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This post applies to 2013 Form 1096, 2013 Form 1099-B and W2 Mate 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n We have been getting emails and phone calls from our customers asking about the calculation of Form 1096 Box 5 (Total amount reported with this Form 1096) when used to report 1099-B (Barter) forms.<\/p>\n Unfortunately there is an error in the form 1096 instructions from the IRS and we can still see the error with the latest copy downloaded today (Friday November 8 2013).<\/p>\n The 2013 1096 form instructions (page 2 of the form) incorrectly instruct filers to enter the total amount from 1099-B boxes 1d and 14 in Box 5 of the Form 1096. The correct boxes are 1099-B 2a and 7.<\/strong> Please note that boxes 1d and 14 are not used to report money amounts, so they can\u2019t be summed in the first place.<\/p>\n Please also note that the IRS was in the process of introducing major changes to form 1099-B for 2013, but they ended-up using the same form for 2012 with minor changes. Form 1096 instruction most probably refer to boxes that were expected to be part of the new 1099-B form, which was never released.<\/p>\n This error in form 1096 instructions applies to paper copies<\/a> and does not affect users filing 1099s electronically<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can contact the IRS at the information returns hotline 1-866-455-7438 if you have any questions about form 1096 instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This post applies to 2013 Form 1096, 2013 Form 1099-B and W2 Mate 2013 We have been getting emails and phone calls from our customers asking about the calculation of Form 1096 Box 5 (Total amount reported with this Form 1096) when used to report 1099-B (Barter) forms. Unfortunately there is an error in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[199,200],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4","tag-1096-box-5","tag-2013-1096"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1189,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtaxtools.com\/Payroll-1099\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}