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The main difference between a W-9 and a 1099 is that you fill out a W-9, while the business or entity that is paying you ...

Making a certain amount of cash from pursuing a passion or by having your own side gig means you owe taxes, according to the Internal Revenue Service, but you won’t receive a W-2 form as you would ...

IRS Form 1099-R is issued to you when you take a distribution from your IRA, profit-sharing plans, insurance contracts, pension plan or annuity. If you didn't pay any taxes when you withdrew the money ...

It's tax season, and if you've received an unfamiliar income form this year, it might be a 1099 tax form. A 1099 form is used to document income received outside of a permanent salaried job. This ...

Closeup of Form 1099-K, Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions, an IRS information return used to report certain payment transactions to improve voluntary tax compliance. It’s that time of ...

For those Americans who pay quarterly taxes—or those who don’t, but who think they should—understanding the rules governing estimated taxes is vital.

As you read this in early February, your clients are receiving their annual 1099-R forms that report distributions taken in 2020 from their IRAs and other retirement accounts. Once they look the forms ...