Thank you for your participation in the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ NextGen bar exam research and development program.

The IRS requires NCBE to file a Form 1099-NEC (Nonemployee Compensation) for each person who is not our employee and was paid at least $600 during the calendar year for services provided (“nonemployee payees”). These tax forms must be distributed to nonemployee payees and filed with the IRS by January 31, 2025.

The payments that you received during 2024 for participation in NextGen research and development activities are taxable income regardless of the dollar amount that you received and should be reported on your 2024 income tax return.

Individuals who were paid at least $600 in calendar 2024

NCBE uses a 1099 service provided by Yearli Greatland to prepare and distribute our 1099 tax forms. Those nonemployee payees who were paid $600 or more during calendar 2024 will receive a 1099-NEC tax form in the mail and will also receive an email with a link to securely access their tax form online.

These forms will be mailed and emailed to the addresses that you specified during the NextGen research sign-up process. Please make sure that the email and mailing addresses that you entered during sign-up are still accurate for delivery of tax documents in January 2025. You can review and edit the information that you provided by accessing the sign-up application using the following link: https://bar-prototype.ncbex.org.

 

Once you log in to your account, you should see the screen below. Please click on Payment in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.

A screenshot of the NCBE sign-up screen with Payment circled.

 

A drop-down menu will appear. Select Setup to access the contact information that you provided during sign-up.

A screenshot of the NCBE sign-up screen with Setup circled.

 

When you click on Setup the screen below will appear.

A screenshot of the Payment Setup screen.

 

Please review the Contact Email and the mailing address information on the first tab. To make changes, click on Edit at the bottom of the address information tab.

A screenshot of the address information tab on the Payment Setup screen.

 


 

Below is an example of the email that you will receive from our 1099 service provider in January 2025. The email will come from Online Form Retrieval <mail@onlineformretrieval.com>. The company noted in the body of the email will be “National Conference of Bar Examiners” rather than “Sample Import Company.” Please check your spam folder to make sure that you receive your 1099 email.

A screenshot of an email from Online Form Retrieval with the subject Important Tax Return Document Available.

 

When you click on the encrypted link in the body of the email, you should see the screen below.

A screenshot of the Online Form Retrieval screen showing a field for entering the last four digits of your Social Security number.

 

After you enter the last four digits of your Social Security number and click Retrieve, the following screen will appear. Click on the link to access a PDF copy of your 1099-NEC tax form. Please be sure to save a copy for your records, as the link provided in the email will only be accessible through October 15, 2025.

A screenshot of the Online Form Retrieval screen showing a link to access a 1099-NEC form.

Individuals who were paid less than $600 in calendar 2024

NCBE will not be issuing 1099-NEC tax forms to those nonemployee payees who were paid less than $600 during calendar 2024. If you did not receive a tax form and would like to verify the amount that you were paid during the calendar year, you can access your payment history through the following sign-up application link: https://bar-prototype.ncbex.org.

 

Once you log in to your account, you should see the screen below. Please click on Payment in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.

A screenshot of the NCBE sign-up screen with Payment circled.

 

A drop-down menu will appear. Select History to access the summary of payments made by NCBE.

A screenshot of the NCBE sign-up screen with History circled.

 

When you click on History, you should see a list of the payments that have been issued to you. You can export this summary to Excel, print this payment history screen as your record of payments received, or download a confirmation for each payment using the Download confirmation button next to each payment.

A screenshot of the Payment History screen showing information about a payment, with a circled arrow to the right.

 

To see the payment details, you can click on the arrow to the right of each line and the following payment details screen will appear. A PDF can be downloaded for your records from this screen.

A screenshot of the Payment Details screen with the Download PDF button circled.

If you have questions, please contact NCBE Candidate Services.