If you have more than $600 of debt forgiven, your lender should send you a 1099-C Cancellation of Debt form. This form is a tax document that the lender is required to file. It will help you determine ...

Based on the discussion in Q 8104 and Q 8105, a taxpayer who receives a Form 1099-C has the following two concerns: (1) has the debt been formally discharged by the creditor, and, if so, was it ...

If it’s been a rough couple of years for you, you’re not alone. Maybe your income was cut, you lost your job, or you had large expenses like medical bills. You may have fallen behind on bills, fielded ...

Pay attention. This is one of my posts with an important lesson rather than an entertaining story. The lesson comes from a Tax Court decision - TCM 2018-140. You will find out the taxpayer's name if ...

You can approach the issuer and ask the issuer to reissue it correctly. If the issuer of the Form 1099 has already sent it to the IRS, ask for a “corrected” Form 1099.

As a small-business owner you may need to extend credit to your customers or clients. While most carefully vetted clients will repay their debts in a timely manner, life changes, economic downturns or ...

To prevent confusion, the IRS notified lenders on Tuesday that they should not file cancellation-of-debt information returns or furnish payee statements under Sec. 6050P to report the amount of ...

If you have lost your home to foreclosure, or sold it for less than you owed in a “short sale,” or if you had a car repossessed or gave it back to the lender because you couldn’t make the payments, ...