I have just e-filed the Quick Employer Forms 1099-MISC for a contracted worker. Do I also separately mail in a (signed) 1096? or was that covered in my e-filing ?

[ronrbev]

Must I also MAIL a signed 1096 form in addition to my already e-filed 1099Misc for a contractor?

[MichaelMc · Accepted solution]

No, Form 1096 is not required for e-filing. You do not need to mail anything to IRS or SSA when you e-file your Forms 1099-MISC using Quick Employer Forms.

For more information, you may wish to refer to these Quick Employer Forms FAQs.

[pilotgal8]

Where can I print Form 1096 from Quick Employer forms?

[DaveF1006]

According to the the following Quick Employer link, all of your completed forms will be available on the Quick Employer Forms Home Page with a link to print.

[eric_l]

I'm not sure I trust what TurboTax says about their Quick Employer Forms.  If you enter data, it might disappear instead of being saved (as promised).

On about January 10, 2020, I (eventually) figured out how to enter payee data at the TurboTax web pages for eventual printing and eFiling of IRS Forms 1099-MISC (block 7, NEC Compensation) due tomorrow, January 31, 2020.  [For my 2019 returns, I upgraded to TTax Home & Business -- specifically because I wanted the advertised ability to eFile my 1099-MISC forms and know that my current 2019 data would be saved online for quick & easy transfer to next year.]

(1) It turned into a time-wasting hassle to (eventually) discover that the ability to enter 1099-MISC info via the online web pages could NOT be accessed from my freshly-created and therefore existing 2019 TTax file in my desktop computer. Instead, when first opening TTax I had to click the "Start a new return" button and from there choose to enter 1099-MISC (or W2, etc.) data. That worked and I manually entered data for about 30 payees. I chose not to eFile at that time (TTax FAQs explain that my data would be saved online for later eFiling and for transfer to next year). Instead of immediately eFiling, I opted to wait until the end of January (i.e., today, 01/30/2020) in case errors needed to be corrected before eFiling. [NOTE -- There was NO "sign out" link or button available on any of the screens that appeared for me, so I simply closed the browser window. Chrome browser.]

(2) Today, 01/30/2020, I am trying to get back to my previously-entered 1099-MISC data that is supposed to be stored someplace within my online account at TTax ... ... ... and, after successfully logging in with my username and password, I cannot find any of my previously-entered data. The option to enter brand new data appears, but NO saved data from a couple of weeks ago. AARRGGH! A link to previously-saved data does NOT appear when I use the "Start a new return" button when TTax first loads. I cannot find a link to my already-entered data when I go back into my already-started 2019 tax file that's stored in my desktop computer. AARRGGH!

Now I wonder why I wasted my time and money upgrading my TTax product so that I could (supposedly) enter and eFile 1099-MISC forms via TTax to the IRS.

[pilotgal8]

Using Quick Forms in TT BUSINESS is hassle free and QUICK as the name implies.

I've used this for 7 years. The forms are E-filed.

Form 1096 is ONLY required if you file paper forms - which is silly in this electronic age.

[oaklander]

I have home and business and it has something within it that you can prepare 1099 NEC etc.  However it does not allow me to efile.  I had to print, and snail mail with tracking to the IRS.  Customer service did not fix this said it would work on an update, and never suggested I use a different software type.  I used the Home and Business last year and could efile.  This year could not.  Any suggestions?

After the deadline this year, eg. 2/2/26 Turbo tax wanted to do a take over of my computer to look at it, but it was too late.  An earlier look led them to say, well you just have to paper file.  So I'd like to know how to get to quick forms.

[VolvoGirl]

Did you use the Online Quick Employer Forms?   In the Windows Home & Business Desktop program there are 2 ways to prepare them.   Either Online using the Quick Employer Forms or on your Desktop with the built in Create Forms.

If you created the W2/1099 forms using the Windows Home & Business version and used the Desktop Create Forms at the bottom of the big box instead of doing them online in the QEF Quick Employer Forms you have to print and mail them.   If you want to efile them you would have to start over and fill them out again using Quick Employer Forms.

[oaklander]

Yeah.  I made the mistake of buying the early version of Turbo tax 2025 this year, thinking I would get a head start.  Won't do that again.  Not only was it almost twice as expensive, it didn't update for me to be able to use it until the same time it would have been if I purchased it at Costco.  Then it turns out, the option to use the online version for Quick Employer forms was not available to me until now, after the deadline.  It was not available earlier when I was trying to do them....learn for next year.