Form 1099-K Illinois State Mandate
In tax year 2019, Illinois withdrew from the CF/SF program and developed their own website, their own system for sending and
receiving data and their own state mandates for Form 1099-K.
Illinois issued bulletin 2020-14 which requires Form 1099-K issued to a payee with an Illinois address to be filed through the
Illinois FIRE Electronic Transmission program. The due date is March 31.
The file that you transmit to Illinois is similiar but not identical to the IRS file. Also, you must transmit your data to Illinois E-services
website using HTTPS protocol and POST method. Illinois provides this free uploading and download tool:
You upload. Wait. Then download the results and the first line of the file will let you know if the file was accepted or rejected.
Quirks exist with this Illinois FIRE System! If a recipient name is 40 characters or less or more than 42 characters in length, all is well.
If the recipient name is exactly 41 characters, then the first 40 characters are considered to be the recipient name and 1 character is the
"continuation of recipient name". And a recipient name or continuation of name can not be 1 character in length and will be rejected.
Therefore, any recipient name that is 41 characters exactly is rejected by the Illinois FIRE System. I spoke with a representative from the
Illinois Department of Revenue in June of 2020 and they said they are not modifying their system so our software has been modified to warn
users of a recipient name that is exactly 41 characters in length.
Deadline
1099-K must be submitted to the Illinois Department of Revenue no later than March 31 of the year following the year of the
withholding. Any time a due date falls on a weekend or state recognized holiday, the due date is adjusted to the next business day.
Specifications
Our software follows the specifications presented here
Forms W-2G and 1099 Electronic Filing Program Guide.
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