Chapter 19: Reporting Payments to Independent Contractors
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Where to Mail if Filing a Paper Return
State Mail to Address
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia
Internal Revenue Service Austin Submission
Processing Center P.O. Box 149213
Austin, TX 78714
Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington,
Wisconsin, Wyoming
Department of the Treasury IRS Submission
Processing Center P.O. Box 219256
Kansas City, MO 64121-9256
California, Connecticut, District of Columbia,
Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, West Virginia
Department of the Treasury IRS Submission
Processing Center
1973 North Rulon White Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84201
Electronic Filing Option
You can file electronically through the Filing Information Returns Electronically System (FIRE
System); however, you must have software that can produce a file in the proper format; refer
to Publication 1220, Specifications for Electronic Filing of Forms 1097, 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922,
5498, and W-2G, for more information on how to prepare and upload files when using the FIRE
System. The FIRE System does not provide a fill-in form option for information return reporting.
The FIRE System operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The IRS encourages you to file electronically.
If you are required to file 250 or more information returns of any one type, you must file
electronically. The Taxpayer First Act of 2019, enacted July 1, 2019, authorized the Department
of the Treasury and the IRS to issue regulations that reduce the 250-return requirement for 2022
tax returns. If final regulations are issued and if they are effective for 2022 tax returns required
to be filed in 2023, IRS will post an article at IRS.gov explaining the change. Until regulations are
issued, however, the number remains at 250, as reflected in this publication. If you are required
to file electronically but fail to do so, and you do not have an approved waiver, you may be
subject to a penalty.
Backup Withholding “B” Processes
Under Internal Revenue Code Section 3406(b), persons (payers) making certain payments
to payees must withhold and pay to the IRS a specified percentage of 24% under certain
conditions (described below).
Backup withholding will apply if:
The payee fails to furnish his or her taxpayer identication number (TIN) to you
The IRS noties you to impose backup withholding because the payee furnished an incorrect TIN
(CP2100 or CP2100A)
The IRS noties you to begin backup withholding because of payee underreporting
Payee failure to certify that he or she is not subject to backup withholding.
Failure to follow the backup withholding rules can result in penalties to the payer for filing
incorrect information returns. The payer may also become liable for any uncollected amounts.