1099 Module FAQs and Supplementals

1099/5498 Deadlines to IRS and Recipient

Form What To Report Amounts To Report To IRS To Recipient
1099-DIV Dividends (including capital gain and exempt-interest dividends) and other stock distributions, including liquidations. $10 or more;
$600 or more for liquidation distributions
Feb. 28* (paper);
Mar. 31 (e-file)
Jan. 31
1099-INT Interest income (including U.S. savings bonds/treasury obligations, tax-exempt interest, and backup/foreign tax withheld reporting). $10 or more (certain trade/business interest $600+) Feb. 28* (paper);
Mar. 31 (e-file)
Jan. 31
1099-MISC Rents, prizes and awards, medical and health care payments, other income not reported on 1099-NEC. $600 or more (except royalties $10+) Feb. 28* (paper);
Mar. 31 (e-file)
Jan. 31
1099-NEC Payments to contractors/freelancers for services in the course of business. $600 or more Jan. 31
(paper or e-file)
Jan. 31
1099-R Distributions from retirement plans/IRAs, annuities, pensions, insurance contracts, survivor income benefit plans, charitable gift annuities, and similar payments. $10 or more Feb. 28* (paper);
Mar. 31 (e-file)
Jan. 31
1099-SA Distributions from HSAs, Archer MSAs, or Medicare Advantage MSAs (paid to provider or account holder). Any amount Feb. 28* (paper);
Mar. 31 (e-file)
Jan. 31
5498 IRA contributions (including rollovers/conversions), fair market value, and RMD information. Any amount May 31 Jan. 31
(For FMV/RMD/SIMPLE IRA contributions);

May 31 (For all other contributions)
5498-SA Contributions to HSAs, Archer MSAs, or MA MSAs for the prior year. Any amount May 31 May 31

*Paper vs. e-file: Paper filings generally due Feb. 28; e-file due Mar. 31 for most 1099s. Form 1099-NEC is due Jan. 31 to the IRS regardless of filing method.

For Form 1099-MISC statements reporting Box 8 (Substitute Payments in Lieu of Dividends or Interest) or Box 10 (Gross Proceeds Paid to an Attorney), the recipient copy is due February 15 

If any date shown falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday in the District of Columbia or where the return is to be filed, the due date is the next business day. Leap years do not impact the due date. See Announcement 91-179, 1991-49 I.R.B. 78, for more information.

1099 State Help: SmartCharts and technical documents

Here are some links to helpful documentation:

  • State Reconciliation Form Chart - View a 1099 State Reconciliation Form Chart that shows which 1099 forms need to be processed for which state. (States that do not require fulfillment will not appear on the chart.)
  • 1099 State Technical Info - This is a document that explains why states are involved with 1099 forms and other technical information.
  • Wolters Kluwer's Smart Chart "State Pension Distribution Withholding and Reporting Compare" - Free access to Wolters Kluwer's "State Pension Distribution Withholding and Reporting Compare" Smart Chart (see below).

Wolters Kluwer's Smart Chart "State Pension Distribution Withholding and Reporting Compare"

Access the Smart Chart at no charge here. The chart provides succinct summaries of state and federal laws, regulations and state agency issuances, that govern the withholding and reporting requirements related to pension distributions. Choose the state(s) that apply to your plans then choose from all or a selection of the withholding and reporting topics and then instantly compare multiple states' laws on that subject in a convenient chart format. Results, displayed in an intuitive matrix. Fifty-two jurisdictions plus federal are included.

Click here to see a short demo of how the Smart Charts work in general. It will help users navigate the chart and see all the possible features.

Please note that the link to the Smart Chart will only work when accessed from within www.ftwilliam.com since it is only intended for use by ftwilliam.com customers.

A list of Foreign County Codes

If you have a foreign address, the following are acceptable country codes:

CODECOUNTRY
AFAfghanistan
AXAland Islands
ALAlbania
DZAlgeria
ASAmerican Samoa
ADAndorra
AOAngola
AIAnguilla
AQAntarctica
AGAntigua and Barbuda
ARArgentina
AMArmenia
AWAruba
AUAustralia
ATAustria
AZAzerbaijan
BSBahamas
BHBahrain
BDBangladesh
BBBarbados
BYBelarus
BEBelgium
BZBelize
BJBenin
BMBermuda
BTBhutan
BOBolivia
BQBonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
BABosnia and Herzegovina
BWBotswana
BVBouvet Island
BRBrazil
IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory
BNBrunei Darussalam
BGBulgaria
BFBurkina Faso
BIBurundi
KHCambodia
CMCameroon
CACanada
CVCape Verde
KYCayman Islands
CFCentral African Republic
TDChad
CLChile
CNChina
CXChristmas Island
CCCocos (Keeling) Islands
COColombia
KMComoros
CGCongo
CDCongo, Democratic Republic of the
CKCook Islands
CRCosta Rica
CICote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
HRCroatia
CUCuba
CWCuracao
CYCyprus
CZCzech Republic
DKDenmark
DJDjibouti
DMDominica
DODominican Republic
ECEcuador
EGEgypt
SVEl Salvador
GQEquatorial Guinea
EREritrea
EEEstonia
ETEthiopia
FKFalkland Islands (Malvinas)
FOFaroe Islands
FMFederated States of Micronesia
FJFiji
FIFinland
FRFrance
GFFrench Guiana
PFFrench Polynesia
TFFrench Southern Territories
GAGabon
GMGambia
GEGeorgia
DEGermany
GHGhana
GIGibraltar
GRGreece
GLGreenland
GDGrenada
GPGuadeloupe
GUGuam
GTGuatemala
GGGuernsey
GNGuinea
GWGuinea-Bissau
GYGuyana
HTHaiti
HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands
VAHoly See (Vatican City State)
HNHonduras
HKHong Kong
HUHungary
ISIceland
INIndia
IDIndonesia
IRIran
IQIraq
IEIreland
IMIsle of Man
ILIsrael
ITItaly
JMJamaica
JPJapan
JEJersey
JOJordan
KZKazakhstan
KEKenya
KIKiribati
KPKorea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)
KRKorea, Republic of (South)
KWKuwait
KGKyrgyzstan
LALao People's Democratic Republic
LVLatvia
LBLebanon
LSLesotho
LRLiberia
LYLibyan Arab Jamahiriya
LILiechtenstein
LTLithuania
LULuxembourg
MOMacao
MKMacedonia
MGMadagascar
MWMalawi
MYMalaysia
MVMaldives
MLMali
MTMalta
MHMarshall Islands
MQMartinique
MRMauritania
MUMauritius
YTMayotte
MXMexico
MDMoldova
MCMonaco
MNMongolia
MEMontenegro
MSMontserrat
MAMorocco
MZMozambique
MMMyanmar
NANamibia
NRNauru
NPNepal
NLNetherlands
NCNew Caledonia
NZNew Zealand
NINicaragua
NENiger
NGNigeria
NUNiue
NFNorfolk Island
MPNorthern Mariana Islands
NONorway
OMOman
PKPakistan
PSPalestinian Territory, Occupied
PWPalau
PAPanama
PGPapua New Guinea
PYParaguay
PEPeru
PHPhilippines
PNPitcairn
PLPoland
PTPortugal
PRPuerto Rico
QAQatar
REReunion
RORomania
RURussian Federation
RWRwanda
BLSt. Barthelemy
SHSt. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
KNSt. Kitts and Nevis
LCSt. Lucia Island
MFSt. Martin (French)
PMSt. Pierre and Miquelon
VCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
WSSamoa and Western Samoa
SMSan Marino
STSao Tome and Principe
SASaudi Arabia
SNSenegal
RSSerbia
SCSeychelles
SLSierra Leone
SGSingapore
SXSint Maarten (Dutch)
SKSlovakia
SISlovenia
SBSolomon Islands
SOSomalia
ZASouth Africa
GSSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
SSSouth Sudan
ESSpain
LKSri Lanka
SDSudan
SRSuriname
SJSvalbard and Jan Mayen
SZSwaziland
SESweden
CHSwitzerland
SYSyrian Arab Republic
TWTaiwan
TJTajikistan
TZTanzania
THThailand
TLTimor-Leste
TGTogo
TKTokelau
TOTonga
TTTrinidad and Tobago
TNTunisia
TRTurkey
TMTurkmenistan
TCTurks and Caicos Islands
TVTuvalu
UGUganda
UAUkraine
AEUnited Arab Emirates
GBUnited Kingdom
USUnited States
UMUnited States Minor Outlying Islands
UYUruguay
UZUzbekistan
VUVanuatu
VEVenezuela
VNVietnam
VGVirgin Islands, British
VIVirgin Islands, US
WFWallis and Futuna
EHWestern Sahara
YEYemen
ZMZambia
ZWZimbabwe