1099-Misc question

[amdx]

I have a retail shrimp store.

I buy shrimp directly from the boat.

I read the 1099-Misc instructions as saying I need to

give a 1099 to the boat owner, his accountant disagrees.



What do you say?



Also I put the dollar amount in box 5, I think that might

be the wrong box, I think that is for when the capt" is treating

deckhands as independent contractors.



Any lead on the proper box for this?



Thanks, Mikek

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[Bob Sandler]

>I buy shrimp directly from the boat.
>I read the 1099-Misc instructions as saying I need to
>give a 1099 to the boat owner, his accountant disagrees.

His accountant is right. You issue a 1099-MISC to someone
that you pay for *services*, not for product.

>Also I put the dollar amount in box 5, I think that might
>be the wrong box, I think that is for when the capt" is treating
>deckhands as independent contractors.

Box 5 is for payments by the boat owner to the crew.

>Any lead on the proper box for this?

There is no proper box because you shouldn't be issuing the
1099-MISC at all.

Bob Sandler