
1099 Filing Deadlines and Penalties for 2026 (NEC Feb 2, MISC Mar 2/Mar 31, 1042-S Mar 16)
1099-NEC is due February 2, 2026. MISC IRS copy is due March 2 paper or March 31 e-file. 1042-S shifts to March 16.
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Bobby Huang is a partner at SDO CPA. 18 years of hands-on bookkeeping. He still reconciles real client books and built Growthy from the same review-and-approve work bookkeepers do each week.

1099-NEC is due February 2, 2026. MISC IRS copy is due March 2 paper or March 31 e-file. 1042-S shifts to March 16.

Wrong TIN, wrong amount, wrong form, or wrong recipient on a filed 1099? Here is the correction workflow and penalty timing.

Foreign vendor payments are not a normal 1099 guess. Use W-8 documentation, source rules, and Form 1042-S when U.S.-source income is paid to a foreign person.

The month-end close process locks your books in 10 steps. Firms that take 10 days are usually stuck on step 1. Here's the checklist.

A depreciation entry debits Depreciation Expense and credits Accumulated Depreciation each month. Workflow, methods, and common gotchas.

AJEs fix what the bank feed misses: expenses before cash leaves, revenue before cash arrives, depreciation. Here's how bookkeepers use them.

Retained earnings is cumulative net income minus distributions. It lives in equity, not cash. Formula, year-end close, and three gotchas.

Cash paid before the expense is incurred. Sits on the balance sheet as an asset until monthly AJEs move it to the P&L.

COGS measures the direct cost of products or services sold in a period. Get the formula, worked examples, and common miscoding mistakes bookkeepers fix.

An accrued expense is cost recognized before cash goes out. Here's how bookkeepers book it, reverse it, and avoid the double-count trap.

A PO commits the buyer. It's not a bill until the vendor delivers and invoices. Here's what that means for your books.

Bill pay is how vendor bill payments actually get made. Here's how bookkeepers pick a method, what ACH, checks, and wires cost, and what breaks at scale.
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