Different Strategies for Filing IRS Form 1099-MISC

IRS form 1099-MISC is used for all kinds of things: rents, royalties, independent contractor payments, cash awards and casino jackpots, attorney payments, fishing and fishing boat proceeds, and crop insurance payments. At the same time, this means it’s used by individuals who work from home, mom-and-pop businesses working on thin margins, independent accounting professionals, as […]

1099-MISC Forms and Filing Support for Any Business

One of the most common uses for 1099-MISC forms is to document and report independent contractor payments. From political consultants to website marketers to handymen to stylists, more and more people are essentially self-employed contractors who may or may not own a small business in the traditional sense but who also fall outside the traditional […]

Printable 1099 Form Software Requirements

A printable 1099 form can be an easy source of confusion. This is especially true for those who get lost in technical explanations about why the IRS prohibits certain copies from being software-generated. Simply put, the IRS uses a special scanner that reads the “red-ink” Copy A forms. If you choose to use them, these […]

What is a 1099 Form For?

A 1099 form is for filing non-employee compensation including a range of common business dealings, financial payments and accounts, and the exchange of certain goods and services. Perhaps, the most common reason people ask this question is they receive a form in the mail and they’re not sure what to do with it or how […]

1099 Form MISC and other Common Filings

There are 1099 forms for all kinds of things. 1099-CAP is used for changes in corporate control and capital structure. Are you in circumstances where you really need accelerated death benefits? These payments will likely be documented with the 1099-LTC form. Did you receive reemployment trade adjustment assistance (RTAA) payments? Expect to also receive a […]

What is a 1099 Form?

A 1099 form is a Certain Information Return—which is really just a funny way the IRS has for labeling its core set of business filing forms. More specifically, these forms document and report the vast majority of non-employee financial disbursements. In some ways, the easiest way to answer the question is by pointing out what […]

Comprehensive Support for Your 1099 Form Filing

A 1099 form is used to document and report a huge range of business filings from fishing proceeds to real estate sales, from pension and retirement plan payments to education savings account disbursements, from everyday interests and dividends to complicated investment products, from the abandonment of property and debt cancellation to changes in corporate control […]

1099-MISC Form Information, Software, and Business Solutions

The 1099-MISC form is used to report a variety of miscellaneous income payments. When you win the state lotto or a big casino jackpot, this is the form you’ll receive. When you make certain types of payments to an attorney, or payments for fish as well as fishing boats, you use this form. There are […]

Choosing between W-2 and 1099 Forms for Worker Compensation

In a lot of ways, you’re not allowed to simply choose all willy-nilly whether you classify and pay workers as employees or independent contractors. But by familiarizing themselves with the rules from the beginning, many business owners can create a productivity strategy that best makes use of their workforce options. Learn more about the parameters […]

What is a Federal 1099 form?

In so much that the forms are published by, the rules and regulations are set by, and the data is primarily collected by the IRS, any 1099 form is a federal 1099 form. But, of course, as many people already know, the states can require that you send them this same 1099 information so they […]