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No 1099 or W2 is required if you paid each contractor/person less than $600.

Yes, If you paid an independent contractor or freelancer $600 or more for services on a project and did not withhold any type of taxes, you are required to send that person, and the IRS, a Form 1099-MISC. 


To enter the cost of labor you paid out:

Go to your Business that you want to work on,

>Business Expenses

>Other Common Business Expenses

>Contract Labor

The area you need to be at to create W2's and 1099's for your employees is directly above the box where you add your labor amounts. 

Click on Contract Labor and on the very first page will be a sentence, "Create and file W2's and 1099's, start here"