We have a foreign independent contractor on a W-8 BEN. Is there a tax form to report the amount we've paid him?

Glad to have you here on the Community page, @CarolC.

To inquire how you'll be able to report the amount for your foreign independent contractor, I suggest reaching out to your government. They'll be able to instruct you further about this and help you prepare a tax form for W-8BEN.

For additional information about this form, read these links:

• Instructions for Form W-8BEN
• About Form W-8 BEN, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and ...
• W-8BEN

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Thanks for the reply. I already have all that information. QuickBooks is just for the US, right?  So my government is the USA. If it weren't, I'd be able to complete other forms than a 1099 and it would make life a lot easier. I just wanted to know where in our tax form do we enter the amount. The W-8 IRS instructions don't state that.

US QuickBooks will only produce a US 1099 for independent contractors. It will not even let us directly produce a 1098 for mortgage interest received or even create a 1099-INT for interest paid out.  But there may be a possible workaround.

Compare the W-8 with the 1099 and see if any boxes on 1099 line up with the required box on W-8.  You can direct the amount paid by box contractor by contractor or create one form for just one contractor at a time

Example I had to use. 1099-INT Box 1 for interest lines up quite nicely with 1099-MISC Box 2, Royalties so for my vendors that I paid  interest to (private lending) I created a 1099-MISC with the payments applied to Box 2 and inserted the blank 1099-INT forms.

You may or may not be able to do this.

At the very least you should be able to run a report total of all money paid to the Canadian contractor and use a typewriter (they still exist, try local library if you do not have one) if necessary to fill it out

Thanks for the suggestion. I could try and work it into a 1099... the Canadian Tax ID has more digits than a SS number though. I'll take a look