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The Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income skill extracts data from Forms 1099-MISC, which are filed for each person to whom a payer has paid during the year:
  • At least $10 in royalties or broker payments in lieu of dividends or tax-exempt interest.
  • At least $600 in:
    • Rents.
    • Prizes and awards.
    • Other income payments.
    • Medical and health care payments.
    • Crop insurance proceeds.
    • Cash payments for fish (or other aquatic life) purchased from anyone engaged in the trade or business of catching fish.
    • Generally, the cash paid from a notional principal contract to an individual, partnership, or estate.
    • Payments to an attorney.
    • Any fishing boat proceeds.
In addition, Forms 1099-MISC are used to report that a person has made direct sales of at least $5,000 of consumer products to a buyer for resale anywhere other than a permanent retail establishment. The Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income 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-MISC. 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
VoidIndicates whether the form should be annulled.
CorrectedIndicates whether the form is being submitted to correct data provided earlier.
YearThe reporting fiscal year.

Payer Details

FieldDescription
NameThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
StreetThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
CityThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
StateThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
ZIP CodeThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
CountryThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.
PhoneThe name, address, and phone number of the payer.

Tax Identification Numbers

FieldDescription
Payer’s TINThe tax identification number assigned to the payer.
Recipient’s TINThe tax identification number assigned to the recipient of the payer’s payments.

Recipient Details

FieldDescription
NameThe name and address of the payment recipient.
StreetThe name and address of the payment recipient.
CityThe name and address of the payment recipient.
StateThe name and address of the payment recipient.
ZIP CodeThe name and address of the payment recipient.
CountryThe name and address of the payment recipient.

Account Information

FieldDescription
Account NumberThe unique number used by the payer to identify the payment recipient.
FATCA Filing RequirementSpecifies that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) filing requirement is satisfied.
2nd TIN NoticeSpecifies that the IRS has notified the payer twice within three calendar years that the payee provided an incorrect Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

Income Categories

FieldDescription
RentsAmounts of $600 or more for all types of rents.
RoyaltiesGross royalty payments (or similar amounts) of $10 or more.
Other IncomeOther income of $600 or more required to be reported on Form 1099-MISC that is not reportable in any of the other boxes on the form.
Federal Income Tax WithheldThe total amount withheld as federal income tax.
Fishing Boat ProceedsThe individual’s share of all proceeds from the sale of a catch or the FMV of a distribution in kind to each crew member of fishing boats with normally fewer than 10 crew members.
Medical and Health Care PaymentsPayments of $600 or more made in the course of person’s trade or business to each physician or other supplier or provider of medical or health care services.
Nonemployee CompensationNonemployee compensation.
Payer Made Direct SalesSpecifies that the payer has made direct sales totaling $5000 or more of consumer products to the recipient for resale.
Substitute Payments in lieu of Dividends or InterestAggregate payments of at least $10 of substitute payments received by a broker for a customer in lieu of dividends or tax-exempt interest as a result of a loan of a customer’s securities.
Crop Insurance ProceedsCrop insurance proceeds of $600 or more paid to farmers by insurance companies (unless the farmer has informed the insurance company that expenses have been capitalized under section 278, 263A, or 447).
Gross Proceeds Paid to an AttorneyGross proceeds of $600 or more paid to an attorney in connection with legal services.
Fish Purchased for ResaleThe total cash payments of $600 or more paid during the year to any person who is engaged in the trade or business of catching fish.

Deferred Compensation and Special Payments

FieldDescription
Section 409A DeferralsThe total amount deferred during the year of at least $600 for a nonemployee under all nonqualified plans.
Section 409A IncomeIncome as a nonemployee under an NQDC plan that does not meet the requirements of section 409A
Excess Golden Parachute PaymentsAny excess golden parachute payments.
Nonqualified Deferred CompensationAll amounts deferred (including earnings on amounts deferred) that are includible in income under section 409A because the NQDC plan fails to satisfy the requirements of section 409A.

State Tax Information

FieldDescription
State Tax Withheld 1State-specific payment information.
State Tax Withheld 2State-specific payment information.
State or Payer’s State Number 1State-specific payment information.
State or Payer’s State Number 2State-specific payment information.
State Income 1State-specific payment information.
State Income 2State-specific payment information.

Key Fields

  • Year
  • Payer Details/Name
  • Payer’s TIN
  • Recipient’s TIN
  • Recipient Details/Name
  • Account Number
  • Rents
  • Royalties
  • Other Income
  • Federal Income Tax Withheld

Validation Rules

RuleDescription
Complete Form YearChecks the value in the Year field. It removes any white spaces and converts a 2-digit year into a 4-digit format. If the last two digits are numeric and start with 9, it converts the value to the 1900’s (for example, 99 converts to 1999). Otherwise, it assumes the date is from the 2000’s (for example, 24 converts to 2024).