Avalara 1099 & W-9

Version avalara1099
Companies W9
Forms 1099
Forms W9
Issuers 1099
Jobs
TIN Matches

IssuerBase

Parameters
businessNameRequired
string

Business name. Required when the recipient of the form is a business; should only be used for businesses.

businessName2Optional
string

Business name line 2. Should only be used for businesses. Use either this or 'transferAgentName'.

nameOptional
string

Legal name. Not the DBA name. Deprecated alias for 'businessName'.

dbaNameOptional
string

Doing Business As (DBA) name or continuation of a long legal name. Deprecated alias for 'businessName2'. Use either this or 'transferAgentName'.

tinTypeOptional
string

Recipient classification.

The platform is transitioning from tax identifier classifications to recipient entity classifications. New values represent recipient entity types and should be preferred. Deprecated values represent identifier formats and remain supported for backward compatibility only.

Available values:

  • INDIVIDUAL: Recipient is an individual
  • BUSINESS: Recipient is a business
  • UNKNOWN: Recipient classification is unknown
  • EIN: (Deprecated - use BUSINESS) Employer Identification Number
  • SSN: (Deprecated - use INDIVIDUAL) Social Security Number
  • ITIN: (Deprecated - use INDIVIDUAL) Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
  • ATIN: (Deprecated - use INDIVIDUAL) Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number
Enum: UNKNOWN, INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS
firstNameOptional
string

First name. Required when the recipient of the form is an individual; should only be used for individuals.

middleNameOptional
string

Middle name. Should only be used for individuals.

lastNameOptional
string

Last name. Required when the recipient of the form is an individual; should only be used for individuals.

suffixOptional
string

Suffix name. Should only be used for individuals.

tinOptional
string

Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN).

referenceIdOptional
string

Internal reference ID. Never shown to any agency or recipient. If present, it will prefix download filenames. Allowed characters: letters, numbers, dashes, underscores, and spaces.

telephoneRequired
string

Contact phone number (must contain at least 10 digits, max 15 characters). For recipient inquiries.

taxYearRequired
integer

Tax year for which the forms are being filed (e.g., 2024). Must be within current tax year and current tax year - 4. It's only required on creation, and cannot be modified on update.

countryCodeRequired
string

Two-letter IRS country code (e.g., 'US', 'CA'), as defined at https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/country-codes. If there is a transfer agent, use the transfer agent's shipping address.

emailOptional
string

Contact email address. For recipient inquiries. Phone will be used on communications if you don't specify an email

addressRequired
string

Address.

cityRequired
string

City.

stateRequired
string

Two-letter US state or Canadian province code (required for US/CA addresses).

zipRequired
string

ZIP/postal code.

foreignProvinceOptional
string

Province or region for non-US/CA addresses.

transferAgentNameOptional
string

Name of the transfer agent, if applicable — optional; use either this or 'dbaName'.

lastFilingRequired
boolean

Indicates if this is the issuer's final year filing.