Hi everyone. As many of you know, Adobe has implemented the option to download 1099�s as an eStatement. These are available to download now.

To view your 2023 1099, please click the below link or copy the link into your browser.  You will need your Tax Id or SS # and Adobe vendor #.

https://236230.invoiceinfo.com/get1099.html

In the blue box on the left-hand side, select �Electronic 1099 Signup & Request�.  Please follow the instruction on the page to download your 2023 1099.

You will also have the option to Opt-In for eStatements for future tax years. When you Opt-in, you will no longer receive a 1099 via USPS mail.

If you do not choose to opt-in, you will continue to receive your 1099 as a hard copy, sent via USPS mail.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Mat Hayward

Mat,

Is the Adobe "vendor number" the same as our "Member ID" on our contributor account page?

Thanks

Mine was. 

Was able to retrieve mine. Do we know how Adobe computes the number? Is it purely based on payouts in the calendar year of 2023?

One request, one hint for other contributors:

It would be really good if the link to obtain the 1099 were somewhere in the contributor interface - I looked for it after I saw Mat's post here, but couldn't find one. That interface should be contributor central (and I haven't seen any email about the 1099 either; I did check my spam folder)

If you have a 4-digit contributor number - I do as I joined Fotolia in 2005 - you have to put in a zero before it or the number won't be accepted. I had to figure that out for myself last year (never got a reply from the tax help query) and possibly I'm not the only fossil with such a small number.

Seems the Adobestock 1099 values are based on $$$ of record at the end of each calendar month (summed to one yearly value) and not on how/when the contributor takes their payouts?

Quote from: wds on February 04, 2024, 12:10

Seems the Adobestock 1099 values are based on $$$ of record at the end of each calendar month (summed to one yearly value) and not on how/when the contributor takes their payouts?

That's the way I've understood it to be, for many years. I make a payout request around Dec. 26th each year, so the numbers are close, depending on which accounting method is used. I don't see earnings that I don't have as earnings.

What if someone doesn't make payout, for four years, like DT. Are they supposed to pay taxes on the earnings, that they might never receive?

I use the numbers of what any agency actually paid me, during the tax year.

But yes, it appears that Adobe counts earnings, not payments to the artist.

I think things would be more consistent if Adobe had fixed payout dates like some of the other major agencies and managed the 1099s in a way that the reported earnings on the 1099s match-up exactly with actual payouts for the year. Some of the other major agencies seem to do that and it all works out quite well....1099 numbers match actual payouts for the year.

Thanks!

Quote from: wds on February 04, 2024, 12:10

Seems the Adobestock 1099 values are based on $$$ of record at the end of each calendar month (summed to one yearly value) and not on how/when the contributor takes their payouts?

That is correct. The 1099 is based on royalties earned. The cash out amount is not relevant. If you were paid a royalty in 2023 but cashed it out in 2024 the earnings would reflect in your 2023 1099 and not 2024.

-Mat

This is why the 1099s are irrelevant to me.  I report my income on a cash basis and not accrual.

Has anyone tried to obtain 2024 1099 forms yet? (not sure if they are available).

I tried the same process I used one year ago (for the 2023 tax form, link:https://236230.invoiceinfo.com/get1099.html) but I got a message: "EIN/TIN/SSN does not match Vendor Number - Please Retry (0)."

I hadn't tried as I just assumed they wouldn't be there yet. But after reading your note I did and was successful in getting the 2024 1099

As I had noted last year, for my "vendor number" I have to put in a leading zero as it's too few digits (4).

The whole settup is terrible - it should be linked from the contributor account interface not some random web page. And when last year I couldn't access it, I never got a reply to my request for support (I figured out the leading zero on my own).

...Joanne, where exactly did you put in a "leading zero"? I tried putting it in front of my vendor number and I still get an error: "EIN/TIN/SSN does not match Vendor Number - Please Retry (0)."       

All my info matches the info on last years 1099.

I typed a 0 and then pasted in my 4-digit Fotolia ID. I checked the amount reported on the 1099 it produced and the dollar amount is different from 2023 as well as the year it's reporting says "2024", so I think I'm getting a legit form.

Last year I did "sign up" to receive electronic 1099s in the future - no idea why that would have any bearing on how things behave this year. And I selected "Display on Screen" from the dropdown, not "copy to downloads folder".

(A side note: If you display on screen, it's a PDF, but when you click the download button that appears on every PDF displayed in a browser, the file name filled in has an ".html" extension instead of .pdf. Nothing about this works as it should...)

Perhaps support - the Contact us link on the left side - needs to help?

I successfully downloaded mine. Seems correct.

Quote from: Photobomb on January 22, 2025, 22:44

I successfully downloaded mine. Seems correct.

May I ask if you used your Adobe ID to retrieve your info (I used my Adobe ID and was not successful as noted above)?

Yes used my adobe ID.

Although I opted in to receive electronic 1099s last year, in today's mail there was a paper 1099 for 2024.

Same information as on the 1099 I downloaded on Wednesday

Interesting. Maybe I will get a hardcopy in the mail.