Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 7464.5. Section 7464.5.
(a)
A network company that is acting as a third-party settlement organization shall prepare an information return for each participating payee who is an app-based driver with a California address that has a gross amount of reportable payment transactions equal to or greater than six hundred dollars ($600) during a calendar year, irrespective of the number of transactions between the third-party settlement organization and the payee. A third-party settlement organization must report these amounts to the Franchise Tax Board and furnish a copy to the payee, even if it does not have a federal reporting obligation. The information return shall identify the following:
(1)
The name, address, and tax identification number of the participating
payee.
(2)
The gross amount of the reportable payment transactions with respect to the participating payee.
(b)
Within 30 days following the date such an information return would be due to the Internal Revenue Service, a network company shall file a copy of any information return required by subdivision (a) with the Franchise Tax Board and shall provide a copy to the participating payee.
(c)
A network company may fulfill this requirement by submitting a copy of Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-K or by submitting a form provided by the Franchise Tax Board that includes the same information as that on Cal-1099-K.
(d)
For purposes of this section:
(1)
“Participating payee” has the same
meaning as provided in Section 6050W(d)(1)(A)(ii) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(2)
“Reportable payment transaction” has the same meaning as provided in Section 6050W(c)(1) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(3)
“Third-party settlement organization” has the same meaning as provided in Section 6050W(b)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(e)
This section shall not apply in instances where the gross amount of reportable payment transactions for a participating payee in a calendar year is less than six hundred dollars ($600) or where the participating payee is not an app-based driver.
(f)
This section shall apply to reportable payment transactions occurring on or after January 1, 2021.