Form 1099-Misc, Miscellaneous Income, Reporting

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— Any Fishing boat proceeds

In addition, use Form 1099-MISC to report that you made direct sales of at least $5,000 of consumer prod- ucts to a buyer for resale anywhere other than a perma- nenl retail establishment. You must also file Form 1099-MISC for each person from whom you have withheld any federal income tax under the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the payment. Trade or Business Reporting Only Report on Form 1099-MISC only when payments are made in the course of your trade or business. Personal payments are not reportable. You are engaged in a trade or business if you operate for gain or profit. However, nonprofit organizations are considered to be engaged in a trade or business and are subject to these report- ing requirements. Other organizations subject to these reporting requirements include trusts of qualified pen- Sion or profit-sharing plans of employers, certain or- ganizations exempt from tax under section 501(c) 01 501(d), farmers' cooperatives that are exempt from tax under section 521, and widely held fixed investment trusts. Payments by federal, state, or local government agencies are also reportable. Exceptions: Some payments do not have to be reported on Form 1099-MISC, although they may be taxable the recipient. Payments for which a Form 1099-MISC is not required include payments to a corporation (in- cluding a limited liability company (LLC) that is treated as a C or S corporation). But see Reponable Payments fc Corporations, later.

Reportable Payments to Corporations

rhe following payments made to corporations generally

must be reported on Form 1099-MISC.

• Medical and health care payments,

• Fish purchases for cash,

• Attorneys' fees,

• Gross proceeds paid to an attorney,

• Substitute payments in lieu of dividends or tax-

exempt interest, and

• Payments by a federal executive agency for services

(vendors).

Payments to Attorneys

rhe term "attorney" includes a law firm or other provid-

er of legal services. Attorneys' fees of $600 or more paid

in the course of your trade or business are reportable on

box 7 of Form 1099-MISC.

Gross proceeds paid to attorneys. Report in box 14 of

Form 1099-MISC payments that:

• Are made to an attorney in the course of your trade

or business in connection with legal services, for ex-

ample, as in a settlement agreement,

• Total S600 or more, and

• Are not reportable by you in box 7.

Payments to corporations for legal services. The ex-

emption from reporting payments made to corporations

does not apply to payments for legal services. Therefore,

you must report attorneys' fees (in box 7) or gross pro-

ceeds (in box 14) as described earlier to corporations

that provide legal services.

Penalties

Penalties for failure to file correct information returns

and/or to furnish correct payee statements have in-

creased and are now subject to inflationary adjust-

ments. Information returns and payee statements in-

clude, for example, Forms 1098, 1099, W-2G and W-2.

rhe penalty rates and maximums for failure to file cor-

rect information returns and/or to furnish correct payee

statements are as follows.

Small Businesses with Gross Receipts Of S5 Million Or Less

fime Returns Fi/ed'FurnisI,'ed

Returns Due i/i/,'l Through

Not more than 30 days late

(by March 30 if the due date is

February 28)

31 days late but by August 1

Atter August I or not at all

Intentional disregard

'Adjusted for inflation.

S5C per return/

maximum

SIOO per return/

S532,OV maximum

S26J per return/

maximum

*30s per return,'no limitation

Large Businesses With Gross Receipts Of More Than Million and

Governmental Entities

Returns Fi/ed'FL'rnis/red

Returns Through

Not than 30 days late

(by March 30 it the due date is

February 28)

31 days late but by August 1

After August I or not at all

Intentional disregard

'Adjusted for inflation.

S50 per return/

maximum

Sloo per return/

maximum

per return/

193,000' maximum

per return/no limitation

The amount of the penalty is based on when you file the

correct information return or furnish the correct payee

statement. A penalty for failure to file a correct infor-

mation return is separate from the penalty for failure tc

furnish the correct payee statement. For example, if you

fail to file a correct Form 1099-MISC with the IRS and

don't provide a correct Form 1099-MISC statement tc

the payee, you may be subject to two separate penalties

There are many events that occur during the year thatcan affect

your tax situation. Preparation Lif Vtlur thx return involves sum-

marizing transactions and events that occurred during the prior

year. In most situations, treatment is firmly established at the

time the transaction occurs. However, negative tax ettects can

be avoided proper planning, Please contact us in advance

if you have questions about the tax effects of a transaction or

event. including the fulluw•ng:

• Pension nr IRA distributions

• Significant change in income or

deductions.

• Job change.

• Marriage.

• age or 70'".

• Sale or purchase o' a business,

• Sale or purchase 01 a residence

or other real estate.

• Retirement

• Notice from IRSor other

revenue department

• Divorce Or separation.

• Sell-employment,

• Charitable contributions

ot propartV in excess Of

SS,COO.