Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

1099

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: 1099
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Meaning

noun

A form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.

American usage

verb

To classify or pay someone as an independent contractor rather than as an employee.

American usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] 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 transaction,” said Mark Luscombe, principal analyst for tax publisher Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting."
"Absolutely bewildered by the concept of taxes, he’d brought his 1099s to the nearest outpost of a national accounting chain to seek help."

Usage

American usage
Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

1099s (plural) 1099s (present, singular) 1099ing (participle, present) 1099ed (participle, past) 1099ed (past)

Questions

What does 1099 mean?: A form reporting one's nonemployment income from a given source for a year.

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