Instructions for Payer
software that generates a file according to the
To complete Form 1099-DIV, use:
specifications in Pub. 1220. The IRS does not provide a
• the 2018 General Instructions for Certain Information
fill-in form option for Copy A.
Returns, and
Foreign dividend recipient. If the recipient of the
• the 2018 Instructions for Form 1099-DIV.
dividend is a nonresident alien, you may have to
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withhold federal income tax and file Form 1042-S. See
to
the Instructions for Form 1042-S and Pub. 515.
Caution: Because paper forms are scanned during
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processing, you cannot file Forms 1096, 1097, 1098,
Form 1099-DIV, call the information reporting customer
1099, 3921, 3922, or 5498 that you print from the IRS
service site toll free at 866-455-7438 or 304-263-8700
website.
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disability with access to TTY/TDD equipment can call
Due dates. Furnish Copy B of this form to the recipient
304-579-4827 (not toll free).
by January 31, 2019.
File Copy A of this form with the IRS by February 28,
2019. If you file electronically, the due date is
April 1, 2019. To file electronically, you must have