Form 1099-NEC is used to report payments made in the course of a trade or business for services performed by someone who is not an employee, and for withholding of federal income tax under the backup withholding rules.
Changes are being made to the form and instructions to update the tax year field to be a 4-digit field per industry request and to reduce the number of pages for the filer copies. This will have a nominal effect on burden time per response. Updates to the estimated number of annual responses for Form 1099-NEC will increase the overall burden estimate by 16,353,674 hours to Agency Estimate.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.