Tax documents FAQ
You can find your tax documents with these steps:
For large documents, web classic may be the best way to read and download your tax documents.
You may get multiple tax documents based on your taxable events during the tax year.
If all of the following are true, you won’t receive a Form 1099 from us:
Or if any of the following are true, you won’t get a Form 1099 from us:
We may issue you a corrected Form 1099 for a number of reasons, including:
To make any corrections, send us a request. Check out what we need to correct errors on your 1099s.
The 1099 doesn’t show the amount of money that you deposited or withdrew, it shows the gross proceeds for any positions that were closed during the tax year.
Let's say you deposited $100, and then during the tax year you:
In this case, your gross proceeds would be $110 + $60 = $170, which would be reported on your 1099, even though you only deposited $100.
Any activity that results in reportable transactions to the government and generates a tax form, such as:
You’ll get a backup withholding warning (B-Notice) if the name and/or taxpayer identification number (Social Security number) on your Robinhood account doesn't match the name and number combination that the IRS or Social Security Administration has on record for you.
For more details, check out B-Notices.
If you are subject to a C-Notice, you would have been directly notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In this notice, the IRS will inform you that you either failed to report, or underreported dividend or interest income on your tax return, and therefore are subject to backup withholding.
Keep in mind, Robinhood can’t confirm if you’re subject to this type of withholding since the IRS notifies you directly.
When you receive this C-Notice, you are able to report it to Robinhood directly within the online Tax Certification form by unchecking the box at the end of the Certification Agreement. By unchecking this box, you are indicating you have been notified by the IRS that you are subject to backup withholding, and once submitted, Robinhood is then required to apply a 24% backup withholding on any dividends and interest in your investing accounts accordingly. We’re required to withhold this tax by law until the IRS notifies us to stop.
If you received a message from Robinhood letting you know that you indicated you’re subject to C-Notice but this is incorrect, you need to Update your tax status with us. If your tax certification is correct, no further action is needed.
For more information about backup withholding requirements, go to IRS.gov.
Robinhood doesn’t provide tax advice. Consult a tax advisor for questions about your specific situation.
Income reclassification happens when a company reclassifies payments made throughout the year to a different type of income. This commonly occurs on mutual funds, ETFs, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). If you hold these types of securities you may also receive a corrected 1099 based on the timing of the reclassification.
If you sell a stock for a loss and purchase substantially identical stock either 30 days before, 30 days after, or on the day of the sale, you've executed a wash sale. The IRS prohibits taxpayers from claiming losses on these transactions for tax purposes. The loss is added into the cost basis of the shares you replaced your original stock with. And the holding period of the investment you sold is also added to the holding period of the new investment. For details, check out Wash sales.
You can find your total wash sales for the year in Box 1G on your 1099 tax document. Robinhood doesn’t provide tax advice. For specific questions, consult a tax professional.
Per IRS guidelines, we only report wash sales on identical securities for each of your Robinhood accounts (ie. individual and joint investing). The IRS may consider transactions across multiple accounts (also with other brokerages) that have substantially identical securities when determining wash sales.
For an option contract to be considered an identical security, it would need to have the same ticker symbol, strike price, and expiration date.
If you’d like to claim a loss for a worthless stock, you can submit a request for a copy of your yearly transaction history. Once we receive your request, we’ll send you a copy of your transaction history in a .csv file. You can use that file to prove a loss on your taxes.
If you received stocks through our referral program, it will be classified as miscellaneous income for your 1099. If the total value of all miscellaneous income you have received for this tax year is valued at $600 or more, it will be reported to the IRS.
If you sell the shares you receive through our referral program, it will be reported just like any other stock sale in your account.
US-sourced income includes payments from US companies, such as dividends, as well as interest and rewards from Robinhood. Non-US customers only receive tax reporting on US-sourced income. These payments are reported on Form 1042-S and would also include any NRA withholding taxes paid (where applicable).
Non-US customers are subject to US withholding tax on their US-sourced income. This tax is known as NRA (nonresident alien) withholding, and is applied at the time of payment. If you have NRA withholding of $0.50 or more, it’ll be reported on a Form 1042-S. The default tax rate for NRA withholding is 30%, with some exceptions:
Robinhood doesn’t provide tax advice. For specific questions, consult a tax professional.