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Reimbursing Customers for Travel: Does it Require 1099 Reporting?

January 22, 2025

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Q. We sometimes reimburse customers who attend conferences or events with us for their travel expenses (hotels, airfare, ubers, meals, etc.). Would this be eligible for 1099 since we reimbursed the actual employee and not the company/customer? A. (Answered by IOFM's third party tax advisor) If the payment is going to an individual you would send the 1099 to the individual. If you are seeing receipts you might be able to avoid 1099 reporting under the accountable plan rules. See pages 125-127 of…

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