1099 Form Printing: How to Fill Out and Print 1099 MISC Forms for Contractors and IRS

Preprinted forms are NOT necessary for recipient copies!
As business owner, if you hire contractors, you need to furnish each contractor a completed Form 1099 by Jan 31. You also need file 1099-misc Copy A of all paper Forms 1099 with Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns, with the IRS by Feb 28.

ez1099 can print 1099 misc forms Copy 1, 2, B, C on white paper. IRS does not certify the substitute forms right now. You need to print 1099-misc copy A and 1096 on the red-ink forms.


Here are the steps:

Step 1: Start ez1099 software.

1.1 If you have not installed ez1099 software, you can download the trial version for free before purchasing.

1.2 After you installed ez1099 software, you can click desktop shortcut to start ez1099 software easily.

If you have not set up an account and recipients to prepare 1099-MISC form, you can click here to see

How to add a new account

How to add a new recipient

Step 2: Add a new 1099-MISC form

Start ez1099 software, select the recipient and click the Add Form button

Step 3: Enter 1099-MISC form information

Enter form details. if you have questions, you can also check Form 1099-MISC Instructions at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1099msc.pdf



If you are ready to print form, you can click the "SAVE" button to save your changes first and click the "PRINT" button to view print options.

Step 4: Print 1099-MISC form

The IRS has removed Copy C (the payer's record) from most 1099 forms, including Form 1099MISC, 1099NEC, 1099B, 1099DIV, 1099G, 1099INT, 1099K, 1099R, 1098E, 1098T, 5498, 5498ESA, 5498SA, 5498QA, starting with the 2024 tax year.

If you are ready to print form, you can click the "SAVE" button to save your changes first and click the "PRINT" button to view print options.

Recipient copies:
- You can print form on white paper - Or you can fill data on pre-printed forms by choosing data only option for copy A

IRS copy:
The Red-ink form is required since IRS does not certify black-and-white substitute form. You need to choose the "Data only" option


PDF files
You can click the "PRINT TO PDF" button to print recipient copies into PDF files. However, this feature is only available for advanced version.

Note:

Multiple forms printing
If you need to print multiple IRS copies for different recipients at the same time, please check this article on how to multiple copies of 1099s form at the same time

eFile 1099-MISC
If you need to efile your forms, you can view this article on How to eFile 1099s form

Sample Forms

1099 MISC Recipient copy

1099 MISC Copy A

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