There are all sorts of reasons for why I write about all sorts of legal and regulatory matters. Sometimes it's the esoteric legal points raised in a case or the heart wrenching circumstances of what ...

In the first installment of this series on a family office’s oversight and administration of cost basis, we gave a few simple illustrations of how a brokerage firm’s 1099 can provide incomplete or ...

Two defendants who received hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds have pleaded guilty in federal court. The tax fraud scheme attempted to receive nearly $100 million in fraudulent ...

1099 MISC Copy B: For Recipient. 1099 MISC Copy C: For Payer. 1099 MISC Copy 1: For State Tax Department. 1099 MISC Copy 2: To be filed with recipient's state income tax return, when required. We Mate ...

If you have a tax paper from someone other than your employer, you may have received a 1099. But what does the form mean, and why did you receive yours? IRS Form 1099 is informational. This means that ...