Get IRS Form 1099-NEC for up to 50 recipients. TOPS™ 1099-NEC pack includes 50, 5-part 1099-NEC sets and three 1096 summary forms. You'll use the 1099-NEC to report nonemployee compensation for your independent contractors and attorneys in 2021. This year there are two reporting updates for the NEC. 1) You can report payer-made sales of $5,000 or more on the NEC in box 2 OR on the MISC in box 7, so fewer filers will need both forms. 2) You can no longer report cash payments for the purchase of fish for resale in NEC box 1. (Use 1099-MISC box 11 instead.)