• Tax1099

Tax1099

Overview

Tax1099 has a rating of 2.7 stars from 110 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Tax1099 most frequently mention customer service, last year, and multiple times problems. Tax1099 ranks 16th among Tax sites.

  • Service
    14
  • Value
    13
  • Shipping
    4
  • Returns
    4
  • Quality
    12

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 66.7%
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • This is my first time using an online tool to efile my 1099 forms and the experience was great.
  • I use this system year-round and file all my 1099 MISC and 1099-K forms for both federal and states by 20th of Jan.

Critical highlights

  • The system was super slow and customer service was not available by phone, chat or email.
  • That was approx Jan 26, which was about 2 weeks after I initially filed.
How would you rate Tax1099?
Top Positive Review

“When QBD failed to file, Tax1099 came handy”

Roslyn J.
11/22/23

Great product and round the year support for 1099 NEC efiling., I was super excited to see how QBD could not support my prior year efiling for clinets that I had recently onboarded and Tax1099 could go back 3 yeras and let me complete my prior year 1099 MISC and current year NEC late filing. Super affordable and great support.

Top Critical Review

“Very Poor Service, Not SImple to USe”

Jo-Ann R.
2/13/24

Very Poor Customer Service - bots didn't understand my questions and then the email responses did not respond to my question, were like bot answers. There was no phone number to call, so I was stuck. I was not happy with their website and set-up - and it is more expensive than a competitor. I would not recommend this company to anyone!

Reviews (110)

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customer service (8) 1099 forms (6) 1099 misc (9) year (33) 2 weeks (3)
Thumbnail of user joann.r
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 13th, 2024

Very Poor Customer Service - bots didn't understand my questions and then the email responses did not respond to my question, were like bot answers. There was no phone number to call, so I was stuck. I was not happy with their website and set-up - and it is more expensive than a competitor. I would not recommend this company to anyone!

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None - I went to another company instead.

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Thumbnail of user johnk4833
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
January 20th, 2023

I have multiple issues with this company. Their software is buggy. I tied to add info for a contractor to get a 1099 one day and it worked. I tied to add another contractor a few days later and the add button no longer works. There is no phone or text support. When I provided the contractor email to send the 1099 that did not go well either. The contractor was required to set up an account with them to get the 1099 info! That is just stupid and it appears an attempt to do marketing. That just pissed him off and I had to send him the info myself. I am still waiting for an answer to the email I sent. Bottom line this company SICKS! John Kovac

Tip for consumers:
Use another company. It is a wonder they are still in business

Products used:
Software to prepare 1099s.

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Thumbnail of user karenk2921
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 24th, 2023

This would not integrate with my quickbooks desktop. I contacted support multiple times and they were of no assistance. I tried my own workarounds and nothing worked. I tried the desktop connector and web connector and got error messages with both. I uninstalled reinstalled multiple times. All in all I wasted HOURS of time and ended up paper filing. If I just would have done that to start with, I would have saved hours and a lot of frustration. GIANT FAIL. Also very disappointed that quickbooks offers no other options. Someone is making out big with this horrible selection.

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Thumbnail of user jeanp730
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 26th, 2023

The site is so confusing with no way to get questions answered in a timely manner. I am trying to file 4 1099's and there is no backup on how to do this. They do not indicate if they send copies to the subcontractors and I would like to file the federal copies on line. How?. What do I do? You don't need photos - you need explanations!

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Thumbnail of user robertl2103
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 31st, 2021

I am a CPA and have worked in the field of payroll and tax for over 40 years. Tax1099.com has terrible upload program instructions and even worse customer support. They were unable to address my issues and I was unable to have them process my 1099s for the 2020 tax year. As a result, I did not purchase their services and processed my clients' 1099s using another Web provider.

Tip for consumers:
Don't count on customer support to help you with any issues that crop up with using their software or uploading to their system. They keep requesting more info from you via e-mail, even though you have addressed the issues with them thoroughly in prior communications. They want to "appear" that they are helping you, but it is all bogus because they don't answer your specific questions to deal with your problems and issues directly.

Products used:
None. Utilized a different seller of these services.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hello Robert, We are sorry you had a poor experience. If you would like us to follow up with your to assist with future filings, please contact us at support@tax1099.com. Thanks!

Thumbnail of user ks352
1 review
7 helpful votes
February 1st, 2019

I have tried multiple times to do online chat and also left a message yesterday with no response. I just need to know why my 1099s are still sitting out there as "submitted" and not approved. And where is my 1096? Since I saw fairly timely responses on this board, I figured I would give it a try and see if I can get a response. I'll change my rating once I can confirm our 1099s were mailed and approved... because right now I'm just plain scared!

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi - I apologize for the delayed responses from support, we are working to follow up with all chat, emails, and phone calls. You should hear back from the support team shortly. As to your questions: the processing timeframe is completely dependent on the IRS platform and resources. After successful submission through Tax1099, your forms must go through the IRS system. We have had several thousands of forms accepted, and have several thousand awaiting IRS response. You should receive notification of status by email. When you eFile, the IRS doesn't require the 1096; however, you can generate one for your records by selecting the blue plus sign in the top right of your dashboard.

Thumbnail of user susanj282
1 review
7 helpful votes
February 7th, 2019

Program is confusing, awful to work with on chat. Answers come from people that clearly have never had to file a 1099 or understand the process. I can't believe Quick Books partnered with this company. - I just hope my filing is done correctly, but I'm not optimistic. Based on the grammar used, I'd bet the chat people aren't sitting in the USA.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Susan - I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have a good experience with us, and that you didn't get the help you needed from our support team. We have seasonal support in multiple locations in order to provide as much coverage as possible, and even then, we are sometimes not able to respond to requests as rapidly as we would like. Would you be interested in scheduling a one-on-one feedback session with us, so that we can hear your thoughts on how to make our program more straightforward? I'll send you a direct message about this.

Thumbnail of user debras442
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 30th, 2019

I've used this site for the last couple of years to file a 1099-B. I never had any trouble so decided to file my 1099-misc forms for two different companies. I entered and submitted the 1099s for the first payee. When I went back to create new form, it will not let me select 1099-Misc or any of the 1099's listed in the first row. Is the website having issues or is it operator error. I need someone to help me and am not getting anywhere calling or chatting. This is so frustrating.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Debra - thanks for reaching out. This has happened to some of our users. Can you try clearing your cache? That is Ctrl Shift Delete in Chrome, that should allow you to access that form again.

Thumbnail of user aristotlel
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 19th, 2019

This is a nightmare! Tried this for the first time because my partner was using this to submit the 1099 forms. So I gave a try this year. I was not satisfied at all with the result. When you print the 1099 Miscellaneous form recipient copy, the form does not align align with the tax envelope. The recipient address is not showing. Terrible program! Is there lower rating than 1 star? If there is, I will select that.

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Geneva B. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, there - Are you using the #10 double-window envelope? We format the forms you can print to that envelope type.

Thumbnail of user christinej111
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 28th, 2019

Very, very frustrating - no one available by phone or chat. Their "help" guides are worthless. I have printed out my 1099s in QB but want to do federal/state filing -- why have they filled out additional information & sometimes inaccurate information that Quickbooks did not list?

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Christine - sorry to hear that we haven't been able to help you with your import, I apologize for the inconvenience. I'm sending you a direct message now, so that we can get some more details on this issue, we'd like to see what's going wrong here.

Thumbnail of user barryy11
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 18th, 2019

Why QB would partner with this terrible company and software is beyond my comprehension. Just plain doesn't work, and support is P... A... I... N... F... U... L... L... Y... slow. Recommendation: AVOID. Just lost a bunch of time I will never get back.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Barry - I'm sorry to hear that you've had some difficulty using our site and receiving support. We have agents available to help on chat, email, and phone - I hope that you will receive the help you need soon through one of those methods. I'll send you a direct message as well, so if there is anything that I can help you with, please let me know.

Thumbnail of user prolineg
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 31st, 2019

The website is full of glitches where you can not easily review or print out the 1099 forms you recently submitted. Then when you try to figure out why you can access the documents you paid for already, you find out the Chat Experts are not available to chat/help you, then you call their costumer service number and due to high call volume they can not answer your call.
So basically be aware, you're on your own if you decide to use Tax1099 services!
Horrible service. Will not recommend to anyone.

Thumbnail of user tomz8
Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Proline - I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been able to find your filed forms! You should be able to see those on the main dashboard in your account. You can also go to Forms > Manage Forms, or Reports > Submission History report. You can print from Manage Forms. I apologize that our support team hasn't been able to respond to your question - we are working through support requests as quickly as possible.

Thumbnail of user chada52
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 9th, 2019

I issue enough 1099s that I'm required to eFile. I use Quickbooks Enterprise, Intuit's flagship product, and have been using Tax1099 for a few years, and every year there's a catastrophic issue ranging from multiple import errors, sessions timing out in seconds, importing data incorrectly, adding bogus rental income to my vendor's 1099s, duplicating 1099s, etc. It's a huge mess. It's ridiculous that Intuit doesn't offer another option than this terrible software. This is 1995 software masquerading as something more modern. It's full of bugs, the customer service is terrible, and it costs as much as quickbooks itself the way I use it.

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Geneva B. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Chad - we're sorry to hear that you haven't had good experiences with Tax1099. We're constantly working to make our platform better, and we would love to have your feedback on our platform. I'm sending you a private message, so that we can set up a one-on-one feedback session to discuss.

Thumbnail of user chara7
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 29th, 2019

I can't access my account because of the 2-factor verification so I went to the website for chat help.

Did that on both Google and Explorer and got kicked off saying there is no agent available. Decided to call and was on hold for 20 min before system decides to just put me through to voicemail. I'll be moving onto another filing system. I can't get anything done with this.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Char - sorry to hear that you weren't able to get through to us. You can always send an email to support@tax1099.com, as well. I'm going to send you a personal message to see if we can get you the help you need.

Thumbnail of user ch272
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 31st, 2019

This program is easy to use & easy to import information into from Excel. However, what company does NOT have support and extra help on a deadline day? Their system was down & not working from at least 11:00am - 5:00pm on January 31st. I called multiple times & attempted to chat with a support person & there was no response. No message on their website about an estimated time of correcting the system. Stay away from this company!

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi - I'm sorry to hear that our support team wasn't able to answer your questions. Our site was running slowly yesterday, but was still functional. We had several thousands of forms filed through the platform yesterday. I do hope you were able to get your forms filed, and I apologize again for any issues you may have encountered.

Thumbnail of user billn99
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
January 30th, 2019

Was forwarded a link to access my 1099, and all it did was crash Adobe Acrobat repeatedly. Could never open the form, and their customer service is - literally - non existent. Can't imagine that anyone would actually pay to use this piece of garbage software.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Bill - We haven't heard of this occurring. I am going to send you a private message, so that we can get some more information on this.

Thumbnail of user judyb280
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 30th, 2019

I have tried unsuccessfully to e-file my 1099's. I have used this company several years with success but not this year. Someone was supposed to call me back to resolve but I have still not received a phone call. I guess I will have to manually file at this point. Very frustrating with the lack of response.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Judy - I'm so sorry to hear that we have not returned your call! If I can be of assistance, please let me know. I am sending you a private message now to learn more about the situation.

Thumbnail of user cindyb465
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 31st, 2019

I will never use this service again. We opted to mail 1099's and it took 12 days before any were received. They were supposed to be mailed within 3-5 days. I processed W2's over 2 weeks ago and they have yet to be delivered to any of the employees. My W2 import yesterday was not populating correctly and would not accept edits. The system was super slow and customer service was not available by phone, chat or email. This has resulted in wrong information being sent to the IRS. I emailed customer support today and they responded but haven't given me a resolution. I ended up using a different service for the other W2's and had no problems. This site is difficult to navigate for simple tasks such as looking up the status of submitted forms. I thought this was going to be an awesome experience given how easy it was to import from QuickBooks Desktop but boy was I wrong! I feel like I've let my clients down by using this service.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Cindy - I'm so sorry about the inconvenience. We held the W-2's in our system while our mailing center was undergoing quality assurance testing. I apologize that we did not notify you of this. I see that you have chatted in with our team, I hope that your other issues have been resolved.

Thumbnail of user stevenl333
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 30th, 2019

In theory it's great. In practice it's not functioning properly. We entered a 941, then made edits. When you select view or print it populates with the old info but when you go back to edit it has all the changes all the way through to the end. Select view, and it still has old info. Support was good until 2 weeks ago. Now, the chat closes before anyone comes on and the phone support doesn't answer. Have other issues too including getting booted out in the middle of entering 1099s. For an intuit product I expect all lot better performance. They really blew it on this one. Unprepared and in over their head.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Steven - I'm sorry to hear about the difficulties, and that you haven't been able to get a hold of our support team. You might have success with a different browser, or if you try clearing your cache. We will look into the issues you've listed. I'm sending you a private message now, so that we can get some more information on what went wrong here.

Thumbnail of user ericr281
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 28th, 2019

This really makes me question why QuickBooks would "partner" with this company?
Could not get the plug-in to download and followed every instruction. Called? Customer? Service and spoke in part to an agent that could barely speak English, but she was very clear that she wanted me to allow her remote access... after waiting over 30 minutes for her to return with suggestions for the error code I gave, I just hung up and manually entered the data into the on-line forms. I wasted nearly half a day trying to use this company and would rather guoge my eyes out with sharp (or dull) stick than try this again... If you hate this site as much as do AND you are a QuickBook referred user... PLEASE complain to QuickBooks...

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Eric - I'm so sorry for the troubles that you've encountered with us, and that we weren't able to give you the help you needed. I'm sending you a private message now - we'd like to get some more information on the error code. If you'd be willing, we'd also like to schedule a one-on-one feedback session with you. We thrive on user feedback, and your thoughts are valuable to us.

Thumbnail of user milas13
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 31st, 2019

The website is so slow that the swirling pointer times out on itself. I've been filing W-2s and 1099s online for years, this is by far the least efficient solution. In the amount of time I spent watching their website to finally refresh, I feel I could have written my forms manually and hand-delivered to the agencies.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Mila - I apologize for the delays. Our site has been running slow today, with all the traffic in the system. Many users have found it helpful to try a different browser, or clear their cache. I hope that you were able to complete your eFiling.

Thumbnail of user pennyb30
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 7th, 2017

Multiple mailings, incorrect data sent after we verified 2 times that al data we ented matched our reports. Our client's vendors are calling them to complain and then they complain to us. A mass issue that is causing lack of faith in our service to our clients. Spoke with another firm this afternoon fielding the same complaints as their office. Totally unacceptable

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi Penny, I'm sorry for the frustration. Can you send us an e-mail support@tax1099.com with subject "SiteJabber" and we'll reach out and see what we can do. Thanks. -Tom

Thumbnail of user shelh2
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 1st, 2017

I've never posted anything anywhere about website experiences. I agree with all the 1 star postings. Qb was so easy last year-bad move to tax1099. I referred a small biz to qb about how easy 1099's were last year. I called them shortly after trying tax1099 and told them NOT to attempt. The purpose of online chat is for immediate help, not hours. If you have unmonitored voice messaging, then don't have any at all.

Thumbnail of user dorothya59
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 30th, 2019

This is the worst program I have EVER used. It lags and requires you to repeat steps because the program has never worked the first time I import 1099s. I used this program last year and hated it. I used it this year thinking it surely had been upgraded.
It did have an update that then proceeded to crash my quickbooks application and took me hours to get back.
The payment form is ridiculous. Taking a credit card payment is the most basic of coding and really has nothing to do with the tax portion of the process and yet, they can't even get that to run smoothly. The payment form reloads multiple times with blank information. Somehow, magically, multiple 1099forms were submitted to the IRS as a result.
Tried to call support and was asked to leave a voicemail. Imagine that.
Tried to chat support and was given a message that no one is available. Imagine that.
This is the default app used through Quickbooks desktop to efile 1099s and yet, it has the worst interface I have ever used in my LIFE and I work for a web development company.
Using this program has done nothing but cause grief, hours of troubleshooting and only to file 2 1099-misc forms it just isn't worth it.
I am disgusted knowing how large Quickbooks/Intuit is and they have invested so very little in this service which is a key element to doing business every year.

I would NEVER recommend Quickbooks or Tax1099 to ANYONE in the future. In fact, I will scream to the mountain tops how this company clearly doesn't care about quality and only wants to push you into paying for their online software with a monthly subscription.

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi, Dorothy - We're sorry to hear about the repeated difficulties. We're reaching out to you privately, so that we can learn more about the specifics of the situation. A couple preliminary troubleshooting questions - are you using QuickBooks Desktop that's 2015 or earlier? Did you use the questionnaire that launches to determine which import method to use? That is new this year, to help make sure you're using the best method for your situation. The payment page should be functioning properly, we agree. Were there any error messages? Our support team is responding to voicemails, email, and chat, we have extended hours through tomorrow's deadline. You should receive a follow up from our support team shortly.

Thumbnail of user jc323
1 review
4 helpful votes
January 14th, 2017

I am a small business that uses Quickbooks. For years we have prepared our 1099s through the QB application. For unknown reasons, Intuit decided to use this useless application. After an hour and half, we finally gave up. We attempted to work with their support (no phone answer and periodic responses from their chat box) which was also useless. They advised I use their Tier 2 support, but you must make an appointment. What a disappointment. Don't waste your time. Bring back the old QB 1099 approach please!

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Ed P. – Tax1099 Rep

Hi JC, we're sorry to hear you've had a tough time with the import. Can we set up a call sometime and help you onboard? Send us an e-mail at support@tax1099.com with your contact information and we'll get you taken care of. -Tom

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