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Court: Form 1099 wasn’t fraudulently filed.

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In a complex dispute between two businessmen, one (the payor) wrote a check to the other for the amount he believed was owed. The payee didn’t cash it. The payor filed a Form 1099 with the IRS for the amount and sent a copy to the payee. A U.S. District Court held the 1099 filing was fraudulent because the check wasn’t cashed. But the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision, ruling that, because the payee never communicated a rejection of the check, the payor wasn’t willfully fraudulent. (3/16/17, 2017-542)

Tax deadlines loom

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March 31 is the deadline for employers, businesses and others to file certain information returns with the IRS electronically. Forms with a March 31 deadline include W-2G (Certain Gambling Winnings), 1096 (Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns), 1098 (Mortgage Interest Statement), 1098-T (Tuition Statement), 1099 (except 1099-MISC for nonemployee compensation), 3921 (Exercise of an Incentive Stock Option Under Section 422(b)), and 8027 (Employer’s Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips)