Does it have your name and amounts on it? Try searching the TIN on Google or another web browser to see if you can find more details.
A broker or barter exchange must file Form 1099-B for each person:
- For whom the broker has sold (including short sales) stocks, commodities, regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts (pursuant to a forward contract or regulated futures contract), forward contracts, debt instruments, options, securities futures contracts, etc., for cash;
- Who received cash, stock, or other property from a corporation that the broker knows, or has reason to know, has had its stock acquired in an acquisition of control or had a substantial change in capital structure reportable on Form 8806, Information Return for Acquisition of Control or Substantial Change in Capital Structure; or
- Who exchanged property or services through a barter exchange.
Did you have any of these transactions which would cause you to receive the form? If it is a false or altered document, you can report it to the IRS.
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