Hello,

For all of you running your own affiliate programs, what do you do for reporting payments to your clients for tax purposes?

I believe you are supposed to send 1099's to any client that you pay over $600 in one year. However, this is the extent of my knowledge on the subject. Does anyone know the full tax implications of having an affiliate program? Are there any quarterly payments that need to be made? Do we need to withold estimated income tax from the checks?

I've been looking online at a bunch of tax web sites and various search engines, but I have yet to come up with a good explanation of the law. If anyone has any additional info on this, or if you know of any good websites pertaining to this, please post here!

Thanks! :D

If I were you I'd contact an accountant in your local area. They will be able to advise you on the exact details of the laws and ways to use them to your benefit. ;)

There are too many variables in the US tax laws for anyone here on WHT to outline all of them completely and accurately (unless of course there are accountants on WHT who care to share their knowledge).

I will say this as far as that goes... I have gotten 1099's for a lot less than $600. So yeah definetly ask an accountant.... And not one at H&R Block, they are stupid and will take all your money

Depends on whom you're giving the $$ to. If the entity you're paying is a corp, don't bother. If it's an individual, yes bother. As others have mentioned, your accountant will explain to you the exact rules.

Fill in and send a 1099 to a paying customer ?? Are you really thinking of ever doing this?

I means with all the hosts and dedicated servers around the world?

What about all the other countries on Earth and their tax laws?
And those countries that don't bother about tax forms so much.