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View ProfileUsually not for the most common business‑service reporting forms, but sometimes yes.
An S corporation is still a corporation for federal information‑reporting purposes. As a result, payments to an S corporation generally are not reported on Form 1099‑NEC or Form 1099‑MISC in the same way payments to sole proprietors or partnerships often are.
But there are important exceptions. An S corporation can still receive a 1099 in situations such as:
- Attorneys’ fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys
- Medical and health care payments
- Certain federal executive agency payments for services
- Payment card and third‑party network transactions that are required to be reported on Form 1099‑K under current IRS thresholds and rules
- Certain broker or barter transactions, including transactions that are specifically reportable even when the payee is an S corporation
Also, if you are asking about the S corporation’s income being reported to its shareholders, that usually is not done on Form 1099. Instead, the S corporation generally reports each shareholder’s share of income, deductions, and credits on Schedule K‑1 (Form 1120‑S).
A payer usually relies on Form W‑9 to determine whether the payee is a corporation (including an S corporation) and whether the corporate reporting exception applies.
State law note
State information‑return rules can differ from the federal rules above. The controlling authority is the applicable state revenue department or tax agency.
Sources
- IRS — General Instructions for Certain Information Returns (2025)
- IRS — Instructions for Forms 1099‑MISC and 1099‑NEC (04/2025)
- IRS — Instructions for the Requester of Form W‑9 (Rev. March 2024)
- IRS — About Form 1099‑NEC, Nonemployee Compensation
- IRS — About Form 1099‑MISC, Miscellaneous Information
- IRS — About Form 1099‑K, Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions
- IRS — About Form 1120‑S, U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation
- IRS — S corporations
This information provided does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice.