Print prior-year 1099 forms after closing the year

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224924350055499

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Thu Aug 13 18:05:08 UTC 2026

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Print prior-year 1099 forms after closing the year

Description

Make sure your company data matches the filing year before you eFile 1099s.
You can print 1099s using data from a different year. However, eFiling requires the data to match the filing year.
If you saved or printed 1099s before closing December, see instructions for accessing saved 1099s.

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Sage BusinessWorks 2026 and later

Sage BusinessWorks uses check detail records to process 1099 forms. You can print 1099 forms for the current year and the previous year without restoring a backup.

Select AP, Vendors, 1099 Processing.
Select Create New 1099.
Select the desired form type.
Select the previous year in the Reporting Year field.
Click OK.

Sage BusinessWorks 2025 and earlier

Sage BusinessWorks keeps vendor 1099 totals for the current year only. To print a prior-year 1099, select one of the options below.

▼Restore data for the processing year to a new company ID

Restore the backup you made before closing December in Accounts Payable to a new company ID.
Log in as MANAGER. If not you’ll need to be granted access to the new company.
- Log on with the MANAGER user ID or any other user ID with access to Maintain Users.
- Select File, Select Company. Select a company that you have access to.
- Select Utilities, Maintain Users. Select the desired user, and click Security Settings.
- Select the new company ID, and grant appropriate access rights.
- Save and exit.
In the File, Select Company, select the new company.
In the new company, go to AP Vendors, 1099 processing to process, print and eFile 1099 forms.

▼Restore an older backup and manually update the vendor amounts

Restore a backup from any time in the past to a new company ID.
- To process 1099s from a backup, the company data must match the 1099 year
Determine your vendor totals. Create a Custom Report to get the totals paid to your 1099 vendors.
Manually update the vendor totals on the Enhanced Tax Reporting grid.

▼Copy your current company data to a new company and manually update the vendor amounts

CAUTION: Since the company year differs, you can print but not eFile 1099s.

Create a copy of your live company.
Determine your vendor totals. Create a Custom Report to get the totals paid to your 1099 vendors.
Go to File, Select Company and select the copy company.
Process 1099s using the amounts above, manually filling out the 1099 grid in Enhanced Tax Reporting.

▼Process your 1099s outside of Sage BusinessWorks

Determine your vendor totals. Create a Custom Report to get the totals paid to your 1099 vendors.

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