Where do you get a 1099 MISC form?

During tax season, you can find these forms almost anywhere. Your local library and post office typically carry the red-ink forms for free. Office Depot and Staples will sell them to you in a packet.

There is one thing you cant do. And that's downloading the form from the web and print it. 1099-MISC has a special red-ink that scans well. Even if your printer could print in red, its not the same kind of scannable red-ink that the Government needs when scanning. If you submit just a black and white Copy A of 1099-MISC, the IRS will eventually reject it.