Despite the government shutdown, taxpayers are gearing up for tax season. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin accepting paper and electronic tax returns on January 28, 2019. That means that ...

Recent changes to employment law across the country have suddenly made it more complex to employ independent contractors — the workers for whom you’d typically fill in an IRS 1099 tax form. Like many ...

Tax season is approaching, and Social Security has made replacing your annual benefit statement even easier. The benefit statement is also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S. Now you can get a ...

A variety of 1099 Forms are used to report income to the IRS Beverly is a writer, editor, and paralegal specializing in personal finance and tax law. She covers personal financial and legal topics, as ...

A 1099 is a record that an entity or person (not your employer) gave or paid you money. One copy of the form goes to you and another copy goes to the IRS. Many, or all, of the products featured on ...

A 1099 form is a document that businesses use to report various types of government payments to both the IRS and payees. This includes payments for services, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, and ...

There is a special rule for cash-basis taxpayers regarding payments that are counted as expense in the tax year paid, but the recipient has income in the following year of actual receipt. For example, ...

As is the case every year, we’re hearing from lots of folks confused about when to send a 1099 form or other “information returns” to someone. It is true that over time, these forms have continued to ...