@Roseyfly
"Wage and Income Transcript - shows data from information returns we receive such as Forms W-2, 1099, 1098 and Form 5498, IRA Contribution Information. Current tax year information may not be complete until July. This transcript is available for up to 10 prior years using Get Transcript Online or Form 4506-T."
See this IRS webpage.
Make another pass at your former employer and show them this language from the IRS (with all the uproar this year, will the forms will even be ready by July?). See if you can guilt your former employer into getting you a copy of the 1099.
Otherwise, you have several choices.
1. File an extension (form 4868) and you will have up to October 15th to file your return (any tax due, however, will still be due July 15th)
2. Wait until July to file your return and hope that you can get the 1099 from the IRS before then
3. File your return as is, then when you get the 1099 one way or the other, file an amended return.
Do you know if you will owe tax this year, with this 1099 income? If so, getting the 1099 as soon as possible so that you can pay the tax in a timely fashion will avoid interest and possibly penalties (if you under withheld a lot)
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