A U.S. client sent my foreign-owned LLC a 1099-NEC. Should I be worried it was reported wrong?
I am a consultant in Germany and bill one U.S. software client directly through a Delaware LLC. I do all work from Berlin and annual revenue from that client is about $64,000. They just sent a Form 1099-NEC to the LLC and said this is standard for all contractors.
I had provided company information during onboarding, but no one ever asked me detailed questions about foreign status. Now I am not sure whether the 1099-NEC is correct or whether they treated me like a normal domestic vendor because the entity is a U.S. LLC.
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