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Lara Woods

Received a revised 2022 1099-DIV from broker in May 2023 -- why didn't it move to the 2023 1099-DIV?

So I just got a weird situation with my taxes. My broker sent me a revised 2022 1099-DIV in late May of 2023. The revision showed an increased non-qualified dividend amount. When I looked at the transactions, they appeared in my account in May 2023, but the descriptions had 2022 dates. I'm really confused about what happened here. The stock is foreign but trades directly on NYSE (not an ADR). The qualified dividend portion and foreign tax withholding stayed exactly the same - only the non-qualified amount increased. I know sometimes distributions from REITs paid in January or February can be reported on the previous year's 1099-DIV. But MAY?? That seems crazy late! I've had corrected 1099s before when distributions were reclassified between dividend and return of capital, but this isn't a reclassification - this is actual new money that hit my account in May. I'm not planning to file a 1040X since the tax difference is tiny - about $14 federal and maybe $4 state. If the IRS sends me a notice, I'll just pay it. But I'm super curious what might be going on with this unusual situation. Anyone experienced something similar or have insight on why foreign stock dividends might get reported this way?

This is actually quite common with foreign securities. What likely happened is that the corporation made what's called a "true-up" dividend payment related to their 2022 fiscal year. Even though you received the payment in 2023, it's attributable to the 2022 tax year. Foreign companies sometimes finalize their annual distributions after their fiscal year closes and accounting is completed. Your broker correctly classified this as 2022 income because that's the tax year it belongs to, regardless of when the payment was physically made. This is especially common with certain European and Asian companies that have different reporting timeframes than US companies. The IRS allows for these types of corrections and late allocations for foreign securities, which is why your broker issued a corrected 1099-DIV rather than including it in your 2023 tax documents.

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But shouldn't there be some kind of cutoff date? I mean, theoretically could a company make a "true-up" payment for 2022 in December 2023 and it would still go on the 2022 tax forms? That seems like it would create endless amendment headaches.

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There are practical limits, but not hard statutory deadlines for these situations. Most brokers have internal cutoff dates for corrections (usually around March-April), but foreign securities follow different rules because of international reporting complexities. In practice, most fiscal year true-ups happen within 3-6 months after year-end. It would be extremely unusual to see December corrections for the previous year, as most companies would simply classify very late payments as current-year special dividends. The key factor is how the issuing company legally classifies the payment, not just when it's distributed.

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If the revised amount is only causing a $14 tax difference, I wouldn't bother with an amendment. The IRS has a tolerance threshold for small discrepancies, and this is well below what would trigger any issues. They generally don't pursue amounts this small because the processing cost exceeds the revenue. In my experience as a tax preparer, foreign securities often have these timing quirks because they're reporting under different regulatory frameworks. The May timing is unusual but not unprecedented - I've seen European companies issue true-ups for the prior year as late as June.

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Is there a specific dollar amount the IRS considers "not worth pursuing"? I've always wondered if there's an official threshold or if it's just random whether they follow up on small discrepancies.

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There's no officially published threshold that the IRS acknowledges, but from years of professional experience, they rarely pursue differences under $50 unless there's a pattern of discrepancies. It's a cost-benefit calculation for them. The IRS computer systems do detect these mismatches automatically when they compare broker-reported 1099s with your return, but human reviewers typically filter out the very small differences as not worth the administrative cost to process. If they did decide to pursue it, you'd just get a CP2000 notice with the small additional amount due, not a full audit.

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I work for a financial institution (not a broker though) and can confirm what others have said about foreign securities. These late allocations aren't just about timing but also about finalizing how the distribution is classified for US tax purposes. Foreign companies don't always initially know how their dividends will be treated under US tax code. Sometimes it takes their accounting department months to finalize the proper classification (qualified vs non-qualified, dividend vs return of capital, etc). What you experienced is annoying but completely legitimate from a tax reporting perspective.

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This makes sense! Do foreign companies have different deadlines for issuing their corrections compared to US companies? The whole situation seems really inefficient for taxpayers.

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i had this exact thing happen with a japnese stock! the difference was like $6 in taxes so i just ignored it lol. but my accountant told me that with the international ones they sometimes do these "dividend adjustments" that are technically for the previous year. its super annying for tax purposes but i guess thats how they do things 🤷‍♂️ def not worth filing a whole amended return for such a small amount. AI: I'll transform the forum content according to the provided guidelines.

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