I have a specific situation that I'm unable to get an answer too so I need your help. I have went back to the 1099-MISC form instructions but still can argue both scenarios. Okay so it involves the 1099-MISC form. The recipient is a vendor who performed service in California for us. The business is a translation business and the service performed was interpreting/translation service at a doctor's office for an employee of ours which is on worker's comp. The recipient has provided us her W-9 which is we have reported under her individual name and SSN. The problem is that the payment was reported on the 1099-MISC form in box 6( Medical and health care payments).

I received a phone call from the supplier stating the her other 1099-MISC forms that she recieves from other companies have always reported her services under box 7 (nonemployee compensation).

What is the proper reporting box for these type of services. Would it be considered medical if the interpreter was at a doctor's office performing the service? I know that we use interpreters also for legal claims which do get coded differently but not sure if where they get reported, under box 7 or 14.