Jan 29, 2020 01:34:58 PM by Parisa T
Hello! Our company's finance team needs me to provide UpWork's W9 form before I can proceed paying any freelancers through UpWork. I wasn't able to find the completed W9 form anywhere. Can you please attach or provide UpWork's W9 form to me?
Thanks!
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Feb 3, 2023 09:33:42 AM Edited Jan 13, 2024 07:20:19 AM by Pradeep H
Hi Dawn,
Please note that Upwork is an online marketplace where clients directly engage and pay freelancers to perform services. Clients do not pay the freelancer service fees to Upwork. Instead, Upwork's affiliate, Upwork Escrow Inc., acts as an escrow agent and passes funds from the client to the freelancer. In general, since the service fees are paid to your freelancer through the escrow service, we do not believe a W-9 is necessary.
If you have any further questions about your Upwork account, please contact our support team by:
May 4, 2021 10:05:21 PM by Leo W
Hi I'm a client who has hired several Freelancers and I would like to find out how I would go about getting a W9 filled out from those Freelancers. Please let me know what the best course of action is here. Should I ask the freelancer to complete one or does Upwork provide them to me.
Thanks,
Leo
May 4, 2021 10:39:27 PM by Joanne P
Leo,
I've shared your concern with the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.
May 4, 2021 11:02:55 PM by Preston H
Don't assume that you need this. I have hired over 100 freelancers on Upwork and have never needed W9 forms in order to comply with all applicable tax laws and regulations.
Read this:
May 5, 2021 11:23:25 AM by Preston H
https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/211067918-Tax-Requirements
Upwork's "Tax Requirements" page in the Support section addresses this:
"One of the many advantages of paying your freelancers through Upwork is that you should not be required to file U.S. tax forms (W-2, 1099-MISC, 1099-NEC, etc.) for those freelancers...
If you classify your freelancer as an independent contractor, you don’t need to file a Form 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC for your payments to them through Upwork. While all freelancers submit their information for Form W-9 (U.S.-based) or Form W-8BEN (international) to Upwork, Upwork doesn’t send freelancers Form 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC, either. We do file a Form 1099-K when applicable (to freelancers who are U.S. Persons and receive over $20,000 with more than 200 transactions through Upwork)."
Jan 20, 2022 07:03:07 AM by Cat C
Hi, I am looking for a W9 form from Upwork. I will need this to issue a 1099 for my business. Thank you.
Jan 20, 2022 08:06:05 AM by Andrea G
Hi Cat,
Someone from our team will reach out to you via support ticket in order to assist you further.
Jan 30, 2020 04:59:47 PM by Avery O
Hi Darron,
A member of the Customer Support Team will reach out to you to assist you further with your concern.
Feb 13, 2020 10:25:02 PM by Robert N
My company also needs a w-9 ASAP. Please contact me. (I too am wondering why year after year you make your customers beg you for this information. This is very unprofessional. And fyi, your 'Tax Requirements' page does not address our need for W9s at all, you can stop sending people that link. )
Thanks
Feb 13, 2020 11:26:07 PM by Avery O
Hi Robert,
A member of the Customer Support Team will reach out to you to assist you further.
As for your feedback about sending the link, could you please share more information about this so that we can look further? Are you referring to the link I added on my reply before your post?
Mar 2, 2020 05:20:22 AM by Fredrick L
Mar 2, 2020 06:28:48 AM by Fredrick L
Mar 2, 2020 06:57:39 AM by Kevin J
I acquired the W9 after direct back and forth with an agent under a support ticket.
Mar 2, 2020 06:28:19 AM by Aleksandar D
Hi Fredrick,
Thanks for reaching out to us. One of our team members will reach out to you directly via a support ticket to assist you further.
Thank you.
Mar 2, 2020 06:31:33 AM by Fredrick L
May 18, 2020 04:35:50 PM by Kristi W
Did you get a W9? I need one as well and can't seem to get a response.
Kristi
May 18, 2020 06:47:45 PM by Joanne P
Hi Kristi,
One of our team members will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket. Thank you!
May 19, 2020 06:19:38 AM by Dori E
Jun 20, 2020 07:56:03 PM by Sergio B
Good day,
I need a signed w9 from upwork. My CPA needs it for filing purposes. How can i receive the W9 for my records?
Jun 20, 2020 10:59:41 PM by Aleksandar D
Hi Sergio,
Thanks for reaching out to us. One of our team members will reach out to you directly via a support ticket to assist you further.
Thank you.
Aug 4, 2020 03:22:58 PM by Maya L
Hi, my university also needs a W9 or W8BEN for some work that I had done on Upwork.
Nov 18, 2020 02:14:13 PM Edited Nov 18, 2020 02:15:30 PM by Cornerstone Fund S
It seems like this is a hassle for everyone. We should be able to get one easily if we are paying for a service. 😕
Nov 18, 2020 02:43:48 PM by Andrea G
Hi there,
I checked and it looks like one of our agents was able to assist you with your request. If you need further assistance please let us know.
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us, we'll be sure to pass it on to the team,
Jan 30, 2020 02:34:55 PM by Viktor B
Hi,
We need a W-9 from Upwork, so we can issue a 1099 for last year.
Please provide ASAP. Thank you!
Jan 30, 2020 02:56:59 PM by Bojan S
Hi Viktor,
We'll have one of our agents reach out to you via a support ticket to address your request.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Jan 6, 2021 11:32:41 AM by Annie P
Hi there - I'm looking for an UpWork W9, as well. Can you provide that? Thanks!
Jan 6, 2021 01:01:47 PM by Andrea G
Hi Annie,
I have escalated your request to the team and they will reach out to you with more information via support ticket.
Thanks!
Jan 12, 2021 07:06:52 PM by Andrew M
Hi there - I'm looking for an UpWork W9, as well. Can you provide that? Thanks!
Jan 12, 2021 09:02:31 PM by Joanne P
Hi Andrew,
I've escalated your request to our team. One of our team members will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.
Jan 13, 2021 01:54:11 PM by Tiffany B
Hi there - I'm looking for an UpWork W9, as well. Can you provide that? Thanks!
Jan 13, 2021 02:42:07 PM by Andrea G
Hi Tiffany,
Someone from our team will reach out to you via support ticket to assist you further with your request.
Thanks!
Jan 20, 2021 03:01:43 PM by Shirley Y
Hello,
We also need a W9 for services that we're paying for. Is this something you can help with?
Thanks!
Shirley
Jan 20, 2021 04:28:12 PM by Joanne P
Hi Shirley,
I've requested the assistance of our team to help with your request. One of our team members will reach out to you directly via a support ticket.
Jan 21, 2021 10:27:19 AM by Robert K
Jan 21, 2021 02:01:44 PM by Bojan S
Hi Robert,
We'll have one of our agents reach out to you via a support ticket to assist you with your request.
Thank you for reaching out to us.