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INSTRUCTIONS: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME (Form 1099)

Businesses send a form 1099 to workers who are not salaried employees in order to document various funds paid. This form is also used to document several other forms of miscellaneous income. This document can be obtained from the website of the Internal Revenue Service. 

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 1: Enter the payer's name and address in the first blank box. 

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 2: Enter the payer's federal identification number in the second blank box.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 3: Enter the recipient's identification number in the third blank box.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 4: Enter the recipient's name and address in the fourth blank box.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 5: Enter the recipient's account number in the fifth blank box. 

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 6: Enter rents paid in box 1.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 7: Enter royalties paid in box 2.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 8: Enter other income paid in box 3.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 9: Enter federal income tax withheld in box 4.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 10: Enter fishing boat proceeds in box 5.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 11: Enter medical and health care benefits in box 6.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 12: Enter nonemployee compensation paid in box 7.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 13: Enter substitute benefits in lieu of dividends or interest in box 8.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 14: If the payer made direct sales of $5,000 or more of consumer products to the recipient for release, check the box in box 9.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 15: Enter crop insurance payments in box 10.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 16: Enter foreign tax paid in box 11.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 17: Enter foreign country or U.S. possession in box 12.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 18: Enter excess golden parachute payments made in box 13.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 19: Enter gross proceeds paid to an attorney in box 14.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 20: Enter section 409A deferrals in box 15a.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 21: Enter section 409A income in box 15b.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 22: Enter state tax withheld in box 16.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 23: Enter the state or payer's state number in box 17.

Miscellaneous Income 1099 Step 24: Enter state income in box 18.