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Do You Need to File 1099s with State Agencies? State-by-State Requirements Explained

February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026

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Q. My boss (Director of Accounting) read that you should send your 1099's to the state as well as the IRS. However in all the years we've been in existence which is 100 years we have never reported 1099 payments to the vendor's state. A. (Answered by IOFM's third-party tax expert) Some states require filings and other states don’t. The first step is to determine the states you potentially might need to file in. For contractors, this would be the state your contractor is located in when working…

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