State Specific Question About: COLORADO (CO)

I only need to send out a single 1099-MISC form (albeit it will be late because I goofed) to an independent contractor. I'm awaiting for the IRS to send me the 2018 form.

I do not have Quickbooks, so I'm unaware of any other way to fill in the forms via software. I do all my own taxes via TurboTax Premiere and I don't believe they have any way to create 1099's (I think that might have to be the Home/Business edition which I might have to look into next year).

Can I handwrite in the form? I'm not sure if I much of a choice on this. I did see a Q/A on Amazon.com for such forms where some responders say they have handwritten in the form without issue.

I fill out my 1099-misc forms by hand, and the IRS has not once complained.

I actually was in the same situation as you and wrote a short note to the IRS to apologize that I didn't send out my 1099-misc to my cotractor earlier. I wrote that I just found out about the law. No penalty was incurred.

To clarify, you may hand-fill-in the form, but you cannot PRINT the form and fill it in. You must either e-File or BUY the form itself (they come in a pack from places like Staples or OfficeMax or whatever).

But you cannot go online and find a form to just print out. You can't go get the 1099-MISC from irs.gov, for example, and print it to hand write. It very specifically says that you cannot do it on the form, unfortunately.

- John...