A 1099 form is an informational tax form that documents the income you receive from a client. This income must be included on your tax return. For example, if you took on a design gig as a side hustle, making menus for a new restaurant and got paid, your client will send you Form 1099-NEC if you made over $600. You should then use a 1099 income tax calculator to calculate your taxable income. The form is important to help you file your income tax return. So if you receive it, you must check it for accuracy. Verify if the following information has been correctly added to the form:
- Your correct personal information: name, address, Social Security number
- The amount of income reporting
If anything seems inaccurate, you must contact your client as soon as possible and get your information corrected. If you have a landscaping company, and did some work on the grounds of a business's headquarters, the company would send you a 1099. If the amount they paid you is listed on the form as more than they actually paid you, according to your bank records, this is a problem. This form also gets sent to the IRS to report your income, and if the IRS sees that you were paid more than you actually were, they will expect you to pay more in taxes than you actually owe. That's why you need to contact the company to issue you and the IRS a new, accurate 1099 form as soon as possible. If your information seems accurate, keep a copy of your Form 1099 to file your income tax return. Based on the type of form you receive, the income will be reported on your tax return in different places, and you will receive your income tax refund. For example, income on a 1099-NEC will be reported on your Schedule C, Profit or Loss from the business. Income on a 1099-INT will be reported on the first page of your tax return, Form 1040 . FlyFin’s free tax calculator makes calculating your self-employment income tax liability easy. It can offer a simple solution for calculating taxes for 1099 employees.
