(a) Any individual or business required to file a federal form 1099 with respect to a nonresident who performed services within the State during the taxable year shall file a copy of the form with the Department. The Commissioner may authorize electronic filing of the form.

(b) Any person required to file information returns pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6050W shall within 30 days of the date the filing is due to the Internal Revenue Service file with the Commissioner a duplicate of such information returns on which the recipient has a Vermont address. In addition, at the same time the information in this subsection is required, third-party settlement organizations shall report to the Department of Taxes, and to any participating payee with a Vermont address, any information required by 26 U.S.C. § 6050W with respect to third-party network transactions related to that participating payee, as if the de minimis limitations of 26 U.S.C. § 6050W(e) did not apply, but that the de minimis limitations of 26 U.S.C. § 6041(a) did apply. The Commissioner may adopt rules and authorize electronic filing of the information required by this subsection.

(c) A failure to provide the information required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be considered a failure to provide a return or return information required by this chapter, for the purposes of sections 3202, 5863, and 5864 of this title. (Added 1997, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. April 29, 1998; amended 2013, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; 2017, No. 73, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)