Before using corrections:
If you are currently entering 1099 information and have NOT checked out, do
DO NOT USE THE
CORRECTION checkbox. Instead, use the VOID or DELETE checkbox to remove the form. Then, if necessary,
choose ADD Payee to enter the correct form. Do not read or follow this procedure. Deleted or Voided forms are never
e-Filed, and you may choose not to print them.
Do not use this corrections procedure if you checked out, then discover you FORGOT to enter, or LEFT OUT some 1099
forms. If a form for somebody was left out, start a new file by adding a
New Company with exactly
the same company information as before, then add the forms you left out, then checkout and print the forms. Do not
use the corrections checkbox for forms you forgot to enter.
Use the CORRECTIONS checkbox
ONLY if you have already paid/checked-out, and later discover an error
has been made inside one of the forms. In that case, start a New Company with the same company as before, then
retype ONLY the FORMS in error. DO NOT pay for and e-file the ENTIRE GROUP again! If you bring a file forward, to
avoid re-typing, pay for and e-File only those needing correcting, delete all the others that were correct.
WARNING: You must decide if you have a Type 1 or Type 2 correction before starting. To decide, read
the what Type 1 and Type 2 covers.
Example 1: Wrong money amount, use Type 1
Example 2: Wrong Tax ID was entered, use Type 2
Example 3: You sent a 1099 to his company, but should have been to him individually, or vice-versa. use Type 2
Example 4: Sent a 1099 but should have not done so: use Type 1
Correction Type 1 (covers
incorrect money amount, incorrect address, incorrect payee name
or the form should not have been filed)
- From the home page Login with your e-Mail and password..
- From the Main Menu, click NEW FILER Select 1099-Misc.
- Enter the Company/Filer information EXACTLY THE SAME as the previously submitted file.
- From the Main Menu select that company by clicking on the RED UNDERLINED name.
- Click ADD A PAYEE. CHECK THE CORRECTIONS checkbox at the top of the red form.
- Enter all information EXACTLY as on the previously submitted form, except:
To correct a MONEY amount: change the money to the correct amount.
To correct an address: change the address.
To correct payee name: change the payee name.
A return was filed when one should not have been filed: put ZERO in the money amount.
Finally, go to the Main Menu, and checkout to submit and e-File this new file. Print the corrected copy and mail it
to the recipient. You are now finished. The correction will be e-Filed to the IRS.
Correction Type 2 (covers
incorrect Tax ID, or both name and address were wrong)
- From the home page Login with your e-Mail and password.
- From the Main Menu, click NEW FILER Select 1099-Misc.
- Enter the Company/Filer information EXACTLY THE SAME as the previously submitted file.
- From the Main Menu select that company by clicking on the RED UNDERLINED name.
- Click Add a Payee. CHECK THE CORRECTIONS checkbox at the top of the red form.
- Enter all information EXACTLY as on the previously submitted form, including the
wrong Tax ID, etc.
- Enter ZERO in the Money amount, and Save this payee.
- Click Add a Payee again. This time DO NOT check the corrections checkbox.
- Enter the correct Tax ID, Name, address, amount, etc. for this second form.
Finally, go to the Main Menu, checkout to submit and e-File this new file. Print the corrected copies and mail them
to the recipient. You may wish to send the recipient a letter explaining that the first 1099 form with the
correction box checked and zero in the money amount will cancel the form e-Filed previously with the wrong Tax ID.
The second 1099 form, with no correction checked, is the corrected form. You are now finished. The Type 2 correction
will be e-Filed to the IRS.
For more information about corrections please see
1099 General
Instructions Section H on ~ page 6 titled Corrected Returns on
Paper Forms. Although
WageFiling.com automatically e-files your forms, the procedures described in Section H use the same IRS rules
described above.