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Tax season can be complicated: From the math, to the organization of documents, to the filing of the forms. The IRS has over 900 different tax forms available to taxpayers when filing their returns. Generally, the average taxpayer doesn’t have to worry about a majority of the forms. Ten of them are relatively common, and […]

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What is a 1099-DIV?

You can expect to receive a Form 1099-DIV if you’ve been paid dividends on stocks, or had capital gains distributions on mutual fund investments during the tax year. The different boxes on the Form 1099-DIV are: Box 1a: reports the full amount of ordinary dividends paid Box 1b: reports the amount of the sum listed […]

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