1099

noun

A form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.

Meanings

noun1099 (plural 1099s)

plural 1099s

  1. USbusinessA form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.

    Absolutely bewildered by the concept of taxes, he’d brought his 1099s to the nearest outpost of a national accounting chain to seek help.

    2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023
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    […] It is going to be up to the taxpayer, if they receive a 1099 in any form for a nontaxable event, such as splitting rent among roommates, splitting a dinner bill, or even selling something on eBay for less than you paid for it, to explain to the IRS that the 1099 was received for a non-taxable transaction,” said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for tax publisher Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting.

    2021 November 9, Jeanne Sahadi, “If you use Venmo, PayPal or other payment apps this tax rule change may affect you”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022
verb1099 (third-person singular simple present 1099s, present participle 1099ing, simple past and past participle 1099ed)

present singular third person 1099s · participle present 1099ing · participle past 1099ed · past 1099ed

  1. UStransitivebusinessTo classify or pay someone as an independent contractor rather than as an employee.
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