 1)  \nDo You Need to File a 1099 This Year?  \nIf you paid an independent contractor, vendor, or landlord more than $600 during the tax year, then you’ll need tofile a 1099 for that person with the IRS and send a copy to that person.  \nYou are not required to file information return(s) if:  \n You are not engaged in a trade or business; or  \n You are engaged in a trade or business and the payment was made to another business that is incorporated, or the sum of all payments made to the person or unincorpora","cbCaiuYwhvNoFBe2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuYwhvNoFBe2","pdf",53662,"English","# Filing a Form 1099\n## Who must file\n## What is Form 1099\n## 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC differences\n## Do you need to file this year\n## Information required\n## Using Form W-9\n## Ways to file 1099s","[{\"question\":\"When is a business generally required to file Form 1099?\",\"answer\":\"If the business pays an independent contractor, vendor, or landlord $600 or more during the tax year, it may need to file an information return with the IRS and furnish a statement to the recipient.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC?\",\"answer\":\"Form 1099-MISC reports miscellaneous types of income or payments, while Form 1099-NEC is used to report non-employee compensation paid for services.\"},{\"question\":\"What information must be collected to complete 1099 forms?\",\"answer\":\"You need the total amount paid, the recipient’s legal name, the recipient’s address, and the taxpayer identification number (TIN), such as an SSN. The standard method is having each payee complete IRS Form W-9.\"}]","Filing a Form 1099 - January 5, 2021 | PDF",1789784899]