Does anyone know what the deadline is for publishers/companies to send 1099 forms to freelance writers? And yes, I made over $600 with this publisher.
Aren't we supposed to receive this document by the end of January? I still don't have mine and my husband and I want to file our income taxes.
Yes, but I have received them late before. Very annoying. This year I mailed my taxes the second week of Feb. and, after mailing, got a 1099 in the mail on the very same day. Argggg.... Now, I put those earnings under "other income" on my schedule C, so it was reported, it's just that it was not on the 1099 line. I don't know if that requires me to file an ammended return. It doesn't change my total taxes at all, of course, as the money was included on the schedule C, but I wonder if it will send up a red flag for an audit.
I do freelance content writing (as well as receiving royalties on my novels), and some of my clients send 1099's, and some don't, and I never know if I am going to get one. I just assumed this client wasn't going to send one, since I had not recieved one by the second week of February. I should just wait until April to file my taxes...but I get impatient.