IRS Releases Draft Instructions for 2021 Forms 1099-MISC,1099-NEC

Sept. 1, 2020, 9:08 PM UTC

Draft instructions for reporting 2021 miscellaneous income and nonemployee compensation were released Sept. 1 by the Internal Revenue Service.

The instructions are to be used with the 2021 versions of Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, which were revised from the 2020 versions with minimal changes, most of which were to revise dates.

Form 1099-MISC was revised to include the reporting of fishing income in Box 5 under Internal Revenue Code Section 6050R. The amounts previously was reported in Box 1 of the 2020 Form 1099-NEC.

Form 1099-NEC was updated for 2020 to replace the reporting ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Tax or Log In to keep reading:

See Breaking News in Context

From research to software to news, find what you need to stay ahead.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.