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Mump51,

 

Short answer is file them as received just to be safe.

 

As to when 1099-NEC vs. 1099-MISC, the IRS says:

 

File Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation, for each person in the course of your business to whom you have paid the following during the year.
• At least $600 in:
    1. Services performed by someone who is not your employee (including parts and materials) (box 1); or
    2. Payments to an attorney (box 1). (See Payments to attorneys, later.)

 

File Form 1099-NEC or Form 1099-MISC to report sales totaling $5,000 or more of consumer products to a person on a buy-sell, a deposit-commission, or other commission basis for resale.

 

You must also file Form 1099-NEC for each person from whom you have withheld any federal income tax (report in box 4) under the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the payment. 

 

Trade or business reporting only. Report on Form 1099-NEC only when payments are made in the course of
your trade or business. Personal payments are not reportable. You are engaged in a trade or business if you
operate for gain or profit. However, nonprofit organizations are considered to be engaged in a trade or business and are subject to these reporting requirements. Other organizations subject to these reporting requirements include trusts of qualified pension or profit-sharing plans of employers, certain organizations exempt from tax under section 501(c) or 501(d), farmers' cooperatives that are exempt from tax under section 521, and widely held fixed investment trusts. Payments by federal, state, or local government agencies are also reportable.