We suggest you read Printing year-end payroll forms in the Year-end Procedures Overview for additional information about this topic.

Note: 1099 and W-2 information is tracked using the Current Payroll Year entered for your data file To learn the current payroll year of your MYOB Accounting Plus data file and other general payroll information, choose General Payroll Information from the Setup menu.

Warning: You must print W-2 forms and 1099 statements before you close the payroll year and begin the new oneWe strongly recommend that you make a backup of your Accounting Plus data file after printing these statements and before closing the year. Once the year is closed, detailed payroll information is no longer available and W-2 forms, 1099 statements and other reports can’t be printed for that year. If you’ve made a backup, however, you can restore that backup and print the necessary documents.

The Forms Selection - Print 1099s window should be displayed.

Choose to print forms for an individual vendor or for all vendors.

If you choose All Vendors, you can enter identifiers and ZIP codes to restrict your list of vendors for whom 1099 forms will be printed. Be sure the 1099 Vendors Only selection is marked if you want to print forms for only the vendors who were assigned a 1099 status in the Credit Terms window. (In most cases, this option should be marked.

Using the Selected Form field near the bottom of the window, choose the form layout you want to print.

Warning: Be careful if you plan to customize 1099 forms Although you can customize your 1099 forms using Accounting Plus, forms that don’t match governmental guidelines won’t be accepted. We recommend that you use the standard form setup.

Click OK to accept the entries you’ve made in this window. The Review 1099s Before Printing window appears, and you can choose specific forms to print and review and change information about each form you selected.

Mark the forms you want to print by clicking the Print column next to them. If you don’t want to print a form that’s already marked for printing, click the Print column to unmark it.

If you want to review or change the amounts that will be printed on a particular vendor’s 1099 form, click the arrow that appears next to the vendor’s name. The Vendor 1099 Information window appears. Make any changes you like, then click OK to return to the Review 1099s Before Printing window.

When you’re ready to print the 1099 forms, click the Print button. The documents you’ve selected will be printed.

After you’ve printed all the forms you need, we strongly recommend that you make a backup of your Accounting Plus data file. Once the payroll year is closed, detailed payroll information is no longer available and 1099 forms and other reports can’t be printed for that year. If you’ve made a backup, however, you can restore that backup and print the necessary reports.