How do I issue a 1099 for lawn mowing at a rental property I own?

[netzer-nicole]

We paid someone to mow the lawn at our rental property last year. Do we need to issue him a 1099 or just enter the info into turbo tax? If we do need to issue him a 1099, how do we go about that?

[Coleen3]

It depends how much you paid him. To create W-2 and 1099 forms in you would need TurboTax Business,

File Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, for each person to whom you have paid during the year:

• At least $10 in royalties (see the instructions for box 2) or broker payments in lieu of dividends or tax-exempt interest (see the instructions for box 8);

• At least $600 in:

  1. Rents (box 1);

  2. Services performed by someone who is not your employee (including parts and materials), box 7;

  3. Prizes and awards (see instructions for boxes 3 
     and 7);

  4. Other income payments (box 3);

  5. Medical and health care payments (box 6);

  6. Crop insurance proceeds (box 10);

  7. Cash payments for fish (or other aquatic life) you purchase from anyone engaged in the trade or business of catching fish (box 7);

  8. Generally, the cash paid from a notional principal contract to an individual, partnership, or estate (box 3);

  9. Payments to an attorney. See Payments to attorneys, later; or

  10. Any fishing boat proceeds (box 5).

https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1099msc/ar01.html