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                                                                                                Department of the Treasury
                                                                                                Internal Revenue Service
2019

Instructions for

Form 1099-Q

Payments From Qualified Education Programs (Under Sections 529 and 530)

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless         beneficiary is a member of the former beneficiary's family. 
otherwise noted.                                                   For a Coverdell ESA, the new beneficiary must be a member 
                                                                   of the designated beneficiary's family and be under age 30 
Future Developments                                                (except beneficiaries with special needs).
For the latest information about developments related to           Family members of the designated beneficiary include the 
Form 1099-Q and its instructions, such as legislation enacted      beneficiary's spouse. Also included are the beneficiary's 
after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form1099Q.                children, stepchildren, foster children, and their descendants; 
                                                                   siblings and their children; parents, their siblings, and 
What’s New                                                         ancestors; stepparents; in-laws; the spouse of any of the 
Trustee-to-trustee transfers.    Taxpayers may now roll over       foregoing; and any first cousin of the designated beneficiary.
limited funds from a QTP to an ABLE account within 60 days 
of the distribution. Report these in box 4, using distribution     Statements to Recipients
code 1.                                                            If you are required to file Form 1099-Q, you also must furnish 
                                                                   a statement to the recipient. Furnish a copy of Form 1099-Q 
Reminders                                                          or an acceptable substitute statement to each recipient. See 
In addition to these specific instructions, you should also use    part M in the 2019 General Instructions for Certain 
the 2019 General Instructions for Certain Information              Information Returns.
Returns. Those general instructions include information            Truncating recipient’s TIN on payee statements. 
about the following topics.                                        Pursuant to Regulations section 301.6109-4, all filers of this 
Who must file.                                                   form may truncate a recipient’s TIN (social security number 
When and where to file.                                          (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), 
Electronic reporting.                                            adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer 
Corrected and void returns.                                      identification number (EIN)) on payee statements. Truncation 
Statements to recipients.                                        is not allowed on any documents the filer files with the IRS. A 
Taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).                          payer’s/trustee's TIN may not be truncated on any form. See 
Backup withholding.                                              part J in the 2019 General Instructions for Certain Information 
Penalties.                                                       Returns.
Other general topics.
  You can get the general instructions from General                Payer's Name and TIN
Instructions for Certain Information Returns at IRS.gov/           QTP. For the payer's/trustee's name and TIN, enter the 
1099GeneralInstructions, or go to IRS.gov/Form1099Q.               name and EIN of the QTP. For a program established and 
Online fillable form. Due to the very low volume of paper          maintained by a state that uses the EIN of the state, enter the 
Forms 1099-Q received and processed by the IRS each                name of the state on the first name line and the name of the 
year, this form has been converted to an online fillable           program on the second name line.
format. You may fill out the form, found online at IRS.gov/        Coverdell ESA. Enter the name and EIN of the trustee.
Form1099Q, and send Copy B to the recipient. For filing with 
the IRS, follow your usual procedures for filing electronically if Recipient's Name and TIN
you are filing 250 or more forms. If, due to a low volume of 
recipients, you are filing the form(s) on paper, you can send      QTP. List the designated beneficiary as the recipient only if 
in the black-and-white Copy(ies) A with a Form 1096 you            the distribution is made (a) directly to the designated 
also printed from the IRS website.                                 beneficiary, or (b) to an eligible educational institution for the 
                                                                   benefit of the designated beneficiary. Otherwise, list the 
                                                                   account owner as the recipient of the distribution. Enter the 
Specific Instructions                                              TIN for the applicable recipient.
File Form 1099-Q, Payments From Qualified Education                Coverdell ESA. Enter the name and TIN of the designated 
Programs (Under Sections 529 and 530), if you (a) are an           beneficiary as the recipient.
officer or an employee, or the designee of an officer or 
employee, having control of a program established by a state       Account Number
or eligible educational institution; and (b) made a distribution 
from a qualified tuition program (QTP). A trustee of a             The account number is required if you have multiple 
Coverdell education savings account (ESA) must file Form           accounts for a recipient for whom you are filing more than 
1099-Q to report distributions made from Coverdell ESAs.           one Form 1099-Q. Additionally, the IRS encourages you to 
                                                                   designate an account number for all Forms 1099-Q that you 
  Do not file Form 1099-Q for a change in the name of the          file. See part L in the 2019 General Instructions for Certain 
designated beneficiary on a QTP account if the new                 Information Returns.

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Box 1. Gross Distribution                                            Box 4. Trustee-to-Trustee Transfer Checkbox
Gross distributions from a QTP, whether in cash or in-kind,          Check this box if the distribution was made directly 
include amounts for tuition credits or certificates, payment         (trustee-to-trustee transfer) from one QTP to another, or from 
vouchers, tuition waivers, or other similar items. Gross             a QTP to an ABLE account. For a Coverdell ESA, check this 
distributions also include a refund to the account owner or          box if the distribution was made directly to another Coverdell 
the designated beneficiary, or to the beneficiary upon death         ESA or to a QTP.
or disability. For more information on reporting distributions, 
see Proposed Regulations section 1.529-4.                            In a trustee-to-trustee transfer between qualified 
                                                                     education programs, the distributing program must provide 
Gross distributions from a Coverdell ESA include amounts             you with a statement reporting the earnings portion of the 
for a refund, a payment upon death or disability, or a               distribution within 30 days of the distribution or by January 
withdrawal of excess contributions plus earnings.                    10, whichever is earlier. You must properly account for this in 
                                                                     figuring the earnings or (loss) reported in box 2 and the basis 
        If earnings and basis are not reported for Coverdell         reported in box 3.
!       ESA distributions, leave boxes 2 and 3 blank. Do not             If you do not have records showing that a gross 
CAUTION enter zero. Instead, you must report the fair market 
value (FMV) as of the end of the year in the blank box below         TIP distribution from a Coverdell ESA made in 2019 was 
boxes 5 and 6. Label the amount “FMV.” See Notice                        a trustee-to-trustee transfer, leave box 4 blank.
2003-53, 2003-33 I.R.B. 362, available at IRS.gov/irb/
2003-33_IRB/ar15.html, for more reporting requirements.              Box 5. Checkbox
                                                                     Check the “Private” box if the distribution is from a QTP 
Box 2. Earnings                                                      established by one or more private eligible educational 
To determine the earnings or (loss) on the gross distribution        institutions, or check the “State” box if the distribution is from 
reported in box 1, use the earnings ratio described in               a QTP established by a state. Otherwise, check the 
Proposed Regulations section 1.529-3, Notice 2001-81, and            “Coverdell ESA” box.
Notice 2016-13. You can find Notice 2001-81 on page 617 of 
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2001-52 at IRS.gov/pub/irs-irbs/           Box 6. Designated Beneficiary Checkbox
irb01-52.pdf and Notice 2016-13 at IRS.gov/irb/                      Check the box if the recipient is not the designated 
2016-07_IRB/ar06.html.                                               beneficiary under a QTP or a Coverdell ESA (see section 
                                                                     529(e)(1)).
Enter the earnings in box 2. If there is a loss and this is not 
the final year for distributions from the account or there are       Distribution Codes
no earnings, enter zero in box 2. Enter a loss in box 2 only if      For 2019, you may, but are not required to, include one of the 
this is the final year for distributions from the account.           following distribution codes in the blank box below boxes 5 
Earnings are not subject to backup withholding.                      and 6. You may abbreviate as needed. For example, for 
                                                                     distribution code 1, you may enter “distr. code 1.”
If you are reporting a distribution from a Coverdell ESA 
that includes a returned contribution plus earnings, you 
should file two Forms 1099-Q, one to report the returned             Distribution Code           Use this code for...
contribution plus earnings, the other to report the distribution 
of the other part of the account.                                    1–Distributions             Distributions (including transfers) to 
                                                                                                 the recipient and any direct 
You should file a separate Form 1099-Q for any                                                   payments to a qualified educational 
trustee-to-trustee transfer.                                                                     facility. However, use code 2 or 3 
                                                                                                 for withdrawals of excess 
For Coverdell ESAs, if you are not reporting earnings, see                                       contributions.
the Caution above.                                                   2–Excess contributions plus Withdrawals of excess Coverdell 
                                                                     earnings taxable in 2019    ESA contributions and earnings 
        For Coverdell ESAs, if you are reporting earnings on                                     unless code 3 applies.
TIP     a distribution of excess contributions, use the method 
        under Regulations section 1.408-11 for figuring the          3–Excess contributions plus Withdrawals of excess 
                                                                     earnings taxable in 2018    contributions from a Coverdell ESA. 
net income attributable to IRA contributions that are                                            Advise payees, at the time the 
distributed as a returned contribution.                                                          distribution is made, that the 
                                                                                                 earnings are taxable in the year in 
If the amount in box 2 includes earnings on excess                                               which the excess contributions 
contributions, enter distribution code 2 or 3 (as applicable) in                                 were made. 
the box below boxes 5 and 6 (below the shading). See                 4–Disability                Distributions you made after the 
Notice 2003-53 for more information.                                                             recipient was disabled (see section 
                                                                                                 72(m)(7)).
Box 3. Basis                                                         5–Death                     Payments to a decedent's 
For QTPs and Coverdell ESAs, if you can determine basis,                                         beneficiary, including an estate.
enter in box 3 the basis included in the gross distribution          6–Prohibited transaction    Prohibited transactions. See 
reported in box 1. The amount in box 3 must equal box 1                                          sections 408(e)(2) and 408(e)(4) for 
minus box 2.                                                                                     similar rules that apply to a 
        For determining basis of a Coverdell ESA, you may                                        Coverdell ESA.
TIP     rely on Notice 2001-81.

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