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                                                                                                    Department of the Treasury
                                                                                                    Internal Revenue Service
Instructions for Form 1099-G

(Rev. March 2024)
Certain Government Payments

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless          You must also file Form 1099-G for each person from whom 
otherwise noted.                                                    you have withheld any federal income tax (report in box 4) under 
                                                                    the backup withholding rules regardless of the amount of the 
Future Developments                                                 payment.
For the latest information about developments related to Form 
1099-G and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after      Certain amounts that are not reportable on Form 1099-G, 
they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form1099G.                       such as compensation for services, prizes, and certain 
                                                                    incentives, may be reportable on Form 1099-MISC, 
What’s New                                                          Miscellaneous Information, or Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee 
                                                                    Compensation. See the Instructions for Forms 1099-MISC and 
Replacement of lead service lines.  Announcement 2024-10            1099-NEC for more information.
addresses the federal income tax treatment of certain lead 
service line replacement programs for residential property          Statements to Recipients
owners. The replacement of lead service lines under the             If you are required to file Form 1099-G, you must furnish the 
programs described in the announcement does not result in           same information to the recipient. Furnish a copy of Form 
income. Water systems and state governments are not required        1099-G or an acceptable substitute statement to each recipient, 
to file information returns or furnish payee statements with        except as explained later under Box 2. State or Local Income Tax 
respect to the replacement of lead service lines under these        Refunds, Credits, or Offsets. Also, see part M in the current 
programs. For more information, see Announcement 2024-10,           General Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
2024-11 I.R.B. 711.
                                                                    Truncating recipient’s TIN on payee statements.      Pursuant to 
Reminders                                                           Regulations section 301.6109-4, all filers of this form may 
In addition to these specific instructions, you should also use the truncate a recipient’s TIN (social security number (SSN), 
current General Instructions for Certain Information Returns.       individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption 
Those general instructions include information about the            taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification 
following topics.                                                   number (EIN)) on payee statements. Truncation is not allowed on 
Who must file.                                                    any documents the filer files with the IRS. A payer's TIN may not 
When and where to file.                                           be truncated on any form. See part J in the current General 
Electronic reporting.                                             Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
Corrected and void returns.
Statements to recipients.                                         Account Number
Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).                           The account number is required if you have multiple accounts for 
Backup withholding.                                               a recipient for whom you are filing more than one Form 1099-G. 
Penalties.                                                        Additionally, the IRS encourages you to designate an account 
Other general topics.                                             number for all Forms 1099-G that you file. See part L in the 
                                                                    current General Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
  You can get the general instructions from General Instructions 
for Certain Information Returns at IRS.gov/                         2nd TIN Not.
1099GeneralInstructions or go to IRS.gov/Form1099G.
                                                                    You may enter an “X” in this box if you were notified by the IRS 
Online PDF fillable Copies 1, B, and 2. To ease statement           twice within 3 calendar years that the taxpayer provided an 
furnishing requirements, Copies 1, B, and 2 are fillable online in  incorrect TIN. If you mark this box, the IRS will not send you any 
a PDF format available at IRS.gov/Form1099G. You can                further notices about this account.
complete these copies online for furnishing statements to 
recipients and for retaining in your own files.                     However, if you received both IRS notices in the same year, or 
Continuous-use form and instructions.       Form 1099-G and         if you received them in different years but they both related to 
these instructions have been converted from an annual revision      information returns filed for the same year, do not check the box 
to continuous use. Both the form and instructions will be updated   at this time. For purposes of the two-notices-in-3-years rule, you 
as needed. For the most recent version, go to IRS.gov/              are considered to have received one notice and you are not 
Form1099G.                                                          required to send a second “B” notice to the taxpayer on receipt of 
                                                                    the second notice. See part N in the current General Instructions 
                                                                    for Certain Information Returns for more information.
Specific Instructions                                                       For information on the TIN Matching System offered by 
File Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments, if, as a unit of     TIP     the IRS, see Items You Should Note in the current 
a federal, state, or local government, you made payments of                 General Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
unemployment compensation; state or local income tax refunds, 
credits, or offsets; Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance               States have experienced a surge in fraudulent 
(RTAA) payments; taxable grants; or agricultural payments. You      !       unemployment claims. Criminals are engaging in identity 
must also file this form if you received payments on a Commodity    CAUTION theft (IDT) to fraudulently collect benefits across multiple 
Credit Corporation (CCC) loan. The officer or employee of the       states. For information on reporting IDT and other types of 
government unit having control of the payments, received or         unemployment fraud, including claimant fraud or employer fraud, 
made, (or the designated officer or employee) must file Form        go to DOL.gov/agencies/eta/UIIDtheft.
1099-G.

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Box 1. Unemployment Compensation                                      format “YYYY” to make the entry in this box. For example, enter 
Enter payments of $10 or more in unemployment compensation,           “2020,” not “20.”
including Railroad Retirement Board payments for 
unemployment. If you make payments from a contributory                Box 4. Federal Income Tax Withheld
program that has been deemed to be in the nature of                   Backup withholding. Enter backup withholding on payments 
unemployment compensation, such as California's Family                required to be reported in box 5, 6, or 7. You must backup 
Temporary Disability Insurance payments or governmental paid          withhold on such payments at a rate of 24% if a recipient does 
family leave program payments, file a separate Form 1099-G for        not furnish its TIN to you or if you are notified by the IRS that the 
payments from each contributory program. Enter the total              TIN is incorrect (Notice CP2100 or CP2100A). For more 
amount before any income tax was withheld. If you withhold            information on backup withholding, see part N in the current 
federal income tax at the request of the recipient, enter it in       General Instructions for Certain Information Returns.
box 4; see the instructions below.
                                                                      Voluntary withholding. Enter any voluntary federal withholding 
Box 2. State or Local Income Tax Refunds,                             on unemployment compensation, CCC loans, and certain crop 
                                                                      disaster payments. If you withhold state income tax, see Boxes 
Credits, or Offsets                                                   10a Through 11. State Information, later. However, you are not 
Enter refunds, credits, or offsets of state or local income tax of    required to report state withholding to the IRS.
$10 or more you made to recipients. These include refunds or 
carryforward credits of overpayments of tax due to refundable                Voluntary withholding on RTAA payments is not 
state tax credits and incentive payments that are paid under an       !      permitted.
                                                                      CAUTION
existing state tax law and administered by the state taxing 
agency. Filmmaker incentive credits, home improvement credits 
paid in low-income areas, and solar panel installation credits are    Box 5. RTAA Payments
some types of state programs which are generally reportable in        Enter RTAA payments of $600 or more that you paid to eligible 
box 2, to the extent a refund is paid by the state taxing agency or   individuals under the Reemployment Trade Adjustment 
amount allowed as carryforward credit to the next tax year.           Assistance program.

  Do not enter in box 2 payments that are not state income tax        Box 6. Taxable Grants
refunds, credits, or offsets. This may include payments made 
                                                                      Enter any amount of a taxable grant administered by a federal, 
under state grant, incentive, subsidy, or other individual 
                                                                      state, or local program to provide subsidized energy financing or 
assistance programs. Taxable grants are reported in box 6; see 
                                                                      grants for projects designed to conserve or produce energy, but 
the instructions below. If recipients deducted the tax paid to a 
                                                                      only with respect to energy property or a dwelling unit located in 
state or local government on their federal income tax returns, any 
                                                                      the United States. Also, enter any amount of a taxable grant 
refunds, credits, or offsets may be taxable to them. You are not 
                                                                      administered by an Indian tribal government.
required to furnish a copy of Form 1099-G or a substitute 
statement to the recipient if you can determine that the recipient    Report amounts of other taxable grants of $600 or more. 
did not claim itemized deductions on the recipient's federal          State and local grants are ordinarily taxable for federal income 
income tax return for the tax year giving rise to the refund, credit, purposes. A federal grant is ordinarily taxable unless stated 
or offset. However, you must file Form 1099-G with the IRS in all     otherwise in the legislation authorizing the grant. Do not report 
cases.                                                                scholarship or fellowship grants. See Scholarships in the 
                                                                      Instructions for Forms 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC.
  A tax on dividends, a tax on net gains from the sale or 
exchange of a capital asset, and a tax on the net taxable income      Box 7. Agriculture Payments
of an unincorporated business are taxes on gain or profit rather 
than on gross receipts. Therefore, they are income taxes, and         Enter USDA agricultural subsidy payments made during the 
any refund, credit, or offset of $10 or more of these taxes is        year, including market facilitation program payments. If you are a 
reportable on Form 1099-G. In the case of the dividends tax and       nominee that received subsidy payments for another person, file 
the capital gains tax, if you determine that the recipient did not    Form 1099-G to report the actual owner of the payments and 
itemize deductions, as explained above, you are not required to       report the amount of the payments in box 7.
furnish a Form 1099-G or substitute statement to the recipient. 
However, in the case of the tax on unincorporated businesses,         Box 8. Trade or Business Income (Checkbox)
you must furnish a Form 1099-G or substitute statement to the         If the amount in box 2 is a refund, credit, or offset attributable to 
recipient in all cases, as this is a tax that applies exclusively to  an income tax that applies exclusively to income from a trade or 
income from a trade or business. See Box 8. Trade or Business         business and is not a tax of general application, enter an “X” in 
Income (Checkbox), later, and Rev. Rul. 86-140, 1986-2 C.B.           this box.
195.
                                                                      Box 9. Market Gain
  If you pay interest of $600 or more on the refund, you must file    Report market gain associated with the repayment of a CCC 
Form 1099-INT, Interest Income, and furnish a statement to the        loan whether repaid using cash or CCC certificates.
recipient. For interest payments of less than $600, you may 
choose to enter the amount with an appropriate designation            Boxes 10a Through 11. State Information
such as “Interest Income” in the blank box on Copy B of the Form      These boxes may be used by filers who participate in the 
1099-G.                                                               Combined Federal/State Filing Program and/or who are required 
                                                                      to file paper copies of this form with a state tax department. See 
Box 3. Box 2 Amount Is for Tax Year                                   Pub. 1220 for more information regarding the Combined Federal/
No entry is required in box 3 if the refund, credit, or offset is for State Filing Program. They are provided for your convenience 
the current tax year. If it is for any other tax year, enter the year only and need not be completed for the IRS. Use the state 
for which the refund, credit, or offset was made. Also, if the        information boxes to report payments for up to two states. Keep 
refunds, credits, or offsets are for more than 1 tax year, report the the information for each state separated by the dash line. In 
amount for each year on a separate Form 1099-G. Use the               box 10a, enter the abbreviated name of the state. In box 10b, 

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enter the filer's state identification number. The state number is  tax department. Give Copy 2 to the recipient for use in filing the 
the filer's identification number assigned by the individual state. recipient's state income tax return.
In box 11, enter the amount of any state income tax withheld.
If a state tax department requires that you send them a paper 
copy of this form, use Copy 1 to provide information to the state 

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