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Where is My Google AdSense 1099 Form?

I was working on my taxes when I discovered that I hadn’t received a 1099 tax form from Google for my AdSense earnings for last year. Yes, I did earn over the minimum required amount to be sent a 1099 form. So I contacted Google about this and had to jump through a few hoops to get this issue resolved.

Initially Google required that I had to resubmit (as in I had already done this once before) my tax information. If you have an AdSense account that would be the My Account tab, then the Tax Information tab. If you do this correctly you will see the Submitted: Month Day Year and Last updated: Month Day Year information displayed at the top of the page.

However, that might not be enough to get a 1099 form sent out. You may need to contact Google at adsense-support@google.com and give them a phone number and time to call, so they can call you to confirm your address and social security number. They are not able to view your ssn on their system, so they need to confirm it via a phone call before issuing a 1099 to you and the IRS. The Google rep (friendly and professional) confirmed that they currently have a bug in their system (due to them being oversecure) that is causing some problems with sending the 1099s. They are working on a fix.

Update: March 8, 2007. I finally received a 1099-MISC form from Google today. In the recipients name box, they omitted my last name. Only my first name appears. In the recipients identification number box they omitted my social security number. Sigh.

Tags: 1099 tax form, Google, AdSense