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Listen in! Pick up some expert advice to a reader's question that we selected from CyberSchmooz. Featured Biz Question I have two questions about 1099's that I'm hoping someone can answer. If my business is non-U.S.-based, and I have worked with independent contractors that are in the U.S., do I have to fill out a 1099 for them? Likewise, if I'm U.S.-based, should I assume I do not have to send a 1099 for someone who is non-U.S.-based? Any comments and suggestions you can offer are very much appreciated. Thanks, Heidi Answer from our Guest Expert Peter Soh of AdviseInc.com Hi, Heidi: Good questions! Here are short, but sweet answers for your tax-forms future! To answer your first question, as a foreign company (a.k.a. a non-U.S. based company), you only issue 1099's for services performed in the U.S. by independent contractors in the U.S. To answer your second question, U.S. businesses do not have to complete 1099's for non U.S. residents (independent contractors) unless they perform the work here in the United States. Hope this Helps! Peter Soh of AdviseInc.com For more info on what 1099s are and what you have to do by when, GO! This Coffee Talk was inspired by an actual posting in Idea Cafe's CyberSchmooz. If you'd like to dish up some more advice for this person, click here and post your reply today! The more, the merrier! If you'd like to chat with Peter Soh, send me an email Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2023, Idea Cafe Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from Idea Cafe Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. Idea Cafe Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from Idea Cafe. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.

About the Expert Peter C. Soh Owner of AdviseInc.com Peter is a savvy certified public accountant dedicated to helping startups. He is a small business advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration and teaches "How to Start Your Business" seminars. more