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1099

1099 noun: a form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.

Noun

1099 (plural 1099s)

  1. (US) A form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.
    • […] It is going to be up to the taxpayer, if they receive a 1099 in any form for a nontaxable event, such as splitting rent among roommates, splitting a dinner bill, or even selling something on eBay for less than you paid for it, to explain to the IRS that the 1099 was received for a non-taxable...2021 November 9, Jeanne Sahadi, “If you use Venmo, PayPal or other payment apps this tax rule change may affect you”, in CNN
    • Absolutely bewildered by the concept of taxes, he’d brought his 1099s to the nearest outpost of a national accounting chain to seek help.2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN

Verb

1099 (third-person singular simple present 1099s, present participle 1099ing, simple past and past participle 1099ed)

  1. (US, transitive) To classify or pay someone as an independent contractor rather than as an employee.

Forms of 1099

Noun
plural1099s
Verb
third-person singular present1099s
present participle1099ing
past participle1099ed
past1099ed

Questions about 1099

What does 1099 mean?
1099 means a form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.
What part of speech is 1099?
1099 can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of 1099?
The plural of 1099 is 1099s.

Words near 1099 in the dictionary

  1. 1080
  2. 1080s
  3. 1080°
  4. 109
  5. 1095
  6. 1099
  7. 1099ed
  8. 1099ing
  9. 1099s
  10. 109s
  11. 10BASE2

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