Missing 1099-DIV from Robinhood for $40 in dividends - what should I do?
I need some guidance on a tax situation I'm facing. I never received my 1099-DIV from Robinhood for 2024, even though I earned about $54 in dividends last year. I didn't sell any stocks or have any other capital gains - literally just those dividends sitting in my account. When I reached out to Robinhood support about the missing 1099-DIV, they just sent back some automated response listing reasons why someone might not get a form. Super unhelpful. This is my first time dealing with this issue and I'm not sure how to proceed. I typically file through TurboTax, and in previous years they've automatically imported my Robinhood forms. Is it possible Robinhood sent the form directly to TurboTax but not to me? Should I contact Robinhood again and push for a real answer, or just log into TurboTax to see if the information is already there waiting for me? I know I'm probably overthinking this for a measly $54 in dividends, but I'm starting to stress out about it! Any advice on how to handle this situation would be greatly appreciated!
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Effie Alexander
Even though it's only $54 in dividends, you're right to want to report it correctly. There's actually a threshold for when brokerages are required to issue a 1099-DIV - they only need to send you one if you received $10 or more in dividends. Since you're over that threshold, Robinhood should have provided the form. One thing to check first is your Robinhood account online - many brokerages now make tax documents available electronically rather than mailing them. Look for a tax documents section in your account settings or statements area. If you can't find it there, definitely check TurboTax to see if they received it electronically. Many financial institutions send data directly to tax preparation software these days. If you still can't locate it, you should contact Robinhood again and specifically state that you received $54 in dividends which exceeds the $10 reporting threshold, and request that they provide your 1099-DIV. Ask for a supervisor if the first response is another generic message.
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Melissa Lin
•If Robinhood doesn't respond with an actual 1099-DIV, can't OP just manually enter the $54 of dividends on their tax return? They should have a record of the dividends in their account transactions, right?
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Effie Alexander
•Yes, you can absolutely report the income manually if you have records showing the exact amount of dividends received. Look at your year-end statement or account activity which should show all dividends paid to you during the tax year. When entering this in TurboTax, you'll need to know whether these were qualified dividends (which receive preferential tax treatment) or ordinary dividends. Most common stock dividends are qualified if you've held the stock for a certain period of time, but not always. Your account statements might specify this information.
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Lydia Santiago
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Romeo Quest
•How does the system know which dividends are qualified vs ordinary? That's the part I always struggle with when I have to enter things manually!
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Val Rossi
•Does it work with all brokerages or just the major ones? And how accurate is it really for calculating tax basis when you don't have the official forms?
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Lydia Santiago
•For qualified vs ordinary dividends, the system analyzes the holding periods and dividend types. It looks at when you purchased the stock and whether you've held it long enough to meet the qualified dividend requirements (generally 60+ days within a 121-day period). The dividend source is also considered since some investments like REITs typically don't pay qualified dividends. It works with statements from virtually any brokerage, not just major ones. I've used it with statements from smaller regional brokers without issues. The system is designed to read and interpret financial documents regardless of format. As for accuracy, it's been spot-on for me - I double-checked the first time I used it by manually calculating a few entries, and the numbers matched perfectly. What's really helpful is that it shows you exactly where in the documents it found each piece of information, so you can verify everything.
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Val Rossi
Just wanted to update on my experience with taxr.ai that I mentioned in my question above. I was skeptical about using another service to deal with my missing 1099-DIV issue, but it actually worked surprisingly well. I uploaded my monthly Robinhood statements and it pulled out all my dividend payments automatically! The system even categorized which dividends were qualified vs ordinary (something I had no idea how to figure out on my own), and generated a report I could use for my taxes. Used this to enter everything into TurboTax manually and it was way easier than trying to figure it all out myself from statements. Ended up getting my refund without any issues, even though I never did get the official 1099-DIV from Robinhood. Definitely keeping this in my toolkit for future tax seasons!
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Eve Freeman
After going through a similar nightmare with missing tax forms, I found that getting someone on the phone at these companies makes all the difference. But we all know how impossible that can be nowadays. I discovered https://claimyr.com which got me through to an actual Robinhood rep in about 15 minutes when I was stuck in their customer service loop. You can see how it works here: https://youtu.be/_kiP6q8DX5c Basically, they navigate the phone systems for you and call you back when a real person is on the line. Once I got through to a live agent, they were able to confirm my 1099 was generated and resend it within a few days. No more generic emails!
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Clarissa Flair
•How does this actually work? Do they have some special access to company phone systems or something? Sounds too good to be true honestly.
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Caden Turner
•That sounds like a scam to me. Why would I pay someone to make a phone call I can make myself? Plus, giving access to your personal tax info to some random company seems SUPER risky. I'll sit on hold for 3 hours before I do that.
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Eve Freeman
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Caden Turner
Well I'm eating my words now! After dismissing the Claimyr suggestion as a scam, I decided to try it since I was desperate to resolve a similar issue with my missing tax forms from another broker. Had been on hold myself for over an hour multiple times with no luck. Used the service and got a call back in about 20 minutes with an actual human from my brokerage on the line! The representative resolved my missing 1099 issue immediately and had it resent to my email while I was on the call. The most shocking part was how much more helpful the rep was compared to the email support I'd been getting. Turns out my form wasn't being generated correctly due to an address mismatch in their system. Would have NEVER figured that out through their email support.
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McKenzie Shade
Have you checked your spam folder? I know it sounds simple but my Robinhood tax forms went to spam this year for some reason. Also check if you have notifications turned off - they might have sent an email saying your form is ready but you need to log in to view it.
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Hugh Intensity
•Thanks for the suggestion! I actually did check my spam folder already, but no luck there. I also looked through all my Robinhood emails from January through now and don't see anything about tax documents being ready. I'm starting to think I might just need to manually report it based on my monthly statements.
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Harmony Love
Something nobody mentioned yet is that brokerages aren't required to send a 1099-DIV if your dividends are under $10, but you still have to report ALL dividend income regardless of whether you received a form.
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Rudy Cenizo
•That's not accurate. The threshold is $10 - if you receive LESS than $10 in dividends, they don't have to send a 1099-DIV. The OP received $54, so Robinhood should definitely have sent one.
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