One of my clients issued two 1099s to one of its employees. The client company underwent a name change in 2018. It was just prior to the name change that the employee left the company. However, the previous accountant had filed 1099 with the old company name which was correct so, I filed a $0 1099 with the new name. But it has been brought to notice that the employee received notice from the IRS stating that the employee received more payment than the reported. So, I would like to understand how to proceed with this. Do I need to generate a $0 1099, and email it to the employee to mail it over to the IRS, along with form 1096 executed? Or do we need to fill out the red form but I'm not sure that's the case. Please advise.
