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Brent R
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January 25, 2022
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Received 1099-NEC instead of 1099-MISC for farm field rental

  • January 25, 2022
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We have a small farm field we rent to a neighbor for a fixed annual amount. Previously, he's always provided a 1099-MISC with the field rental amount. This year, he gave us a 1099-NEC instead. This doesn't seem right; we didn't do any work and simply let him use the land.

 

What are the implications if we report it as-is rather than asking him to send a MISC instead? What if he won't provide the correct form? We're still waiting for a W-2 and various other forms, so I haven't been able to enter everything into TurboTax yet and see the final numbers, but I put it in both ways to see the difference, and at the moment it seems like it'll cost us nearly 2x as much in tax.

Best answer by RBBrittain

Was he using Box 7 (Nonemployee compensation) on 2019 & earlier 1099-MISCs? If so, he should have switched to the 1099-NEC last year.

 

If he was using a pre-2020 1099-MISC box other than 7, he should still be using the 1099-MISC.

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Alumni - Champ
January 25, 2022

Was he using Box 7 (Nonemployee compensation) on 2019 & earlier 1099-MISCs? If so, he should have switched to the 1099-NEC last year.

 

If he was using a pre-2020 1099-MISC box other than 7, he should still be using the 1099-MISC.

Brent R
Brent RAuthor
Level 2
January 25, 2022

No, it's always been reported in box 1 (Rents). I guess I'd better contact him. Maybe it was an error rather than intentional.

Alumni - Champ
January 25, 2022

Yes, I would contact him. Rents are still 1099-MISC Box 1.