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1099 deadline calculator
Pick the tax year and see when 1099 forms are due to recipients and to the IRS, with weekends and federal holidays already rolled forward. Add the dates to your calendar with one click. Nothing you pick is sent to our server.
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Dates follow the IRS General Instructions for Certain Information Returns (2025 revision), checked on 18 October 2026. Rolling a date to the next business day uses weekends, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents Day, which are the only federal holidays that can fall near these dates. Not tax advice: confirm with the IRS or your preparer, and check for changes in the instructions for the year you file.
How the dates work
Form 1099-NEC is due to both the recipient and the IRS on January 31, on paper or electronically. Most other 1099 forms go to the IRS by February 28 on paper or March 31 if filed electronically. Statements for 1099-MISC boxes 8 or 10 and for 1099-B go to recipients by February 15. When a date lands on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, it moves to the next business day. For example, the IRS instructions list February 2, 2026 for 1099-NEC, because January 31, 2026 was a Saturday.
Two rules catch people out. Filing Form 8809 gives an automatic 30-day extension for many forms, but the IRS says no automatic extension is available for 1099-NEC or W-2. And if you file 10 or more information returns in total, you must e-file them; the count adds all information return types together.
This calculator covers the 1099 dates we verified. It does not cover W-2, 1095, 5498, state filing deadlines or the date a 1099-K threshold applies, so check those separately.
Do not let the deadline depend on a late W-9
Most 1099 trouble starts earlier: a contractor who never returned a W-9, or a year-end list nobody collected. Collect W-9s when you onboard a vendor (how to collect W-9s, or copy our W-9 request emails and vendor tracker), and ask for missing ones in December. Our tax organizer and guide to clients who never send documents help with the chasing, and the month-end close checklist is a good place to add a vendor W-9 check.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the 1099-NEC due?
January 31 for both the recipient copy and the IRS copy. If that is a weekend or holiday, it moves to the next business day (February 2 in 2026).
When are other 1099 forms due to the IRS?
Generally February 28 on paper and March 31 if filed electronically, moved to the next business day when needed. Some recipient statements, such as 1099-B, have a February 15 date.
Can I get an extension?
Form 8809 gives an automatic 30-day extension for many forms, if filed by the original due date. The IRS says no automatic extension is available for 1099-NEC and W-2.
Do I have to e-file?
If you file 10 or more information returns in total (all types added together), you must file electronically. Fewer than that, you may still choose to.