# Information return

> Information return — A return that reports a payment to the IRS and to the person paid, rather than computing a tax — Form 1099-NEC, 1099-MISC, 1099-K, W-2, 3921. Due dates are per form, and §7503 moves a weekend date to the next business day.

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**What is information return?** In accounting, information return means a return that reports a payment to the IRS and to the person paid, rather than computing a tax — Form 1099-NEC, 1099-MISC, 1099-K, W-2, 3921. Due dates are per form, and §7503 moves a weekend date to the next business day.

## Words this system refuses for it

- tax return (which computes tax owed)

- **Category:** Tax
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [tax-form-tracker](https://lopifi.com/md/components/tax-form-tracker)
- **Related:** form-1099-nec