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Stop Paying to File 1099s You Never Owed
Filing a 1099 you did not owe costs you twice. You pay the filing fee, and you pay for the hours it took to prepare it. Then you still spend January explaining to incorporated reporters why they did not get one. The rules are not complicated, they are just never written down anywhere in the office. Here is what the IRS actually requires and how to build a workflow that answers it for you.
Highlights
- The threshold moved from $600 to $2,000 for payments made in 2026
- Why most incorporated resources should never have been on your list
- The one box on the W-9 that decides every case
- Why card and processor payments come off your list entirely
Your W-9s Are Telling You More Than You Think
A W-9 answers more questions than most people realize. Whether this resource gets a 1099. Whose name goes on it. Who the check should be made out to. All of it is on the form, and most of it gets missed because reading a W-9 properly is not something anyone is taught. A huge number of the W-9s and 1099s moving through this industry are quietly wrong, and nobody notices because nothing visibly breaks.
Highlights
- What line 1 and line 2 are each actually for
- How to know who the check should be made payable to
- The LLC box that is almost always filled in wrong, and the two-number mistake
- How to store the data when your operating system has no field for it
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6th October, 2026
AB 2783 lets RPR holders skip the California skills exam, and it extends the remote court reporting pilot to 2028. Both took effect immediately. Here is what it means for your reporter pool and possibly rates.
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1st October, 2026
A W-9 tells you whether a resource gets a 1099, who the check should be made payable to, and which name belongs on the form. Most of that gets missed because nobody is taught to read one. Here is what to look at and how to store it so you can report on it.
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1st October, 2026
Most agencies file more 1099s than the IRS requires. Every extra form costs filing fees and staff hours, and it still does not stop the January phone calls. Here is who you actually owe one, what changed for 2026, and how to set it up once.
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