Exactly who was to blame for 1099 reporting rule in Obamacare bill?

[gimmebackmyconstitution]

I have been searching for the origin of the IRS 1099 reporting requirement in the Obamacare bill. Can anyone shed some light on who specifically is to blame?

[The Great RJ]

Think not only of the cost to businesses to issue 1099s, but also the cost to businesses like Staples, Office Max, Sam's Club and Costco who will receive and have to process perhaps millions of 1099 forms and reconcile them to their income not to mention the number of new IRS workers that will be needed to process all these 1099s on a federal level.

I believe the reason this provision was added to Obamacare was to create a phony source of new tax revenue from stepped up enforcement to pay for its cost. However, I also think it is possible that someone in the bowels of Washington saw this as a first step to instituting a VAT.

[Mr. Lucky]

It's not much of a paperwork hassle.

Sure it's not, so long as your company doesn't do more than $600 a year in business with any one person or firm.

(Which is to say it's a huge hassle)

[mad_as_he$$]

So now you are shilling for the elimination of cash. Several gas stations in my area charge less for cash transactions. Why should I give the up to comply with 0care’s stupid provision.

[Mr. Lucky]

Yeah, unless the person did business as a partnership, or LLC, or Limited Partnership, or corporation or any other form of organization other than sole proprietorship.

[Fundamentally Fair]

H&R Block. ;)

[Lurker]

Bush’s fault, and Sarah Palin’s, too.

[xone]

zot

[Mr. Lucky]

1099’s have nothing to do with tax rates; they're required to be filed wholly independently of whether the recipient is in a low bracket, high bracket, or pays no taxes at all.

[Vendome]

nOOb, nOOb, nOOb.

How about we agitate against it anyway?

Seems lame to scream about a policy “overall” but not to fight over particulars?

That thing was thrown as a giveaway.

Fight it and the whole enchilada

[Daveinyork]

“And thanks for not insulting me like so many others are here. “

I might have, if you hadn’t been able to provide evidence. what you provided was the instructions for form 1099MISC, and a statement of intent by the commissioner of what would be done when the new law takes effect. Who knows iof that will happen?

The requirement of the information reporting on 1099MISC blows away the fiction that our tax system is one of “voluntary compliance.”

[Gaffer]

So, let me pose this question to you about your non-opposition to the 1099.....Say you had 10-20 gold 1 ounce coins you’ve purchased over the years with after-tax money. You want to sell some of them. The dealer that buys them from you gives you a 1099 for each one. He doesn’t give you a 1099 interest form, he gives you a form for the whole damn amount, regardless of what you paid for them and with what. Still have no opposition to it?

[rdcbn]

The health care bill has been ruled unconstitutional so the 1099 provision is also null and void due the lack of a severability clause in the original bill

[gimmebackmyconstitution]

Thank you to those who attempted to answer my question. I have scoured the web for the answer, and only return references to it being “snuck in at the last minute” by unnamed individuals.
I understand that the senate finance committee worked on this, and I have reviewed the committee minutes but can't find source. I suspect Max Baucus is likely responsible. If anyone can cite a source for the specific individual who proposed this part of the bill, I would be most appreciative.