Receiving 1099 form and reporting it to IRS is not an uncommon thing. 1099 form is used to report various incomes other than wages, salaries and tips for which form W2 is used. 1099 forms are given to individual contractors for services rendered by them to small businesses. Businesses provide a 1099 form only if the individual contractor has earned an income of $600 and above. If not, then no 1099 form is required. However there are various 1099 forms for different purposes. Below is the description provided for all types of 1099 forms:
If you borrow money from a commercial lender and the lender later cancels or forgives the debt, you may have to include the canceled amount in income for tax purposes, depending on the circumstances. When you borrowed the money you were not required to include the loan proceeds in income because you had an obligation to repay the lender. When that obligation is subsequently forgiven or the property is abandoned or foreclosed, the amount you received as loan proceeds is reportable as income. The lender is usually required to report the amount of the canceled debt to you and the IRS on a Form 1099-A, Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property, or Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt.
When to file form 1099-A?
File Form 1099-A, Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property, for each borrower
if you lend money in connection with your trade or business and, in full or partial satisfaction
of the debt, you acquire an interest in property that is security for the debt, or you have
reason to know that the property has been abandoned. You need not be in the business
of lending money to be subject to this reporting requirement.
A form issued by a broker or barter exchange that summarizes the proceeds of all stock transactions. The sale of a stock will be accompanied by a gain or loss, which must be reported to the IRS when you file your taxes. Specifically, figures from form 1099-B are used on IRS Form 1040, Schedule D. For example, let's assume you sold several stocks within the last year and the proceeds of the transactions equal a capital gain of $20,000. The amount gained from the sale of the stocks will be issued in form 1099-B by your broker and this amount must be included when you file your income taxes.
Who is supposed to file form 1099-B?
A broker or barter exchange must file Form 1099-B, Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions, for each person:
1099 misc form is used to report certain types of payments made in the course of a trade or business. If you're a small business owner who has hired the services of an independent contractor or freelancer, you may need to file and submit the 1099 misc form to both the Internal Revenue Service and the person or business that you paid. Normally, a 1099 misc form has to be reported if at least $600 has been paid to the recipient.
Payments made with a credit card or payment card and certain other types of payment, including third party network transactions, must be reported on Form 1099-K by the payment settlement entity (PSE) under section 6050W and are not to be reported on 1099 Misc form. In simple words, a 1099-K form is used to report income that you received from credit cards, debit cards, or other electronic payments, such as eBay and Pay Pal. Businesses that will see their income reported on form 1099-K are those with more than 200 credit card transactions and more than $20,000 gross income from credit card sales
What is form 1099-INT?
1099 INT is the official form issued by all payers of interest income to investors at year's end. Form 1099-INT break down all types of interest income and related expenses. Payers must issue Form 1099-INTs for any party to whom they paid at least $10 of interest during the year. In simple words, IRS Form 1099-INT is sent to those taxpayers who received interest income during the current tax year, such as that from a savings account.
A form sent to investors by investment fund companies. The form is a record of all taxable capital gains and dividends paid to an investor, including those that have been re-invested in a given taxation year. The amounts stated on the form represent the amounts that fund companies are attributing to each investor's investment return for the year and reporting to the IRS. Investors use Form 1099-DIV to help report income received from investments on their tax return each year. In other words, Form 1099-DIV reports the ordinary dividends, total capital gains, qualified dividends, non-taxable distributions, federal income tax withheld, foreign tax paid and foreign source income from each investment account held by a fund company. Forms are not sent to investors who received or re-invested a total of less than $10 per fund.
The filing season for 1099forms startsJanuary 1st 2013 . Businesses have to ensure that they provide the correct and required 1099 forms to the contractors/payee by January 31st 2013 . Businesses also have to efile 1099 forms with the IRS compulsorily. The filing deadline for paper filers is Feb 28th 2013 and for electronic filers is April 1st 2013 .
FORM 1099-A
What is form 1099-A?If you borrow money from a commercial lender and the lender later cancels or forgives the debt, you may have to include the canceled amount in income for tax purposes, depending on the circumstances. When you borrowed the money you were not required to include the loan proceeds in income because you had an obligation to repay the lender. When that obligation is subsequently forgiven or the property is abandoned or foreclosed, the amount you received as loan proceeds is reportable as income. The lender is usually required to report the amount of the canceled debt to you and the IRS on a Form 1099-A, Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property, or Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt.
FORM 1099-B
What is form 1099-B?A form issued by a broker or barter exchange that summarizes the proceeds of all stock transactions. The sale of a stock will be accompanied by a gain or loss, which must be reported to the IRS when you file your taxes. Specifically, figures from form 1099-B are used on IRS Form 1040, Schedule D. For example, let's assume you sold several stocks within the last year and the proceeds of the transactions equal a capital gain of $20,000. The amount gained from the sale of the stocks will be issued in form 1099-B by your broker and this amount must be included when you file your income taxes.
- For whom the broker has sold (including short sales) stocks, bonds, commodities, regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts (pursuant to a forward contract or regulated futures contract), forward contracts, debt instruments, etc., for cash,
- Who received cash, stock, or other property from a corporation that the broker knows or has reason to know has had its stock acquired in an acquisition of control or had a substantial change in capital structure reportable on Form 8806, or
- Who exchanged property or services through a barter exchange
FORM 1099-C
When to file form 1099-C
Do not file Form 1099-C when fraudulent debt is canceled due to identity theft. Form 1099-C is to be used only for cancellations of debts for which the debtor actually incurred the underlying debt. File Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt, for each debtor for whom you canceled a debt owed to you of $600 or more if:
Do not file Form 1099-C when fraudulent debt is canceled due to identity theft. Form 1099-C is to be used only for cancellations of debts for which the debtor actually incurred the underlying debt. File Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt, for each debtor for whom you canceled a debt owed to you of $600 or more if:
- You are an entity described under Who Must File
- An identifiable event has occurred. It does not matter whether the actual cancellation is on or before the date of the identifiable event.
- Form 1099-C must be filed regardless of whether the debtor is required to report the debt as income.
- The debtor may be an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, estate, association, or company.
- Do not combine multiple cancellations of a debt to determine whether you meet the $600 reporting requirement unless the separate cancellations are under a plan to evade the Form 1099-C requirements.
FORM 1099-S
What is form 1099-S?
Form 1099-S Proceeds from Real Estate Transactions, is the official form used to report the sale or exchange of real estate. Generally, you are required to file form 1099-S to report a transaction that consists in whole or in part of the sale or exchange for money, indebtedness, property, or services of any present or future ownership interest in any of the following:
File Form 1099-PATR, Taxable Distributions Received from Cooperatives, for each person to whom the cooperative has paid at least $10 in patronage dividends and other distributions described in section 6044(b) or from whom you withheld any federal income tax under the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the payment. A cooperative determined to be primarily engaged in the retail sale of goods or services that are generally for personal, living, or family use of the members may ask for and receive exemption from filing Form 1099-PATR. Report on Form 1099-PATR only items of income, expenses, and credits that you properly pass through to patrons for reporting on the patron's tax return.
Exceptions to file form 1099-PATRGenerally, you are not required to file Form 1099-PATR for
payments made to a corporation, a tax-exempt organization including
tax-exempt trusts (HSAs, Archer MSAs, and Coverdell ESAs), the United
States, a state, a possession, or the District of Columbia.
Form 1099-S Proceeds from Real Estate Transactions, is the official form used to report the sale or exchange of real estate. Generally, you are required to file form 1099-S to report a transaction that consists in whole or in part of the sale or exchange for money, indebtedness, property, or services of any present or future ownership interest in any of the following:
- Improved or unimproved land, including air space;
- Inherently permanent structures, including any residential, commercial, or industrial building;
- A condominium unit and its appurtenant fixtures and common elements, including land;
- Stock in a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in section 216); and
- Any non-contingent interest in standing timber.
FORM 1099- PATR
What is form 1099-PATR and who is supposed to file it?File Form 1099-PATR, Taxable Distributions Received from Cooperatives, for each person to whom the cooperative has paid at least $10 in patronage dividends and other distributions described in section 6044(b) or from whom you withheld any federal income tax under the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the payment. A cooperative determined to be primarily engaged in the retail sale of goods or services that are generally for personal, living, or family use of the members may ask for and receive exemption from filing Form 1099-PATR. Report on Form 1099-PATR only items of income, expenses, and credits that you properly pass through to patrons for reporting on the patron's tax return.
FORM 1099-MISC
What is 1099 misc form?1099 misc form is used to report certain types of payments made in the course of a trade or business. If you're a small business owner who has hired the services of an independent contractor or freelancer, you may need to file and submit the 1099 misc form to both the Internal Revenue Service and the person or business that you paid. Normally, a 1099 misc form has to be reported if at least $600 has been paid to the recipient.
FORM 1099-K
What is tax form 1099-K?Payments made with a credit card or payment card and certain other types of payment, including third party network transactions, must be reported on Form 1099-K by the payment settlement entity (PSE) under section 6050W and are not to be reported on 1099 Misc form. In simple words, a 1099-K form is used to report income that you received from credit cards, debit cards, or other electronic payments, such as eBay and Pay Pal. Businesses that will see their income reported on form 1099-K are those with more than 200 credit card transactions and more than $20,000 gross income from credit card sales
FORM 1099-INT
What is form 1099-INT?1099 INT is the official form issued by all payers of interest income to investors at year's end. Form 1099-INT break down all types of interest income and related expenses. Payers must issue Form 1099-INTs for any party to whom they paid at least $10 of interest during the year. In simple words, IRS Form 1099-INT is sent to those taxpayers who received interest income during the current tax year, such as that from a savings account.
FORM 1099-DIV
What is form 1099-DIV?A form sent to investors by investment fund companies. The form is a record of all taxable capital gains and dividends paid to an investor, including those that have been re-invested in a given taxation year. The amounts stated on the form represent the amounts that fund companies are attributing to each investor's investment return for the year and reporting to the IRS. Investors use Form 1099-DIV to help report income received from investments on their tax return each year. In other words, Form 1099-DIV reports the ordinary dividends, total capital gains, qualified dividends, non-taxable distributions, federal income tax withheld, foreign tax paid and foreign source income from each investment account held by a fund company. Forms are not sent to investors who received or re-invested a total of less than $10 per fund.
The filing season for 1099forms starts
