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Top Democrat backs 1099 requirement repeal

33 points by carbocation 16y ago

camz 16y ago
Regardless of whether they repeal this portion of the Obamacare bill won't make a difference. Practically, the IRS is ill equipped to handle the flood of 1099s of taxpayers actually obey the letter of the law. lol. The only way they could handle this type of data and paper is if they require everyone to efile by law and eliminate paper totally.
jcborro 16y ago
I was shocked to read about this requirement snuck into the health care bill. It is insane. Can you imagine anyone who buys a computer needing to send HP or Dell a W-9 to request their tax id, then waiting for the response, and then filing a 1099? I can't imagine what was going through the lawmaker's heads. Pretty much all goods would start to be priced at $599.
- jambo 16y ago
  And that would probably be outlawed, like "structuring" currency transactions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring#United_States
- _delirium 16y ago
  Individuals wouldn't have to file 1099s in any case; if the law went into effect, it'd be only for businesses. It would still be a hassle for businesses buying equipment, but not quite the same as your grandmother having to send Dell a 1099 when buying a home computer.
  - jcborro 16y ago
    yeah, i meant anyone with a business...exactly the people that don't have time for the paperwork. like many of us on HN.
waterlesscloud 16y ago
It's interesting that the story doesn't mention that Baucus was the one who put it in the healthcare bill in the first place. He's got some good people working for him to pull that PR off.
ahi 16y ago
I suspect this will end up being repealed a month before it is scheduled to go into effect, with half a dozen riders attached.
daimyoyo 16y ago
Anyone else notice they didn't realize this requirement was in the bill until months later? I wonder what else is in there.
dennisgorelik 16y ago
I guess Democrats learned from November 2010 defeat and now would focus on what they were elected for in 2008 -- cleaning up mess in Iraq.
iWhatever 16y ago
Since the 1099 requirement was put in to recover more revenues and improve the healthcare bill's financial justification, if that requirement is repealed, should Congress re-evaluate the healthcare bill based on the new (worse) numbers?

33 points by carbocation 16y ago

camz 16y ago

Regardless of whether they repeal this portion of the Obamacare bill won't make a difference. Practically, the IRS is ill equipped to handle the flood of 1099s of taxpayers actually obey the letter of the law. lol. The only way they could handle this type of data and paper is if they require everyone to efile by law and eliminate paper totally.

jcborro 16y ago

I was shocked to read about this requirement snuck into the health care bill. It is insane. Can you imagine anyone who buys a computer needing to send HP or Dell a W-9 to request their tax id, then waiting for the response, and then filing a 1099? I can't imagine what was going through the lawmaker's heads. Pretty much all goods would start to be priced at $599.

jambo 16y ago
And that would probably be outlawed, like "structuring" currency transactions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring#United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring#United_States
_delirium 16y ago
Individuals wouldn't have to file 1099s in any case; if the law went into effect, it'd be only for businesses. It would still be a hassle for businesses buying equipment, but not quite the same as your grandmother having to send Dell a 1099 when buying a home computer.
- jcborro 16y ago
  yeah, i meant anyone with a business...exactly the people that don't have time for the paperwork. like many of us on HN.

waterlesscloud 16y ago

It's interesting that the story doesn't mention that Baucus was the one who put it in the healthcare bill in the first place. He's got some good people working for him to pull that PR off.

ahi 16y ago

I suspect this will end up being repealed a month before it is scheduled to go into effect, with half a dozen riders attached.

daimyoyo 16y ago

Anyone else notice they didn't realize this requirement was in the bill until months later? I wonder what else is in there.

dennisgorelik 16y ago

I guess Democrats learned from November 2010 defeat and now would focus on what they were elected for in 2008 -- cleaning up mess in Iraq.

iWhatever 16y ago

Since the 1099 requirement was put in to recover more revenues and improve the healthcare bill's financial justification, if that requirement is repealed, should Congress re-evaluate the healthcare bill based on the new (worse) numbers?