<prompt> Human: In 2015 I earned over 18,000 from an online site very similar to Kickstarter. However, I just received an email from them saying that unless I earned over 20,000 for the year they will not be sending me a 1099 for 2015. I wanted to know if that is legal, and does that mean they are still reporting my roughly 18k of income to the IRS? I dont understand the benefit of them not sending out a 1099.  <response>: Sound like they are issuing 1099-Ks, not 1099-MISCs. They are regarding themselves as a payment processor for your home business, whatever it may be, which has a 20K reporting threshold. 