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You should never receive a 1099-Misc or 1099-NEC from your employer for income earned as an employee, even if it is your final pay. They are still required to pay the employers share of taxes and withhold your Medicare and SS taxes. You should contact your employer and ask them to make the correction.
If they do not, you will need to enter your income by selecting the following:
- Income
- Show More next to Less Common Income
- Start next to Misc Income
- Start next Other income not already reported on a form W-2 or Form 1099
- Yes to did you receive any other wages
- Continue through to did you earn any other wages and answer yes
- Select employee compensation that was not reported on a W-2
- Hit continue
- Report your wages and select I received a 1099-Misc for this income use reason code H
