Form 1099 Update 2024: Latest Forms, Rules and Reporting Regulations (Recorded)

This recording reflects information, laws, and best practices as of the recording date. Requirements may have changed since this session was recorded — consult qualified counsel or a current source for guidance on today's requirements.

Course Description

This webinar will cover the latest updates for Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC. It will cover specific reporting requirements for various types of payments and payees, filing requirements, withholding requirements, and reporting guidelines.

The webinar will cover filing due dates, penalties for late-filed and late-furnished returns, various ways to prevent and mitigate penalties including the safe harbor provisions for de minimis dollar amount errors and the important "reasonable cause" defense, steps that can be taken now to prevent penalties such as taxpayer identification number verification, backup withholding, handling B-notices, filing procedures and correcting errors.

Why Should You Attend

The IRS is actively targeting enforcement measures on accounts payable operations. Penalties for non-compliance are indexed and increase each year. It is more important than ever that 1099 Forms be prepared correctly, filed, and furnished timely, and that filers perform due diligence procedures to avoid or mitigate penalties.

In order to stay compliant, practitioners must know which form to use to report specific transactions, when forms must be filed or furnished to recipients in order to be on time, which information to include and how to make sure it is accurate, how and when to make corrections, how to avoid or mitigate errors, whether a particular payee is subject to backup withholding or transaction reporting, and the due diligence procedures that shield an issuer from penalties even when the forms contain incorrect information.

Learning Objectives

• Be prepared for filing Form 1099-NEC and Form 1099-MISC
• Be prepared for anticipated changes to electronic filing requirements
• Know the due dates for furnishing and filing information returns
• Understand the de minimis error rules
• Identify reportable payments and payees; know when the 1099 is required
• Be aware of common 1099 errors: know how to avoid them and how to correct them
• Understand backup withholding: what it is, when to start and stop, how to deposit and report
• Know the due diligence procedures to avoid penalties for missing or incorrect payee tax ID numbers
• Be aware of the procedures for "B" notices: when and how to issue and follow up
• Know when the payment card rules apply and how 1099 reporting is affected
• Understand how to document independent contractors as reportable or non-reportable

Areas Covered

• Information Returns: 2024 updates to Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC
• Information Returns: what they are and using the Guide to Information Returns
• Forms 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, and 1096: identification of reportable payments and payees
• Common 1099 errors - how to prevent and correct them
• Taxpayer identification number basics: which number to use
• Form W-9: documentation that establishes reportable and non-reportable payees
• Due diligence procedures to avoid or mitigate penalties
• How to handle missing or incorrect payee tax ID numbers
• "B" notices and backup withholding
• Penalties for late or incorrect 1099 Forms
• Procedures and policies that establish "reasonable cause" and avoid penalties

Who Will Benefit

• CFOs and Controllers
• Accounts Payable and Accounting Managers
• Accounts Payable Processing Professionals
• Employers and Business Owners
• Purchasing Managers and Professionals
• Public Accountants, CPAs, and Enrolled Agents