Tax Question (company, lawsuit, work, payment)

[Everest209]

I have done 95% of my taxes, I have got all my forms except one. The company I work for was sued and last year I got like 1000 dollars in a lawsuit. State and Federal taxes were already subtracted from the check, so I'm not trying to avoid anything. Others from the company have already got there 1099 and I think mine might have got lost in the shuffle. It's not as easy as calling the place that issues them, because I don't even have a contact number. Do I need to include this if I never receive it? Any thought's would be helpful.

[chet everett]

The name of the game when comes to taxes is generally "cover your *****" -- if you can show that you already had taxes subtracted from any payment you received that is about as good as you need to get.

The other thing to worry about is "document matching" as any firm / organization that is big enough to generate a 'digital trail' with local / federal units of governments can cause info about YOU to get sent back to the IRS.

[sterlinggirl]

Can you get the name and address of the company from a coworker who did receive one? If you can't google their phone number, you can always send them a letter.

[Everest209]

Anyone else?

[Synergy1]

Just get your 1099. It will solve lots of speculation.