Built-In Tax Compliance for
Vendor Payments

Collect vendor information, validate tax records, track payments, and simplify year-end 1099 filing with Zenwork Payments.

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Make Tax Compliance
Part of Every Vendor Payment

Tax compliance is often treated as a year-end task but filing season reveals problems that started much earlier.

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Incomplete Tax Records

When W-9s and supporting documents are collected through email or scattered across multiple systems, teams lose visibility into record status. Missing information, outdated records, and incomplete documentation often go unnoticed until filing season, creating delays, compliance risks, and extra manual work.

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Disconnected Payment Data

Vendor payments are often processed in one workflow while tax reporting is handled in another. This separation forces teams to manually reconcile payment activity with vendor tax details, creating extra work and increasing the likelihood of reporting errors.

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Unverified Vendor Records

When tax records are incomplete or unverified, organizations face a higher risk of incorrect TINs, mismatched records, backup withholding issues and IRS notices. As filing deadlines approach, teams often spend valuable time chasing vendors, checking taxpayer details, correcting records, and preparing forms under pressure.

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Limited Data Visibility

Without a centralized view of vendor payments and tax data, organizations struggle to understand which vendors are approaching reporting thresholds, which payments are reportable, and where potential compliance risks exist. As a result, reporting obligations are often identified too late in the process.

Turn Vendor Payments
Into Filing-Ready Records

Zenwork Payments connects tax form collection, real-time TIN matching, centralized vendor tax records, and built-in 1099 filing in one streamlined workflow.

Collect Vendor Information at the Time of Onboarding

Use the xForce vendor portal for collecting necessary information like W-9s and supporting information directly from vendors.

Verify TINs in Real-Time

Zenwork Payments provides real-time TIN matching to help verify vendor name, TIN before filing.

Track your Vendor Records

Get your vendor tax details, documents, payment status, and compliance readiness in one place.

Built-In 1099 Filing

For the eligible vendors paid through Zenwork Payments, the platform allows you to automatically draft 1099 filings at the year end to reduce preparation work.

Fix Your Vendor Payments Process
Before Tax Season Chaos

Streamline your vendor payment process and keep every approval, payment, and reporting on track.

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Four Simple Steps for Filing Readiness

Tax compliance does not start at the end of the filing season but before. Zenwork Payments keeps vendor records, payment activities, and tax reporting information connected throughout the year, and supports built-in 1099 filing at the tax season.

Vendors can submit their W-9s, tax details, and supporting documents simply through the secure xForce vendor portal.
Zenwork Payments allows real-time TIN matching, which helps to confirm the vendor’s name/ TIN number earlier in the workflow, and flags mismatches before the filing, leaving no room for missing information.
Keep vendor tax records and payments data aligned with QuickBooks to maintain accurate, up-to-date, compliance records throughout the year, not only in the tax season.
At the year’s end, Zenwork Payments can automatically draft 1099 forms for the eligible payments which are made through the Zenwork Payments, helping AP teams prepare filings with less manual work and fewer errors.

Understand the Importance of Tax Compliance

Protect your business from costly penalties and ensure accurate reporting.

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80%

SMBs experience
payment fraud

$30,000

In annual penalties faced by the average U.S. business for tax-related errors.

1 in 3

Businesses are penalized by the IRS for payroll errors each year.

30%

Fewer Year-End
1099 Corrections

The Complete AP Workflow

Zenwork Payments eliminates manual touchpoints across your entire Accounts Payable workflow while
giving you complete visibility and control.

OCR Bill Processing

Automated data extraction with 98-99% accuracy eliminates manual entry while reducing processing time by 75%. The system improves continuously through machine learning.

Custom Approval Workflows

Design single or multi-tier approval paths that match your authorization policies. Set rules based on amount, vendor type, GL account, or any combination of criteria.

Vendor Self-Service Portal

Vendors submit bills and update information directly through a dedicated portal. Reduce administrative workload while maintaining current vendor data.

Multi-Method Payments

Issue ACH transfers, or checks, from one interface. Schedule payments to align with cash flow requirements or capture discount terms.

Real-Time Dashboard

Monitor bill status, approval bottlenecks, and payment schedules from a unified view. Access the data needed for cash flow decisions without waiting for reports.

Automated 1099 Management

Generate, validate, and eFile 1099 forms directly from the platform. Maintain accurate contractor records and meet IRS deadlines without manual form preparation.

Exception Management

The system flags duplicates, mismatches, and anomalies automatically. Address exceptions before they become errors or fraud risks.

Accounting Integration

Two-way sync with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and other platforms (Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct – coming soon) ensures data consistency without manual reconciliation.

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Built for Teams That Value Precision

Whether you're managing AP for multiple clients, running finance operations for a growing business, or scaling without adding
headcount. Zenwork Payments handles the repetitive tasks so your team focuses on what actually requires their expertise.

CPAs & Accounting Firms

Process client bills efficiently while maintaining the accuracy and audit trails your reputation requires. Automated 1099 compliance simplifies year-end deliverables for multiple clients.

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Business Owner

Transform Accounts Payable from a cost center into a source of strategic advantage. Real-time visibility enables working capital optimization and faster month-end close.

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Growing Businesses

Scale Accounts Payable operations without proportional headcount increases. As bill volume grows, automation maintains consistent processing timelines and accuracy.

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stay audit-ready year-round.

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Common Questions

Yes. In-fact, Zenwork Payments not only assist with collecting W-9 forms but also the supporting vendor documentation through the xForce vendor portal to keep vendor tax information available throughout the payment process.

Zenwork Payments supports year-round compliance readiness by keeping all the necessary information, documentation, workflow, and payment data connected throughout the year.

Yes, Zenwork Payments helps increase the accuracy of tax records by integrating tax data collection and validation into the vendor payment process. As vendors are onboarded and payments are managed, businesses can collect W-9s, validate TINs in real-time, maintain accurate vendor records, and track payment data throughout the year. By connecting vendor payments with year-end 1099 reporting requirements, Zenwork Payments helps reduce errors, minimize corrections, and simplify filing preparation.

Vendor payment tax compliance is the process of ensuring that vendor payments meet IRS tax reporting and withholding requirements. It includes collecting vendor tax forms, verifying TIN number, maintaining compliance records, and preparing 1099 Forms. Zenwork Payments brings these steps together by connecting tax compliance directly to vendor payments.