Publishers are responsible for their own tax reporting.
You will be emailed a form 1099 for your Journey earnings only if you received a payment from a method other than PayPal.
Note: If you did not fill out a W9 and instead entered “Non-US” as your tax designation in your payment profile, you’ll need to navigate the specific income reporting and tax forms for your country.
Tipalti
Journey by Mediavine pays all publishers via Tipalti. This service allows users to choose their preferred payment method. Read more about the different payment methods here.
Journey by Mediavine will issue a 1099-NEC for non-PayPal earnings paid out to publishers in the United States. Publishers must meet a threshold of $5,000 in earnings within a calendar year to be issued a 1099 from us. If you do not meet this threshold, you will not receive a 1099 form.
These forms will be available via email in late January of each year and will come from a service called Tax1099.
PayPal
If you were paid solely via PayPal in a calendar year, then you will not be issued a 1099 from Journey by Mediavine. PayPal payments are covered under a completely separate section of the U.S. tax code. PayPal even gets its own special 1099 form, known as a 1099-K.
PayPal is required by the IRS to report the sales of goods and services for customers who, in a single year, receive:
- Gross payments for goods or services that exceed $600, AND
- Any number of transactions
Got questions? Please email payments@journeymv.com We are happy to help!