Putting the AP in hAPpy

Congrats! You made the deadline for sending 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC recipient statements to your vendors and the related IRS tax filing deadline for the 1099-NEC. Then your phone starts ringing with vendors, and now you have corrections to what you reported. Or your organization has multiple entities and you realized income was reported for vendors using the wrong organization. Or that file in IRIS or FIRE has an error status…. Now what?

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Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

• IRS Publications:
  • IRIS: Publication 5717 (Rev. 1-2026) https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5717.pdf
  • FIRE: Publication 1220 (Rev. 9-2025) https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1220.pdf
  • FIRE (1042-S): Publication 1187 (Rev. 9-2025) https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1187.pdf
• IRS Page: Information Return Penalty Chart https://www.irs.gov/payments/information-return-penalties
• Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
• Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
• Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
• Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
• Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
• Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
• More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
• More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
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What do you do if it’s getting down to the wire to be in compliance with the IRS deadlines for sending vendors their 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC or filing both with the IRS, and you know you are going to be late.

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Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

• IRS Extension Form: Form 8809, Application for Extension of Time to File Information Returns https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-8809
• IRS Extension Form: Form 15397 Application For Extension of Time to Furnish Recipient Statements https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/extension-of-time-to-furnish-statements-to-recipients
• IRS Page: Information Return Penalty Charthttps://www.irs.gov/payments/information-return-penalties
• Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
• Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
• Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
• Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
• Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
• Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
• More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
• More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
• Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com

Don’t forget to still do your tax reporting research at the State level, even if that State participates in the Combined Federal/State Filing (CF/SF) Program. For two reasons you still need to check and a process to do it….

Keep listening.

Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

• IRS Publication 1220: Specifications for Electronic Filing of Forms 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498,
• IRS Publication 5717: Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) Taxpayer Portal User Guide
• Vendor Process Training Center > Resource Library: State Sites for Business/Tax Research
• Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
• Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
• Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
• Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
• Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
• Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
• YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
• More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
• More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
• Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com