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If you work for a person or a company and earn $600 or more paid to you in cash (again that means paid to you by cash, check, trade, credit card payment?just no taxes taken out) within a year they are required by law to send you a 1099-MISC.

Essentially, they are issued to everyone except corporations. If you paid an independent contractor such as a graphic designer, social media consultant, web designer, or copywriter more than $600 within the calendar year, you will need to issue them a 1099. The income meets the requirements and is reportable.

Only Businesses Need to Issue a Form 1099 You don't need to issue your housekeeper a form 1099. Your business must file a form 1099 with the IRS and to each unincorporated business or individual to whom you paid $600 or more during a given tax year.

Who Needs to Get a 1099 Form? Usually, anyone who was paid $600 or more in non-employment income should receive a 1099. However, there are many types of 1099s for different situations.

The 2022 IRS 1099 rules for Form 1099-MISC require business payers to report payments of $600 or more for specified types of income and other payments, at least $10 in royalty payments, backup withholding of income taxes, and if your business made direct sales of at least $5,000 of consumer products to a buyer without ...

The IRS requires contractors to fill out a Form W-9, request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification, which you should keep on file for at least four years after the hiring. This form is used to request the correct name and Taxpayer Identification Number, or TIN, of the worker or their entity.