[ale] [ot] Contract work

[philip at turmel.org (Phil Turmel)]

On 12/29/2014 11:57 AM, Chuck Payne wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I did some work for a friend and now I need to do a 1099 to get pay. what
> do I need to send them? Do I need to download a 1099 pdf fill it out and
> sent it to them?

The 1099 is the contractor's equivalent of the employee's W-2.  You
don't send it, they do.  But they'll need some taxpayer data from you
for it, like your SSN.  What's usually requested from the contractor is
a Form W-9:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf

HTH,

Phil