I get a 1099 from my employer so the questions asks if I was required to send a 1099 does this mean that I got this from my employer?

[Coleen3 · Accepted solution]

No, it is asking if you paid someone to do work and are you required to send that person a 1099-Misc. Only a business (including a Schedule C) would be required to send one, not an individual.

Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income

File this form for each person you paid during the year:

1. at least $10 in royalties or broker payments in lieu of dividends or tax-exempt interest;
2. at least $600 in:

• rents;
• services performed by someone who is not your employee;
• prizes and awards;
• other income payments;
• medical and health care payments;
• crop insurance proceeds;
• cash payments for fish (or other aquatic life) you purchase from anyone engaged in the trade or business of catching fish;
• generally, the cash paid from a notional principal contract to an individual, partnership, or estate;
• payments to an attorney; or
• any fishing boat proceeds,

In addition, use this form to report that you made direct sales of at least $5,000 of consumer products to a buyer for resale anywhere other than a permanent retail establishment.