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B notice	I received a notice related to Form 1099-K
September 28, 2013September 28, 2013 Marjeta	You received one or more of these letters and notices because you may have underreported your gross receipts. This is based on your tax return and Form(s) 1099-K, Payment/Merchant Cards and Third Party Network Transactions that show an unusually high portion of receipts from card payments and other Form 1099-K reportable transactions. It is very important that you respond to the IRS.
Form 1099-K is an information return that reports payment card and third party network transactions. You should retain it for your records and use it to assist you in completing your tax return. IRS will send a notice if it believes you owe additional tax or are due a larger refund, or if there is a question about your tax return.
September 28, 2013 Marjeta	Why you are receiving this notice?
Your name and taxpayer identification number (TIN) submitted on Form 1099-K,Payment Card and
Third Party Network Transactions,
by a payment card processor or third-party settlement organization
does not match IRS records. If a payment card processor or third-party settlement organization
submits a Form 1099-K for tax year 2013 with an incorrect TIN or name for you, the payments you
receive for your payment card or third party network transactions will be subject to backup
withholding. This means the payment card processor or third-party settlement organization will be
required to withhold 28% from each payment to you beginning as early as September 2014.
If you operate as a partnership or subchapter S corporation, any monies withheld due to an incorrect
name or TIN can only be claimed by the partners and shareholders on their individual income tax
returns for their shares of the withheld amounts. The monies are not refundable to the partnership or
You need to immediately contact your payment card processor or third-party settlement organization.
Verify that the name and TIN the payment card processor or third-party settlement organization has in
its records matches the exact name and TIN on your income tax return.
For additional information on Form 1099-K reporting and backup withholding, visit our website at
and enter keywords, “Third Party Reporting Center” or “Backup Withholding.”
Penalty Relief and Schedule for ‘B’ Notices for Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions
September 28, 2013September 28, 2013 Marjeta	Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2013-39 - Notice 2013-56
Transitional Penalty Relief and Schedule for Notices of Incorrect Name/TIN Combinations for Information Returns Relating to Payment Card and Third Party Network Transactions
Notice 2013- 56 provides transitional relief from penalties for a section 6050W filer reporting incorrect taxpayer identification number (TIN) information on information returns (Form 1099-K) and payee statements filed under section 6050W of the Internal Revenue Code. The relief provided by this notice is available for certain errors on information returns and payee statements required to be filed or furnished in 2013, based on payments made in calendar year 2012, as well as certain returns and statements that are required to be filed or furnished in 2014, based on payments made in calendar year 2013, provided that the section 6050W filer makes a good faith effort to accurately file the appropriate information return and the accompanying payee statement.
In addition, this notice informs section 6050W filers that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) notices informing payors that payee name and TIN combinations are incorrect (CP2100/CP2100A Notices) will not be sent based on incorrect name and TIN combinations on Forms 1099-K due before January 1, 2014. The first CP2100 and CP2100A Notices with respect to payments subject to section 6050W will be sent in late 2014 based on incorrect name and TIN combinations on Forms 1099-K filed in 2014 for calendar year 2013 payments.
Sections 6721 and 6722 are applicable to section 6050W payors that must file information returns for payments made in settlement of reportable payment transactions. Prior to the enactment of section 6050W, payors were not required to file the specific type of information return or to furnish the specific type of payee statement now required by section 6050W. In order to provide additional time to develop appropriate procedures for compliance with these new reporting requirements, Notice 2011-89 provided that the IRS would not impose penalties under sections 6721 and 6722 on payors that must file information returns and furnish payee statements in 2012 based on payments made in calendar year 2011, provided that they make good-faith efforts in filing accurate Forms 1099-K and furnishing the accompanying payee statements. Since that time, the IRS has been made aware that payors subject to section 6050W reporting continue to experience greater than usual difficulty in obtaining correct name and TIN information from payees and in resolving name and TIN mismatches. Payors have requested additional transition penalty relief in order to enable them to resolve these issues.
After careful consideration of these comments, the Treasury Department and the IRS have decided to extend the penalty relief provided in Notice 2011-89 to certain errors on information returns and payee statements required to be filed and furnished in 2013 and 2014. Specifically, this notice provides relief from penalties under sections 6721 and 6722 for returns and statements required to be filed and furnished in 2013 based on payments made in calendar year 2012 if they have missing TINs, obviously incorrect TINs (as described in section 3406(h)(1))[1], and incorrect name and TIN combinations. In addition, this notice provides relief from penalties under sections 6721 and 6722 for returns and statements required to be filed and furnished in 2014 based on payments made in 2013, but only in cases where the 2013 Form 1099-K contains an incorrect name and TIN combination. Limiting penalty relief for 2013 Forms 1099-K to incorrect name and TIN combinations is warranted because more expansive penalty relief (i.e., relief from penalties for missing or obviously incorrect TINs) would be inconsistent with the payor’s backup withholding obligations, which were first effective for payments made on or after January 1, 2013.
This notice does not apply to a payor who erroneously fails to file an information return or payee statement.
Schedule for CP2100/CP2100A Notices
Payors have asked for guidance regarding when the IRS will begin sending CP2100/CP2100A Notices with respect to Forms 1099-K. This notice informs payors that the IRS will not issue CP2100/CP2100A Notices based on incorrect name and TIN combinations reported on Forms 1099-K due before 2014. The IRS will begin sending CP2100/CP2100A Notices with respect to Forms 1099-K in late 2014. These CP2100/CP2100A Notices will be based on incorrect name and TIN combinations reported on Forms 1099-K required to be filed in 2014 for calendar year 2013 payments.
CP2100/CP 2100A Notices are not necessary to trigger backup withholding if the payee either did not provide a TIN or provided an obviously incorrect TIN. Payors should continue to backup withhold on calendar year 2013 payments to payees who failed to provide a TIN or who provided an obviously incorrect TIN.
Read more Second B Notice Sample
October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 Marjeta	Second B Notice
IMPORTANT TA X NOTICE ACTION IS REQUIRED
Second Backup Withholding Warning!
YOU MUST HAVE THE IRS OR SSA VALIDATE YOUR TA XPA YER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND
RETURN IT TO US: ________________________________. Otherwise, backup withholding will begin.
Current TIN on Account
We have received notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) twice within 3 years stating that the
combination of the name and taxpayer identification number (Name/TIN combination) on your account with us
is incorrect. (Your account number, current name on the account, and current taxpayer identification number
(TIN) on the account are shown above.) A Name/TIN combination is incorrect if it does not match a Name/TIN
combination shown on the records of the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the IRS.
You should follow the instructions below to correct this problem and send the corrected information to us
before the date shown above. If we do not have the correct information before that date, the law requires us
to backup withhold on interest, dividends, and certain other payments that we make to your account. The
backup withholding rate is: __ [set forth rates/dates]
Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code requires that we withhold a predetermined percent in tax, called
backup withholding, when you do not give us your correct Name/TIN combination. Because of the notices
we received from the IRS, we are now required to disregard any future Name/TIN combinations you furnish us
for your account (whether or not you certify your TIN under penalties of perjury) unless SSA (or, in the case of
an incorrect employer identification number, the IRS) validates your Name/TIN combination. Also, the IRS may
charge you a $50 penalty for failing to provide us with your correct Name/TIN combination.
What You Need To Do for individuals
Follow the instructions below to correct your account record to avoid backup withholding on your account (or
to stop it once it has begun) and to avoid the penalty.
Instructions for Incorrect Social Security Numbers
If the incorrect TIN you furnished us is a social security number, you must:
1. Contact your local SSA office to secure a Social Security Number Printout.
2. Give a copy of this notice to the SSA; and
3. Request a Social Security Number Printout from the local Social Security Administration Office. Send
the Social Security Number Printout directly to us with a copy of this notice attached.
Instructions for Incorrect Employer Identification Numbers
If the incorrect TIN you furnished is an employer identification number, you must:
1. Write the Internal Revenue Service Center where you file your income tax return, and ask the IRS to
send you a Letter 147C;
2. Enclose a copy of this notice in your letter to the Internal Revenue Service Center; and
3. When the IRS sends you the Letter 147C, send it to us with a copy of this notice attached
Source: Publication 1281,Page 21
First B Notice Sample
October 13, 2012October 13, 2012 Marjeta	First B Notice
We need a Form W-9 from you before: _______________________. Otherwise; backup withholding
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has notified us that the taxpayer identification number (TIN) on your
account with us does not match its records. The IRS considers a TIN as incorrect if either the name or number
shown on an account does not match a name and number combination in their files or the files of the Social
Security Administration (SSA). If you do not take appropriate action to help us correct this problem before the
date shown above, the law requires us to backup withhold on interest, dividends, and certain other payments
that we make to your account. The backup withholding rate is: __ [set forth rates/dates] In addition to
backup withholding, you may be subject to a $50 penalty by the IRS for failing to give us your correct Name/
TIN combination. This notice tells you how to help us make your account records accurate and how to avoid
backup withholding and the penalty.
An individual’s TIN is his or her social security number (SSN). Often a TIN does not match IRS records
because a name has changed through marriage, divorce, adoption, etc., and the change has not been
reported to SSA, so it has not been recorded in SSA’s files. Sometimes an account or transaction may not
contain the correct SSN of the actual owner. For example, an account in a child’s name may reflect a parent’s
SSN. (An account should be in the name and SSN of the actual owner.)
If you have never been assigned a social security number (or if you lost your social security card and do not
know your SSN), call your local SSA office and find out how to obtain an original (or a replacement) social
security card. Then apply for it. If you already have a social security number: Compare the name and SSN
on your account with us (shown at the beginning of this notice) with the name and SSN shown on your social
security card. Then use the chart on the next page to decide what action to take.
Source: Page 18, IRS publication 1281
October 7, 2012October 10, 2012 Marjeta	Here is link to IRS Publication 1281 - which covers Backup Withholding for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs.
• Backup Withholding Rate/Effective Dates 3
Part 2 – Frequently Asked Questions 4
Part 3 – Where to Call for Help 9
Part 4 – Actions for Missing TINs and Incorrect Name/TIN Combinations 10
• CP2100 Notice 10
• Missing TIN(s) 10
• Incorrect Name/TIN Combinations 10
• First “B” Notice 12
• Second “B” Notice 13
• Third and Subsequent Notices 13
Part 5 -The IRS Matching Process/ Name Controls 14
Part 6 -Flow Charts 16
• First “B” Notice Copy 18
• Second “B” Notice Copy 21
Part 7- Name Compression Specifications for “B” Notice Tape Cartridges 22
Part 8 – Instructions for Reading Tape Cartridges 23
Part 9 – Instructions for Reading CD/DVD media 26
Part 10 – Other Forms 30
• Form W-8 Series and Instructions
September 10, 2011October 10, 2012 Marjeta	A “B” Notice is a backup withholding notice. There are two “B” Notices — the First “B” Notice and the Second “B” Notice. You must send the First “B” Notice and a Form W-9 to a payee after you receive the first CP2100/CP2100A Notice with respect to this account for the purpose of soliciting a correct name/TIN combination.
The text of the Second “B” Notice is different than that of the First “B” Notice. It tells the payee to contact IRS or SSA to obtain the correct name/TIN combination. The mailing of the second notice should not include a Form W-9. You must send the second B Notice after receiving the second CP2100 or CP2100A with respect to this account. The payee must certify the Name/TIN combination after receiving the second “B” Notice. Generally, you do not have to send a “B” Notice more than two times within three calendar years to the same account.
Read more about B notices on IRS website