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Do You Send a 1099 to Vendors You Only Buy Materials From?
October 22, 2026
Q. Is it correct that the W-9 alone does not dictate whether you should send a vendor a 1099? If the company sells materials, for instance (Home Depot, Grainger, Hilti, etc.), do they not get a 1099, even if they are an LLC-P? We can only indicate in our vendor management system whether a vendor should be 1099 reportable or not. Based on what we are expecting to use the vendor for (material purchases vs. services), should we NOT mark them 1099 reportable if we expect to only mainly use them for…
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