I 1099 Int
I 1099 Int
In addition to these specific instructions, you should also use the Report only interest payments made in the course of your
current General Instructions for Certain Information Returns. trade or business including federal, state, and local government
Those general instructions include information about the agencies and activities deemed nonprofit, or for which you were
following topics. a nominee/middleman. Report interest that is taxable OID in
• Who must file. box 1 or 8 of Form 1099-OID, Original Issue Discount, not on
• When and where to file. Form 1099-INT. Report interest that is tax-exempt OID in box 11
• Electronic reporting. of Form 1099-OID, not on Form 1099-INT. Report
• Corrected and void returns. exempt-interest dividends from a mutual fund or other regulated
• Statements to recipients. investment company (RIC) on Form 1099-DIV.
• Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs). For a specified private activity bond with OID, report the
• Backup withholding. tax-exempt OID in box 11 on Form 1099-OID, and the
• Penalties. tax-exempt stated interest in boxes 8 and 9 on Form 1099-INT.
• The definitions of terms applicable for chapter 4 purposes that
are referenced in these instructions. Exceptions to reporting. No Form 1099-INT must be filed for
• Other general topics. payments made to exempt recipients or for interest excluded
from reporting.
You can get the General Instructions for Certain Information Exempt recipients. You are not required to file Form
Returns at IRS.gov/1099GeneralInstructions, or go to IRS.gov/ 1099-INT for payments made to certain payees including, but not
Form1099INT or IRS.gov/Form1099OID. limited to, a corporation, a tax-exempt organization, any
Online fillable Copies 1, B, and 2. To ease statement individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Archer medical savings
furnishing requirements, Copies 1, B, and 2 are fillable online in account (MSA), Medicare Advantage MSA, health savings
a PDF format available at IRS.gov/Form1099INT and IRS.gov/ account (HSA), a U.S. agency, a state, the District of Columbia, a
Form1099OID. You can complete these copies online for U.S. territory, a registered securities or commodities dealer, a
furnishing statements to recipients and for retaining in your own nominee or custodian, a broker, or notional principal contract
files. (swap) dealer. For additional exempt recipients, see Regulations
section 1.6049-4 for more information. For situations when you
Continuous-use forms and instructions. Form 1099-INT, are required to file Form 1099-INT for certain recipients that are
Form 1099-OID, and these instructions, contained herein, are otherwise generally exempt, but that receive credits from tax
continuous use. Both the forms and instructions will be updated credit bonds, see Interest to holders of tax credit bonds under
as needed. For the most recent version, go to IRS.gov/ Box 1. Interest Income, later.
Form1099INT or IRS.gov/Form1099OID.
Interest excluded from reporting. You are not required to
Nonresident aliens. If you pay U.S. bank deposit interest of at file Form 1099-INT for interest on an obligation issued by an
least $10 to certain nonresident alien individuals, report the individual, interest on amounts from sources outside the United
interest on Form 1042-S, Foreign Person's U.S. Source Income States paid outside the United States by a non-U.S. payer or
Subject to Withholding. To determine whether an information non-U.S. middleman, certain portfolio interest, interest on an
return is required for original issue discount, see Regulations obligation issued by an international organization and paid by
sections 1.6049-4(d)(2), 1.6049-5(f) and 1.6049-8(a). This that organization, and payments made to a foreign beneficial
interest may be subject to backup withholding. See the owner or foreign payee. See Regulations section 1.6049-5 for
Instructions for Form 1042-S. Also, see Rev. Proc. 2012-24, more information.
2012-20 I.R.B. 913, available at IRS.gov/irb/ Other exception. Do not report tax-deferred interest, such as
2012-20_IRB#RP-2012-24. interest that is earned but not distributed from an IRA.
When is a payment made? Generally, interest is paid when it
Specific Instructions for Form is credited or set apart for a person without any substantial
limitation or restriction as to the time, manner, or condition of
1099-INT payment. The interest must be made available so that it may be
Note. For the most recent version, go to IRS.gov/Form1099INT. drawn on at any time and its receipt brought within the control
File Form 1099-INT, Interest Income, for each person: and disposition of the person.
Box 2. Early Withdrawal Penalty Include specified private activity bond interest in box 9 and in
the total for box 8. See the instructions for box 9 next.
Enter interest or principal forfeited because of an early
withdrawal of time deposits, such as an early withdrawal from a
Box 9. Specified Private Activity Bond Interest
certificate of deposit (CD), that is deductible from gross income
by the recipient. Do not reduce the amount reported in box 1 by Enter interest of $10 or more from specified private activity
the amount of the forfeiture. For detailed instructions for bonds. Generally, “specified private activity bond” means any
determining the amount of forfeiture deductible by the depositor, private activity bond defined in section 141 and issued after
see Rev. Ruls. 75-20, 1975-1 C.B. 29, and 75-21, 1975-1 C.B. August 7, 1986. See section 57(a)(5) for more details. Also, see
367. the Instructions for Form 6251, Alternative Minimum
Tax—Individuals, available at IRS.gov/Form6251.
Box 3. Interest on U.S. Savings Bonds and
Treasury Obligations Box 10. Market Discount
For a covered security acquired with market discount, if the
Enter interest on U.S. Savings Bonds, Treasury bills, Treasury
recipient notified you that a section 1278(b) election was made,
notes, and Treasury bonds. Do not include in box 1. For a
enter the amount of market discount that accrued on the debt
taxable covered security acquired at a premium, see Box 12.
instrument during the tax year in the amount of $10 or more. For
Bond Premium on U.S. Treasury Obligations, later.
more details, see Regulations section 1.6045-1(n). Unless the
If you make payment on a U.S. Savings Bond or other U.S. taxpayer notified you that the taxpayer did not make a section
obligation on which interest is reportable, enter your name, 1276(b) election, use the constant yield method described in
address, and TIN on Form 1099-INT and Form 1096, Annual section 1276(b)(2) to determine the accruals of market discount
Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns, not those for the debt instrument. See Regulations section 1.6045-1(n)(11)
of the U.S. Treasury Department or the Bureau of the Fiscal (i)(B). For a covered security with OID, report the accruals of
Service. market discount on Form 1099-OID rather than on Form
1099-INT.