Understanding IRS 1099 Reporting
After you build the worktables for 1099 processing and review the corresponding reports, you report year-end earnings information to suppliers and to the IRS as follows:
In January, you report information to suppliers. The recipient copy of supplier information must be postmarked.
In March, you report information to the IRS if you use electronic filing.
See also:
U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Publication 1220, General Instructions for Forms 1098, 1099, 5498 and W-2G Electronically.
IRS publication 1220 for due dates.
This document provides information about the types of media that the IRS accepts.