Form 8809

In the category of “everything old is new again,” the IRS announced in late July that it intends to require that nonemployee compensation (“NEC”) paid during the 2020 calendar year be reported on new Form 1099-NEC, instead of being reported in Box 7 of Form 1099-MISC.  A draft of Form 1099-NEC was posted on the IRS website for public comments, which are due by September 30.  The change comes in response to statutory changes made in 2015 by the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act.
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