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Incentive payments and 1099s

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Our bank would like to give current customers $25 cash to refer a friend. We have been advised that those clients must then receive a 1099 at year end for the "gift." I've seen other banks do this successfully so are they all issuing a 1099?
Answer: 

Incentive payments would be reportable under a 1099MISC which has a $600 threshold for reporting.

First published on 02/13/2022

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