well you are wrong, i didn't made that up just for my signature
http://www.investopedia.com/university/definitive-bitcoin-tax-guide-dont-let-irs-snow-you/Q-12: Is a payment made using virtual currency subject to information reporting?
A-12: A payment made using virtual currency is subject to information reporting to the
same extent as any other payment made in property. For example, a person who in the
course of a trade or business makes a payment of fixed and determinable income using
virtual currency with a value of $600 or more to a U.S. non-exempt recipient in a taxable
year is required to report the payment to the IRS and to the payee. Examples of
payments of fixed and determinable income include rent, salaries, wages, premiums,
annuities, and compensation.
i just confused pay with report, but the 600 rule is right
Fair enough, but the 600 rule is right for non payroll payments, not for trading. The OP question was about brokerages, which aren't paying or being paid and have a different set of rules that does not include reporting personal property basis if it even includes reporting sells of personal property.
ETA: OK, the OP wasn't specifically about exchanges, it included services. Regardless, filing 1099s is the responsibility of the payer, not the payee, so services don't report your transactions, you do. More importantly, services should be business and business should be exempt. So, per that rule, if you pay over $600 in bitcoin to your neighbor's 12 year old to mow your lawn and shovel snow over the course of a tax year, you would technically need to get his SSN and write up a 1099 for him. He then reports that he earned that money, but he only reports it was from you because you gave him a 1099.
