1099

It's tax season, which means the annual deluge of W-2s, 1099s and other financial forms. But thousands of Citibank customers will have an extra surprise in their mailboxes: 1099 forms reporting their frequent flier miles as income.

Today, businesses must send 1099 forms to people they pay $600 or more for services rendered. It's a simple way to make sure workers report their income to the IRS. But starting in 2012, businesses will have to send 1099s to other companies too, for virtually every product or service they purchase.

There's only about two weeks left to file your taxes and get your payments in the mail which means that local accountants and tax preparation firms are going to be busy, busy, busy with people like you and me who have waited to file. If you want to file your taxes yourself you can use a tool like...

It's an annual rite of passage that almost every taxpayer goes through: Interpreting the latest and greatest IRS rules. Of course, that leads to lots of tax questions. Luckily, we have the answers. Below tax blogger and attorney Kelly Phillips Erb tackles some of your top tax questions.

I'm no stranger to the 1099 and Schedule C. Since 2004 I've been a here-and-there freelance writer, in addition to working full-time as a salaried employee -- first for NY1 News, then most recently for TheStreet.com. I know it's important to keep organized, to hold onto invoices and business...

When is a tax accountant also a relationship counselor? When your boyfriend 1099's you. Howard Shih is involved in tax court proceedings over the questionable use of the term "wages" to refer to payments he made to his girlfriend in 2005. Jue-ya Yang moved into his house at some point during the...

You've gotten a form 1099-MISC in the mail, and you're confused because you don't own a business and you don't know what to do with the information on the 1099. You don't actually have to have a "business" in order to receive a legitimate 1099 from another party. If you do work as a subcontractor...