Where can you find Form 1099-MISC?

Form 1099-MISC is Miscellaneous Income. If you're required to file Form 1099-MISC, you can get it in several ways. One, send a request by mail to the Internal Revenue Service, 1201 N. Mitsubishi Motorway, Bloommington IL 61704-6613. You'll receive it within about 10 days. Two, call 1-800-829-3676 (1-800-TAX-FORM) to request it.

Form 1099-MISC is available online at the IRS forms/publications screen (www.irs.gov/formspubs) for informational purposes only. Copy A-For Internal Revenue Service Center appears to be similar to the official IRS form in red. But it can't be submitted to the IRS. Unlike the official printed version sent to you by the IRS, it isn't scannable. The IRS processes paper forms by machine with optical character recognition equipment. If you submit the online version, instead of the official IRS printed version, you may be assessed a penalty of $50 per information return for filing forms that aren't scannable.