Tax-record corrections get harder after assignments end
Late W-9 gaps or TIN mismatches force additional outreach to contractors who have finished assignments or become inactive.
Staffing, Gig, and Marketplace Platforms
Get contractor 1099 reporting right from the start
Contractors may complete an assignment and return months later, with payments scattered across the year. Zenwork verifies tax information at onboarding, retains payment details, and streamlines accurate year-end 1099-NEC/MISC preparation.
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$500B+Reported via Zenwork in TY2025
16Filing seasons
99.99%Platform uptime
50States supported
The assignment ends, but reporting work continues
Annual earnings become harder to reconcile
Payments across assignments, payout periods, and payer entities require reconciliation, consuming staff time and increasing the risk of incorrect totals.
1099 questions create more work after filing
Without accessible payment detail, disputed 1099 totals send finance and support teams back through months of transaction records.
The next filing season changes more than the threshold.
The federal threshold rises. State reporting may remain.
For qualifying 2026 1099-NEC/MISC payments, the federal threshold rises to $2,000. State reporting can still be required when an IRS filing is not.
IRIS replaces FIRE
FIRE stops accepting information returns on November 19, 2026. Zenwork has experience filing 1099s through IRIS since tax year 2024 and transmits under its own TCC.
What this means for staffing and gig platforms: Contractor payments still require accurate federal and state reporting decisions as IRS transmission moves to IRIS. Zenwork supports both without requiring platforms to build a direct IRS connection.
Make a year of contractor payments easier to report
Accurate contractor tax records from onboarding
Digital W-9/W-8 collection and bulk IRS name/TIN matching flag discrepancies while contractors are reachable, reducing later outreach.
Contractor onboardingWeek of Mar 9 · 128 contractors
W-9 collection121 received
W-8 collection7 received
Bulk IRS name/TIN match119 matched
Name/TIN mismatch2 to review
Reduce manual reconstruction of contractor earnings
Zenwork groups payment records across assignments by reporting payer, reducing reconciliation work, and making annual 1099 amounts easier to verify.
Maya OrtizContractor · TIN •••-••-3307 · TY2026
Reporting payer2026
Brightline Staffing LLC$9,550
Brightline Workforce Inc.$2,640
Faster answers to contractor 1099 questions
Internal teams trace questioned 1099 amounts to payment records, while contractors securely access and download their tax forms.
Internal reporting team
Questioned 1099-NEC amount1099-NEC · Box 1
Maya Ortiz$9,550
15 payment records$9,550
Contractor portal
Maya OrtizTax documents
1099-NEC2026Download
1099-NEC2025Download
Less filing infrastructure to maintain
Zenwork provides federal transmission, state filing routes, recipient copy delivery, and streamlined form correction workflows, reducing the infrastructure platforms must develop and maintain.
- IRIS
- CF/SF
- Direct state
- State-only
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Enterprise reporting controls across payout systems and payer entities
Accountability across reporting payers
Role-based permissions, approvals, activity logs, and per-form statuses show who owns each filing step across multiple reporting entities.
Flexible imports across payout systems
Contractor payment data enters through Excel/CSV, secure file transfer, or REST APIs, accommodating different payout systems and source formats.
Frequently asked questions
Which 1099 forms apply to staffing firms, gig platforms, and marketplaces?
1099-NEC covers reportable nonemployee compensation; 1099-MISC covers other reportable payments; 1099-K covers payment card transactions (regardless of amount) and third-party network payments exceeding $20,000 and 200 transactions. Zenwork supports all three.
Does the new $2,000 federal threshold eliminate state 1099 filing requirements?
No. The 2026 federal $2,000 threshold doesn’t eliminate state requirements, which vary by form, payment, and withholding. Zenwork supports combined, direct, state-only filings, corrections, and reconciliation.
How should staffing firms report contractors working across multiple assignments or payer entities?
Aggregate contractor payments across assignments by tax year and responsible payer. Separate entities report independently. Zenwork retains records and supports annual 1099-NEC/MISC preparation.
Can contractors access their 1099 forms and question reported earnings?
Zenwork lets consenting contractors securely access 1099s through its portal. Paper delivery is available as well. For any disputed earnings, internal teams review the payment records.
Do staffing and gig platforms need their own IRIS integration to file 1099s?
No. Zenwork eliminates the need for separate integration and handles IRIS filing under its own TCC.
Make contractor 1099 reporting less labor-intensive
See how Zenwork fits your contractor onboarding and payout systems while reducing the work behind annual information reporting.
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