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  1. Instructions for Form 1099-INT Interest Income and Original Issue Discount (Rev. January 2024)

    View Official IRS Instructions | View General Instructions Table of Contents General Instructions Future Developments Reminders Specific Instructions Exceptions to rep...
  2. Instructions for Form 1099-DIV Dividends and Distributions (Rev 01/2024)

    View Official IRS Instructions | View General Instructions Table of Contents General Instructions Future Developments What's New Reminder Specific Instructions Specif...
  3. 2025 General Instructions for Certain Information Returns (Forms 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, and W-2G)

    Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. View Official IRS Instructions | Guide to Information Returns Table of Contents General Instructions What's New Future D...
  4. Form 5558 Instructions

    Form 5558 Application for Extension of Time To File Certain Employee Plan Returns (January 2025) View Official IRS Instructions Table of Contents General Instructions Future Developments ...
  5. 1099 Corrections

  6. Corrections for batch submitted forms

    Correcting Payees in a Locked Batch (FTW Fulfillment Originals) If the original records were processed through FTW Fulfillment , follow these steps to prepare a correction: Access the FTW System Select the appropriate Company/Plan . Cli...
  7. 1099 Batch E-filing and Fulfilment Services

  8. Preparing a .txt file for the FIRE website

    Users can download files from ftwilliam.com for upload into the  FIRE system . Note that for 8955-SSA forms each filing is uploaded separately - that is not the case for 1099s as user can upload the .txt files in a batch. Before users are able to...
  9. ftwilliam.com's state fulfillment service

    Depending upon the state entered in the applicable payee fields on the draft 1099, additional information may be required for fulfillment and/or fulfillment may not be an option. Click on "State Returns" within a batch to edit the state data requi...
  10. Rolling over data from a prior year

    A newer feature available for the 2014 and current 1099-Rs. Similar to the 5500 Module, the 1099-R Module is now able to "Bring forward [prior year] 1099 Participants for this plan only". Master and Designated Admin Users also have the optio...