Form 1099-C - Cancellation Of Debt - 2016 (Page 6 of 6) in pdf

Form 1099-C - Cancellation Of Debt - 2016 Page 6

Instructions for Creditor

To complete Form 1099-C, use:

File Copy A of this form with the IRS by February 28,

2017. If you file electronically, the due date is March 31,

• the 2016 General Instructions for Certain Information

2017. To file electronically, you must have software that

Returns, and

generates a file according to the specifications in Pub.

• the 2016 Instructions for Forms 1099-A and 1099-C.

1220. The IRS does not provide a fill-in form option.

To order these instructions and additional forms, go

Need help? If you have questions about reporting on

Form 1099-C, call the information reporting customer

Caution: Because paper forms are scanned during

service site toll free at 1-866-455-7438 or 304-263-8700

processing, you cannot file Forms 1096, 1097, 1098,

(not toll free). Persons with a hearing or speech

1099, 3921, 3922, or 5498 that you print from the IRS

disability with access to TTY/TDD equipment can call

website.

304-579-4827 (not toll free).

Due dates. Furnish Copy B of this form to the debtor by

January 31, 2017.

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