Employee needs a 1099 for previous year's contracting

Hi there!

Allow me to share some information regarding a previous year's contracting work for an employee who was not added to QuickBooks as a contractor. If you want to create a 1099 for this work, you can still do it in QuickBooks Online even if the individual was not added as a contractor in the system.

In QuickBooks and QuickBooks Contractor Payments, you can set up your contractors as vendors. QuickBooks and QuickBooks Contractor Payments track all their related payments, so when you need to file their 1099s, you already have all their info. To achieve the goal, you have to add the contractors and modify the contractor's name to avoid messing the info to create 1099. Moreover, let me walk you through how to add a contractor:

1. Go to Expenses, then select Contractors.
2. Select Add a contractor.
3. Enter your contractor’s info or select the Email this contractor checkbox so they can fill it out.
4. When you're done, select Add Contractor.
   
   

If you opted in for the email, wait for the contractor to fill out their info. 

If you didn’t choose to send an email:

1. Select Add next to Personal details or Bank account and enter the contractor info. 
2. When finished, select Save.
   
   

All vendors added through payroll are automatically eligible for 1099s.

QuickBooks will start tracking all of their payments behind the scenes. When you're ready to file your 1099s, you can easily add the tracked payments to the form.

Moreover, you can follow these steps to create and file your 1099s. When you file 1099s with us, we may email or mail a printed copy, to your contractors: Create and file 1099s with QuickBooks Online

Additionally, here are some articles that you can read to help learn how to make corrections to 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC forms after you e-filed them also, learn how to add contractors and track payments you make to them:

• Set up contractors and track them for 1099s
• Correct or change 1099s in QuickBooks

Let me know if you need further assistance with 1099s in QuickBooks Online. I'll be here as soon as I can. Have a great day!