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1099-B - Data Requirements

See below for all of the required data elements for completing Form 1099-B reporting.

 

Filing Entity

The legal entity responsible for the issuing forms will be the filing entity. The information listed below must be submitted through the Taxbit Dashboard.

For more information on Filer setup, please refer to this guide: Filer Setup

Field Name Required
Name Required
Address Required
Tax Residency Required
US TIN Required
Contact Phone Number Required

Please note: If there are multiple filers, please ensure that you are using the correct filer ID for the associated account(s).

 

Account Owner / Account

For ingestion purposes, the only data point required to create/update an Account Owner is the Account ID. This allows you to add all of your users to the Dashboard, even while you may still be collecting additional information. There will be reports available in the Dashboard to let you know if something is missing for an Account that is eligible for a tax form.

The following table, however, summarizes the required fields needed to complete the Form 1099-B.

For more information on formatting the Account Owner/Account CSV templates, please refer to this guide: Standard Account Owner/Account - CSV Ingestion Template Guide

Field Name Required
Account Owner ID Only required if you have Account Owners with multiple Accounts
Account ID Required
Name Required
Joint Account Name If Applicable
Address Required
Tax Residency Presumed US if unavailable
TIN Required
Filer ID Only required if you have multiple Filers

Please note: There are other fields on the Account Owner / Account model that are not listed here, as they are not required for 1099-B reporting.

 

Form Data

For account activity, you will need to prepare the Form Data templates for each of the form types. These templates generally mirror the fields on the corresponding IRS form and should include the final aggregated amounts for reporting.

Note that a single Account may have multiple Form Data rows, one for each disposition.

For more information on formatting the 1099-B Form Data CSV template, please refer to this guide: 1099-B - Form Data CSV Ingestion Template Guide

Field Name Covered Noncovered 1256 Contracts
Account ID Required Required Required
CUSIP Number If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Property Name Required Required Not Applicable
Property Symbol (Description Of Property (Box 1a) - 1) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Property Quantity (Description Of Property (Box 1a) - 2) Required* Required* Not Applicable
Date Acquired (Box 1b) Required If Available Not Applicable
Date Sold Or Disposed (Box 1c) Required Required Not Applicable
Proceeds (Box 1d) Required Required Not Applicable
Cost Or Other Basis (Box 1e) Required If Available Not Applicable
Accrued Market Discount (Box 1f) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Wash Sale Loss Disallowed (Box 1g) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Ordinary, Short-Term or Long-Term Gain/Loss (Box 2) Required If Available Not Applicable
Proceeds are from Collectibles or QOF (Box 3) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Federal Income Tax Withheld (Box 4) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Security is Noncovered (Box 5) Required: FALSE Required: TRUE Not Applicable
Gross Proceeds or Net Proceeds Reported To IRS (Box 6) Required Required Not Applicable
Loss Is Not Allowed Based On Line 1D Amount (Box 7) If Applicable If Applicable Not Applicable
Profit Or (Loss) Realized In Current Tax Year On Closed Contracts (Box 8) Not Applicable Not Applicable Required
Unrealized Profit Or (Loss) On Open Contracts - Dec 31 Of Prior Tax Year (Box 9) Not Applicable Not Applicable Required
Unrealized Profit Or (Loss) On Open Contracts - Dec 31 Of Current Tax Year (Box 10) Not Applicable Not Applicable Required
State Name (Box 14) Only required if there is state withholding, or the income is applicable to a state that is different from the address state
State Id (Box 15) If Applicable
State Tax Withheld (Box 16) If Applicable
Bartering (Box 13) Not Supported

*In certain scenarios, this field is not required. Only a warning will be raised if not provided.