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Auggie

(33,255 posts) Sun Mar 8, 2015, 07:09 PM Mar 2015

Since when did companies stop mailing tax forms, like 1099s? [View all]

Helping my Dad do his taxes and discovered the only way to get a 1099 of his retirement earnings was to go online. Last year it was mailed to him. This year, nothing -- not even notification that not only would the forms not be mailed to him but that he'd have to go online, register a new account, and print them himself.

For someone who is 87, and not computer savvy, this is bewildering beyond belief.

What's going on (besides the obvious penny-pinching)?

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Since when did companies stop mailing tax forms, like 1099s? [View all] Auggie Mar 2015 OP

State governments are doing it too Lurks Often Mar 2015 #1

They can't FBaggins Mar 2015 #2

A former co-worker of his had the exact same experience ... Auggie Mar 2015 #4

I haven't got mine, either. Warpy Mar 2015 #6

Do you get paper statements on the account? FBaggins Mar 2015 #16

I get paper statements, huge ones Warpy Mar 2015 #17

No idea, I had to go and demand one from a former client. Rex Mar 2015 #3

Mine was mailed to me. Downwinder Mar 2015 #5

As a small business owner in IL, I have to mail them by law riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #7

I don't know. I know last year I got my forms online from napi21 Mar 2015 #8

Excellent idea Auggie Mar 2015 #9

The IRS says it may be sent electronically. former9thward Mar 2015 #10

As I posted upthread, he was not the only retiree who reported this Auggie Mar 2015 #15

Some companies are defaulting to online distribution csziggy Mar 2015 #11

Sounds like another way to defund the USPS from receiving less revenue Hestia Mar 2015 #12

I thought they sent me a notice that they were going to stop sending it tome if I filed on-line. hollysmom Mar 2015 #13

You have to opt in to electronic delivery alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #14