If you must report distributions from a variety of retirement plans, investments, and accounts, the IRS has provided a head start by issuing the 2026 instructions for Forms 1099-R and 5498.

IRS Form 1099-R is issued to you when you take a distribution from your IRA, profit-sharing plans, insurance contracts, pension plan or annuity. If you didn't pay any taxes when you withdrew the money ...

A variety of 1099 Forms are used to report income to the IRS Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez A Form 1099 is issued to report non-employment income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This type of ...

A trio of IRS forms can lead you astray regarding proper tax treatment of your retirement benefits. Form 5498 for inherited IRA: The first is IRS Form 5498, the "information return" your IRA provider ...