President signs 1099 repeal into law, eases burden on small biz owners

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President Obama signed legislation in April repealing the expanded 1099 reporting requirements in the health care reform law and Small Business Jobs Act.

Congress successfully voted to roll back the 1099 requirements earlier this month after numerous votes on competing versions of the legislation. The widely unpopular rules would have required businesses to report any purchases of goods or services of more than $600 a year from another vendor to the IRS on a Form 1099-MISC.

Michael Cohn
Editor-in-chief, AccountingToday.com

Michael Cohn, editor-in-chief of AccountingToday.com, has been covering business and technology for a variety of publications since 1985. Prior to joining Accounting Today and WebCPA, he worked for … Read full bio


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