#1: What is 1099-NEC
Form 1099-NEC is a new IRS tax form designed to report Nonemployee Compensation.

#2: Who need to file 1099-NEC
Beginning with tax year 2020, you need to file Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation (NEC), for each person in the course of your business to whom you have paid the following during the year:

At least $600 in:

1. Services performed by someone who is not your employee (including parts and materials) (box 1);

2. Cash payments for fish (or other aquatic life) you purchase from anyone engaged in the trade or business of catching fish (box 1); or

3. Payments to an attorney (box 1). (See Payments to attorneys, later.)

You must also file Form 1099-NEC for each person from whom you have withheld any federal income tax (report in box 4) under the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the payment.


#3 How to file 1099-NEC
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