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Filing Requirement

California State Requires The Following Forms:

Form 1099-MISC

Miscellaneous Information

For tax year 2026, California requires reporting when the threshold is $2,000 or more for rents, prizes and awards, medical and health care payments, crop insurance proceeds, gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and cash purchases of fish for resale. But royalties must be reported if they are $10 or more. Federal thresholds may be lower for attorney gross proceeds and fish purchases. Fishing-boat proceeds, backup withholding, direct sales, and other boxes have their own rules.

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Form 1099-NEC

Nonemployee Compensation

TY 2026 payments must be reported when they hit $2,000 or more in nonemployee compensation or attorney fees. But for federal backup withholding, you must file no matter how small the amount is.

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Form 1099-K

Payment Card and Third-Party Network Transactions

For TY 2026 TPSO payments, filing is required when gross payments exceed $20,000, and there are over 200 transactions. But transactions made via payment cards need reporting at any amount. And California has a separate reporting requirement for app-based drivers at $600 or more.

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Form 1099-B

Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions

You'll have to report sales or redemptions of securities, futures, commodities, and barter-exchange transactions. Filing with California is required for all amounts.

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Form 1099-R

Distributions From Pensions and Retirement Plans

The threshold for reporting distributions from pensions, annuities, retirement or profit-sharing plans, IRAs, and insurance contracts, is $10.

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Form 1099-INT

Interest Income

Reporting is required for interest income of $10 or more. But a $600 threshold applies in some cases.

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Form 1095-B

Affordable Care Act Health Coverage

As of now, Tax1099 doesn't support California state filing for Form 1095-B.

Form 1095-C

Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage

Applicable entities must file Forms 1094-C and 1095-C with the state by March 31, 2027.

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Form 1099-G

Certain Government Payments

You must report refunds from state or local taxes and unemployment compensation when it's $10 or more, and from agricultural payments or taxable grants at $600 or more.

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Key Deadlines for California State Filing

1099 direct eFiling March 31, 2027
1099 direct paper filing March 1, 2027
  • You can generally file via paper, directly to FTB when you have less than 10 information returns.
  • If you’re filing 10 or more returns, use SWIFT unless you have an eFiling waiver from the FTB.
1095-B and 1095-C filing June 1, 2027
(FTB lists March 31 as the MEC filing due date and provides an automatic extension until May 31, and May 31 is a state holiday)

Note:

Most 2026 Form 1099 recipient statements need to go out by February 1, 2027. Form 1099-B and certain 1099-MISC statements should be sent by February 16, 2027. Federal Form 1099-NEC should also be filed with the IRS by February 1, 2027.

There’s a special deadline for California Form 1099-K filings for app-based drivers and the corresponding recipient statements. These are due within 30 days after the applicable IRS due date. 

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California State Filing Scenario for the following Forms:

Form CFSF Participation/Filing Method Pricing
1099-MISC Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-NEC Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-K Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-B Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-R Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-INT Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
1099-G Yes. You must use CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. CFSF: Free
W-2G This form isn’t eligible for CFSF. California requires direct filing when the payment meets the applicable W-2G reporting requirements and California filing applies. Direct: $0.99 per form
California ACA Form 1095-C CFSF doesn’t apply. File Forms 1094-C and 1095-C through California's MEC Information Reporting system. Tax1099 also supports filing California Form 1095-C. Direct: $4.99 per form

CA takes part in the IRS CFSF Program. Whenever the federal and California amounts are the same and the form is eligible for CFSF, file with the IRS. Don’t file separately or send a duplicate return directly to FTB by mistake because the IRS forwards the information to California.

You’ll have to file directly with FTB when:

  • the California amount differs from the federal amount
  • the filing is California-only
  • a California-only correction is needed
OBBBA update

OBBBA and Its Effect on California Filing

California's general Internal Revenue Code conformity date is January 1, 2025. Since thes OBBBA was signed into law on July 4, 2025, California doesn't automatically align with its tax provisions unless the state separately adopts them.

For 2026 information-return reporting though, California FTB guidance uses the $2,000 threshold to covered Form 1099-NEC and Form 1099-MISC payments.

For Form 1099-K, the standard TPSO threshold is gross payments exceeding $20,000 and over 200 transactions, but California has its own rule on top of that, requiring a 1099-K for app-based drivers who receive $600 or more.

California-specific filing rules still apply. You’ll have to rely on CFSF when federal and California amounts are the same. But if amounts differ, state-only filings are required, or if corrections are California-only, file directly with FTB.

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Whenever the recipient is a CA resident or part-year resident, or when the transaction is sourced to CA, you must file directly. If the form qualifies for CFSF and the federal and CA amounts match, the IRS handles forwarding it to FTB for you. So, there's no need for a separate direct filing.

Not if you used the IRS CFSF Filing Program for an eligible form and the federal and CA amounts are the same. But you will need to file directly with FTB for a California-only filing, when CA and federal amounts are not the same or when a California-only correction needs to be made.

Whenever you’re filing directly with FTB, use SWIFT if you have 10 or more information returns. This is unless you have a waiver from the FTB. Paper filing is usually permitted when submitting 9 or fewer returns. For federal eFiling TY 2026 information returns in 2027, use IRIS because FIRE is being decommissioned.

TY 2026 1099-NEC forms have to be filed when nonemployee compensation or attorney fees is $2,000 or more. If there was federal backup withholding, you must file regardless of the payment amount.

CA requires a Form 1099-K for app-based drivers when annual gross payments are $600 or more, irrespective of the number of transactions. This is separate from the standard TPSO threshold of gross payments exceeding $20,000 and more than 200 transactions.

CA doesn't automatically conform to OBBBA's tax provisions. This is because the state's general IRC conformity date is January 1, 2025, while OBBBA was signed into law on July 4, 2025. That said, FTB's 2026 information return guidance uses the federal $2,000 threshold for covered 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC payments, along with the restored 1099-K threshold.

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