Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Closeup of Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation. The IRS has reintroduced Form 1099-NEC as the ... [+] new way to report self ...

The IRS 1099-NEC form is used now instead of the 1099-MISC. The form is used by businesses to report non-employee compensation. So generally, when you’re self-employed, businesses will typically ...

But, if you're mailing paper versions of 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, or others to the IRS, you should attach a 1096 summary as the ...

If you pay independent contractors $600 or more annually, you must report those payments to the IRS on Form 1099-NEC. The process is fairly simple if you only need to send one or two, but it gets ...