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Payments for legal filing fees
December 19, 2022
Q. I'm working on our company’s 1099s for 2022 and I came across a couple of invoices that we categorize as “Legal Filling Fees.” Should they be reported? If so, which 1099 (MISC or NEC) form should they be reported on, and in which box?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
If these are fees paid to the court or other government office, they are not reportable (no Form 1099 is filed) because government and government agency payees are specifically excluded from being reported. If…
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