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Contractor Refuses to Provide w9

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February 13, 2020
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We paid a contractor and they are now refusing to supply a w9. What can we do now?

TurboTax Business Windows

If the payment has been made and the Independent Contractor is refusing to complete the Form W-9, take the following steps:

Attempt to contact the Independent Contractor by phone and inform them that they are required to provide the ID number or be subject to a $50 penalty for failure to furnish a TIN. Inform the Independent Contractor it is your policy to file the Form 1099 with “refused” listed in the field for the EIN and SSN.
If no response, mail the partially completed Form W-9 with a return receipt requested.
If still no response, mail the Independent Contractor the Form 1099-MISC with "refused" for the EIN or SSN tax ID number.
If still no response, file Forms 1099-MISC with IRS .with "refused" for the EIN or SSN tax ID number.

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Thank you, very helpful, but if we're using TurboTax Business, and submitting the rest digitally, do we just add this one 1099-MISC in manually in the business desktop software after bringing the other 1099-MISC's in?