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The Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt skill extracts data from Forms 1099-С, which are used to report debts of $600 or more canceled or forgiven by a lender (creditor). Forms 1099-C provide the following information:  
  • Borrower’s (debtor’s) name, address, and taxpayer identification number (usually their Social Security number) 
  • Amount of debt canceled and the date when it was canceled. 
The 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt skill is a preview skill. It has been trained on a limited set of documents and is designed to help you quickly get started with processing Forms 1099-C. For production use, you may need to uptrain the skill with your own document samples. This skill recognizes handwritten text. The option is enabled by default. If you do not import handwritten forms, disable the Handwritten option in the skill settings.

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Extracted Fields

Basic Form Information

FieldDescription
VoidSpecifies that the form is void.
CorrectedSpecifies that the form is being submitted to correct data provided earlier.

Creditor’s Details

FieldDescription
NameThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
StreetThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
CityThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
StateThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
ZIP CodeThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
CountryThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
PhoneThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
Phone ExtensionThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the creditor.
Creditor’s TINThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN)

Debtor’s Details

FieldDescription
NameThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
AddressThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
StreetThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
CityThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
StateThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
ZIP CodeThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
CountryThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
PhoneThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
Phone ExtensionThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.
Creditor’s TINThe name, address, phone number, and tax identification number (TIN) of the debtor.

Account and Identification Information

FieldDescription
Account NumberThe unique number used by the payer to identify the payment recipient.
Date of Identifiable EventThe date of the earliest identifiable event or the date of the actual discharge, if it occurred before the earliest identifiable event.
For Calendar YearThe calendar year for which the canceled debt is being reported.
Amount of Debt DischargedThe total amount of debt that was canceled or forgiven by the creditor.
Interest if Included in Box 2Any interest included in the canceled debt amount.
Debt DescriptionA brief description of the type of debt that was canceled, such as credit card debt, mortgage debt, or student loan debt.
Debtor Was Personally Liable for Repayment of DebtSpecifies whether the debtor was personally responsible for repaying the canceled debt.
Identifiable Event CodeThe code of the event that led to the debt cancelation. 
Possible values: 
- A (bankruptcy)
- B (other judicial debt relief) 
- C (statute of limitations or expiration of deficiency period) 
- D (foreclosure election) 
- E (debt relief from probate or similar proceeding) 
- F (by agreement) 
- G (decision or policy to discontinue collection) 
- H (other actual discharge before identifiable event)
Fair Market ValueThe fair market value of the property that was foreclosed or repossessed in connection with the canceled debt.

Key Fields 

  • Creditor’s Details/Name 
  • Creditor’s TIN 
  • Debtor’s Details/Name 
  • Debtor’s TIN 
  • Account Number 
  • Date of Identifiable Event 
  • For Calendar Year 
  • Amount of Debt Discharged 
  • Identifiable Event Code 

Validation Rules

RuleDescription
Advanced Script RuleChecks for a valid 4-digit year in the For Calendar Year field. If the value is a 2-digit year, it replaces the extracted value with a 4-digit year. If the two-digit year starts with a 9 (such as “98” or “99”), it assumes the century is the 1900s and prepends 19.  For any other digit (such as “07”, “23”, “25”), it assumes the century is the 2000s and prepends 20
For example: 
If the input is CY 25, it becomes 2025. 
If the input is Fiscal Year 98, it becomes 1998.
If the input is just 23, it becomes 2023.