1099 minimum reportable amounts
This page details the minimum reportable amounts for 1099 forms and boxes for the current reportable tax year as found on the IRS website. If you have amounts over a minimum amount, a 1099 form is required.
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1a: Total ordinary dividends |
10 |
|
1b: Qualified dividends |
10 |
|
2a: Total capital gain distr. |
10 |
|
2b: Unrecap. sec. 1250 gain |
10 |
|
2c: Section 1202 gain |
10 |
|
2d: Collectibles (28%) gain |
10 |
|
2e: Section 897 ordinary dividends |
10 |
|
2f: Section 897 capital gain |
10 |
|
3: Nondividend distributions |
10 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
0 |
|
5: Section 199A dividends |
10 |
|
6: Investment expenses |
10 |
|
7: Foreign tax paid |
0 |
|
8: Foreign country or U.S. possession |
- |
|
9: Cash liquidation distributions |
600 |
|
10: Noncash liquidation distributions |
600 |
|
12: Exempt-interest dividends |
10 |
|
13: Specified private activity bond interest dividends |
0 |
|
14: State |
- |
|
15: State identification no. |
- |
|
16: State tax withheld |
0 |
Other form 1099 boxes
FATCA filing requirement
2nd TIN not
Prints three forms per page. However, you can still print one 1099 form per page if you wish.
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Unemployment compensation |
10 |
|
2: State or local income tax refunds, credits, or offsets |
10 |
|
3: Box 2 amount is for tax year |
- |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
0 |
|
5: RTAA payments |
600 |
|
6: Taxable grants |
0 |
|
7: Agricultural payments |
0 |
|
8: Check if box 2 is trade or business income |
- |
|
9: Market gain |
0 |
|
10a: State |
- |
|
10b: State identification no. |
- |
|
11: State income tax withheld |
0 |
(Numeric value denoting the year of the box #2 value. This value doesn’t appear in the dropdown list for the Default 1099 box as it can only be a one-time year value.)
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Interest income |
10 |
|
2: Early withdrawal penalty |
10 |
|
3: Interest on U.S. Savings Bonds and Treasury obligations |
10 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
10 |
|
5: Investment expenses |
10 |
|
6: Foreign tax paid |
10 |
|
7: Foreign country or U.S. possession |
- |
|
8: Tax-exempt interest |
10 |
|
9: Specified private activity bond interest |
10 |
|
10: Market discount |
10 |
|
11: Bond premium |
10 |
|
12: Bond premium on Treasury obligations |
10 |
|
13: Bond premium on tax-exempt bond |
10 |
|
14: Tax-exempt and tax credit bond CUSIP no |
- |
|
15: State |
- |
|
16: State identification no. |
- |
|
17: State tax withheld |
0 |
Other form 1099 boxes
FATCA filing requirement
2nd TIN not
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Rents |
600 |
|
2: Royalties |
10 |
|
3: Other income |
600 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
0 |
|
5: Fishing boat proceeds |
600 |
|
6: Medical and health care payments |
600 |
|
7: Payer made direct sales totaling $5,000 or more of consumer products to recipient for resale |
- |
|
8: Substitute payments in lieu of dividends or interest |
10 |
|
9: Crop insurance proceeds |
600 |
|
10: Gross proceeds paid to an attorney |
600 |
|
11: Fish purchased for resale |
600 |
|
12: Section 409A deferrals |
600 |
|
15: Nonqualified deferred compensation |
600 |
|
16: State tax withheld |
0 |
|
17: State/Payer's state no. |
- |
|
18: State income |
0 |
Other form 1099 boxes
FATCA filing requirement
2nd TIN not.
Prints three forms per page. However, you can still print one 1099 form per page if you wish.
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Nonemployee compensation |
600 |
|
2: Payer made direct sales totaling $5,000 or more of consumer products to recipient for resale |
- |
|
3: Excess golden parachute payments |
0 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
0 |
|
5: State tax withheld |
0 |
|
6: State/Payer's state no. |
- |
|
7: State income |
0 |
Prints three forms per page. However, you can still print one 1099 form per page if you wish.
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Patronage dividends |
10 |
|
2: Nonpatronage dividends |
10 |
|
3: Per-unit retain allocations |
10 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
10 |
|
5: Redeemed nonqualified notices |
10 |
|
6: Section 199A(g) deduction |
10 |
|
7: Qualified payments (Section 199A(b)(7)) |
10 |
|
8: Section 199A(a) qual. items |
10 |
|
9: Section 199A(a) SSTB items |
10 |
|
10: Investment credit |
10 |
|
11: Work opportunity credit |
10 |
|
12: Other credits and deductions |
10 |
|
13: Specified Cooperatives |
- |
Other form 1099 boxes
2nd TIN not
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Gross distributions |
10 |
|
2a: Taxable amount |
10 |
|
3: Capital gain (included in box 2a) |
10 |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
10 |
|
5: Employee contributions/Designated Roth contributions or insurance premiums |
10 |
|
6: Net unrealized appreciation in employer's securities |
10 |
|
7: Distribution code(s) |
- |
|
8: Other |
0 |
|
9a: Your percentage of total distribution |
- |
|
9b: Total employee contributions |
10 |
|
10: Amount allocatable to IRR within 5 years |
10 |
|
11: 1st year of Roth contribution |
- |
|
13: Date of payment |
- |
|
14: State tax withheld |
0 |
|
15: State/Payer's state number |
- |
|
16: State distribution |
- |
|
17: Local tax withheld |
0 |
|
18: Name of locality |
- |
|
19: Local distribution |
0 |
Other form 1099 boxes
FATCA filing requirement
Prints three forms per page. However, you can still print one 1099 form per page if you wish.
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Date of closing |
- |
|
2: Gross proceeds |
0 |
|
3: Address or legal description |
- |
|
4: Check here if the transferor received or will receive property... |
- |
|
5: Transferor of real estate by a foreign person |
- |
|
6: Buyer’s part of real estate tax |
0 |
| Box | Minimum reportable amount |
|---|---|
|
1: Reportable winnings |
0 |
|
2: Date won |
- |
|
3: Type of wager |
- |
|
4: Federal income tax withheld |
0 |
|
5: Transaction |
- |
|
6: Race |
- |
|
7: Winnings from identical wagers |
0 |
|
8: Cashier |
- |
|
9: Winner's taxpayer identification no. |
- |
|
10: Window |
- |
|
11: First identification |
- |
|
12: Second identification |
- |
|
13: State/Payer's state identification no. |
- |
|
14: State winnings |
0 |
|
15: State income tax withheld |
0 |
|
16: Local winnings |
0 |
|
17: Local income tax withheld |
0 |
|
18: Name of locality |
- |