Hello Darryl,
1099 Copy A is the copy you send to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). And yes this is the copy you need to send with form 1096. So for example if you had 4 independent contractors, then you need to send 4 1099-MISC Copy A forms to the IRS along with 1 form 1096 that summarizes the information in those 4 forms.
You can use our
1099 software to print both the copies you send to the government and the ones you send to the recipient. For 1099 Copy A, you can use the software to print on the pre-printed red form and for all the other copies you can print them on regular white paper.
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