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Paid a handyman, a designer, a subcontractor? If anyone crossed $600 this year, the IRS expects a 1099-NEC from you by January 31 — and the penalties for skipping it are real.

The rule, in one paragraph

If your business paid an individual or unincorporated contractor $600 or more during the year for services, you file a 1099-NEC for them. Miss the deadline and penalties start at $60 per form and climb past $310 — per contractor, per year. Most owners don’t skip it on purpose; they just never tracked who crossed the line.

The trap: you don’t discover a missing 1099 in January. You discover it in an audit, years later, with penalties and interest attached.

What the platform does

  • Tracks every payee’s running total across the whole year — from your bank statements
  • Flags anyone who crosses $600, the moment it happens
  • Tells corporations (usually exempt) apart from individuals who need the form
  • Builds the January list all year, so filing season is a review — not an investigation

How you use it

  1. Upload statements as you goThe contractor list maintains itself.
  2. Check the flagged listSee who crossed $600 and who still needs a W-9 from you.
  3. File in January without the panicHand the ready-made list to your CPA — or file directly.
Are you the accountant? See 1099-NEC Detection for CPAs.

Know your 1099 list in July, not January.

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