If your business pays nonemployee compensation and other reportable payments, you must be aware of two forms: Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC. Many employers are likely familiar with Form 1099-MISC.

Closeup of Form 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC. The IRS has reintroduced Form 1099-NEC as the new way to report self-employment income instead of Form 1099-MISC as traditionally had been used. If you received ...

Most defendants issue IRS Forms 1099 for legal settlements. The form may be issued to the lawyer, the client, or both. Frequently, both the client and the lawyer receive a Form 1099 for 100%, making ...

If your business files Form 1098, 1099 or other information returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a major shift is on the horizon. The IRS has recently announced the launch of its new ...

You might receive this document if you have freelance work, investment income, retirement distributions or other financial ...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law on July 4, 2025, makes two important changes to tax reporting requirements that should be of interest to employers. Payments to non-employees for ...

At tax time, employees will get a form that shows how much they earned the previous year from each company they worked for. But some will get a W-2 form, and some will get a 1099-NEC form. So what’s ...

Tax season can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. We can explain all the complicated documents and deductions, starting with the W-2 and 1099 forms for reporting your income. If you have any kind of ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Real Business Solutions updated W2 Mate to support IRS IRIS for 2025, enabling automatic, IRIS-ready CSV e-filing for ...