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Wait to see if the company actually sends you a 1099. If they don't, then you just file your tax return with your W-2 as usual. If they do send a 1099 for money that they did not pay to you, I would not waste time trying to figure out a way to report it on your tax return. That's not really the issue. It's a fraudulent 1099. I would suggest that you see an employment lawyer about it.  

Thanks for the insight and yes I would run the federal both ways for a decision. Where I’m more confused is the state taxes for RI and MA for both of us and how the federal impacts them. Would state filing dictate married separate?  What would be required for my wife in RI as a non-resident and for me in MA as a non-resident?  I’m retired and ky wife and s still working so income predominantly will be in MA. 

I would not agree to pay them anything, especially if you don;t have a written contract.    If they report a 1099-NEC instead of a W-2, the first thing you do is file form SS-8.   This is a request to have the IRS determine your status.  If you have pay stubs showing withholding of taxes, especially SS taxes, you can include that as proof, along with any other information suggested in the instructions. https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-ss-8   You might remind the company about the SS-8 form, and the heavy penalties that companies pay if they are found to have misclassified employees.     As regards to your tax return, that is a little more complicated.  If they withheld social security and medicare tax from your paychecks, it will be almost impossible for them to report your pay on a 1099-NEC and still balance their books.  If that does happen, form 8919 is probably not correct, because it will tax you for half the social security that was already withheld.  I would see an accountant for help (and not a storefront).  Probably you would use a substitute W-2 form instead, but this will also cause an investigation and likely delay any refund.   However, it sounds like they might only want to issue a 1099 for the money paid for the training, as if it was paid to you.  This would also be improper, and would not make any sense.  If you are a regular employee (a common law employee) then the company can deduct your training as a business expense.  If they report it as 1099 compensation, it still is a business expense to them (they don't get a better deduction) but it hurts you, so the only reason to do that is spite.  It would not be taxable to you in that case.  I think your best option in that case would be to file your return by mail, not including the training money.  Instead, print your return and mail it in.  Attach a copy of the 1099 and a written letter of explanation that also says you have filed an SS-8.  (And you will include the 1099 and the explanation as part of your case when you file the SS-8).   It is ultimately unclear to me whether they want to 1099 you for the wages, the training, or everything.  Best to wait until you actually get the documents and then we can talk about how to handle it.  

@Opus 17 wrote: Look up "Advance Fee Scam" on your favorite search engine.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam   Almost certainly a scam. Why would someone you presumably don't know and have never met gift you money, @schultzprojectmanager?

I understand your position, but the problem is you don't own the farm, the trust does and the expenses should be deducted at the trust level.   If your attorney is of the opinion that it is proper for both the trust AND you to file a Schedule F, then why did you even bother posting this scenario on this board?   I'm not going to argue with the manner in which your attorney suggested handling this issue (although I personally wouldn't advise a client in the same manner), but I can't imagine how this won't raise issues with the trust reporting virtually all of the income on its 1041 (from Schedule F) and you reporting only $1 worth of income with a number of expenses thus showing a loss on the Schedule F you would be filing with your 1040.   Good luck.

Thanks again for your feedback after the extensive research. I really appreciate it. The recipient in this case my wife generally uses the original owner's cost basis per IRS guidelines, and the original cost basis for this asset has been moved to 2001 per India Govt Guidelines. Therefore, as stated, with a certificate in hand confirming the asset cost basis as of 2001, we should be good to go and will proceed.

Be extremely careful.  Use some of that money to hire a lawyer before you send any money to anyone.     Look up "Advance Fee Scam" on your favorite search engine.  There are thousands of examples.  Never pay out money to get more money.   The US does not tax large gifts to the recipient.  (There is a report that must be filed for gifts from foreign persons of more than $100,000 but there is no tax owed.)   If the Netherlands or England supposedly taxes this gift, that tax should be paid by the giver before the balance is sent to you, not paid by you before you get the money.     Assuming this is a real gift, gifts are gifts, not contracts.  Once you get the money you can legally keep it all.  If this is a contingent gift (you must do X to get Y) then it is a contract and you should have any contract involving that large an amount of money reviewed by a competent attorney before you agree to anything.  Attorneys also have escrow accounts that can hold the "taxes" so they are paid properly, if they are real.   But it's probably a scam. 

You only needed AGI in order to e-file.   E-filing is now permanently closed for 2024 or any earlier year returns, so AGI no longer matters.   The only way you can file your 2024 tax return now is by mail.   Print it, sign and date it in ink, and mail it in an envelope.     When you mail a tax return, you need to attach any documents showing tax withheld, such as your W-2’s or any 1099’s.  Use a mailing service that will track it, such as certified mail so you will know the IRS/state received the return.   Federal and state returns must be in separate envelopes and they are mailed to different addresses.  Read the mailing instructions that print with your tax return carefully so you mail them to the right addresses.