Specifications
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A Record 
Field Name  Width  Value  Fill 
character 
Alignment 
Record Type  1  A     
Payment Year  4  2009     
Record Sequence Number  10  Obtained from DataBlock  zero  right 
Payers TIN  9  Obtained from DataBlock     
Payers Name  20  Obtained from DataBlock  blank  left 
Type of Return  1  A (represents 1099-MISC 
form) 
B Record 
Field Name  Width  Value  Fill 
character 
Alignment 
Record Type  1  B     
Payment Year  4  2009     
Record Sequence Number  10  Obtained from DataBlock  zero  right 
Payee TIN  9  Obtained from DataBlock     
Payee Name  20  Obtained from DataBlock  blank  left 
Total payments to payee  12  Obtained from DataBlock 
– 12 numeric characters. 
No decimal points, 
commas or dollar signs. 
Rightmost 2 characters for 
cents 
zero  right 
C Record 
Field Name  Width  Value  Fill 
character 
Alignment 
Record Type  1  C     
Payment Year  4  2009     
Record Sequence Number  10  Obtained from DataBlock  zero  right 
Number of payees (B records)  10  Obtained from DataBlock  zero  right 
Total amounts paid by payer  18  Obtained from DataBlock  zero  right 










