Get IRS General Instructions for Certain Information Returns 2011

To fill out 1099-MISC forms by hand, the forms can't simply be printed and filled in. Approved forms need to be ordered from the IRS or bought at an office supply store.

How do you file 1099-MISC. Officially, the IRS allows handwritten forms, but the handwriting must be completely legible and accurate. Often times, handwritten forms have errors in them.

Use Form 1096 To Send Paper Forms to the IRS You must send Copies A of all paper Forms 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, and W-2G to the IRS with Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns. Instructions for completing Form 1096 are contained on Form 1096.

The good news is, as long as you're distributing fewer than 250 of the 1099 forms, handwritten copies are allowed. Once you issue 250 forms or more, you'll need to e-file your forms. ... If you do file a handwritten 1099, the IRS urges you to ensure the handwriting is as legible as possible.

Handwriting your return. ... Once upon a time, [handwritten returns] were the norm, but now they're not, she says. Even people who don't e-file can use a computer to go online and use fillable forms.

Enter your information in the 'payer' section. ... Fill in your tax ID number. ... As a business owner, enter the contractor's tax ID number which is found on their form W-9. ... Fill out the account number you have assigned to the independent contractor. ... Enter the total amount you paid the independent contractor in box 7.

If you discover you sent a 1099-MISC form by mistake, void it using a corrected form. Place an "X" in the "Corrected" box at the top of a regular 1099-MISC form, fill out the payer and recipient information exactly as you did on the original form, and then enter zeros for all of the money amounts.

You may void a 1099 form before the document is sent to the IRS. If you have already sent the 1099 and find that the form you sent is incorrect or incomplete, you may submit a corrected 1099 to the IRS.

Prepare a new Form 1099-MISC. Enter an X in the CORRECTED box. Include the correct information (money amount, code, or checkbox). ... Prepare a new Form 1096 with corrected information (to send with the IRS's copy of Form 1099-MISC)

You should get a 1099 any time you receive interest from a bank, dividend income, or compensation for freelance work totaling $600 or more. ... Similarly, if a 1099 is issued to you in error, you can't just ignore or throw it away. Rather, you'll need to correct the issue so you don't run into trouble with the IRS.

Form 1099-MISC is the most common Information Return that sends employers and accountants looking for the relevant mailing address, but any 1099 form as well as other Information Returns including Forms 1096, 1097, 1098, 3921, 5498, and W-2G goes to the mailing address designated for your state.

When filing state copies of forms 1099 with Pennsylvania department of revenue, the agency contact information is: PA Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 280412, Harrisburg, PA 17128-0412.

When filing federal copies of forms 1099 with the IRS from the state of California the mailing address is: Department of the Treasury , Internal Revenue Service Center , Kansas City, MO 64999.

A transmittal form is not required with the submission of the 1099-MISC forms. Pennsylvania requires those who issue 1099-R forms to submit a copy of the form to the Commonwealth. For Pennsylvania personal income tax purposes, the 1099-R forms are required to be filed with the department by January 31.

Pennsylvania-sourced income being reported on a 1099-MISC is always taxable for Pennsylvania personal income tax purposes, as it is considered nonemployee compensation regardless of whether it is classified as compensation or business income by the recipient. ... No, PA is not creating a W-9 form.