Thanks so much @ColeenD3 . That does clear up the idea of reporting the full amount to the artist (vs. post commission-deduction) on their 1099s. But the issue I'm still looking for clarity on is: how should we as the AGENT report our income? What we have done previously is record all those venue payments as income on our tax return (since the checks and venue 1099s are made out in our name o/b/o the artists). However, we are hearing that industry standard is to only record the commission payments as top-line income, not the amount of all those venue 1099s since that income was never ours to begin with (we were merely a pass-through for the artist, not in contract with the venue).
