Contractors

Hi there, Mac6317.

Yes, you can manually enter your contractor payments to prepare their 1099s in QuickBooks Online.

Once you set up contractors and track them for 1099s, you can add a lump sum or individual payments to your contractors.

If you're using QuickBooks Contractor Payment with QuickBooks Online, here's how to do it:

1. Go to Expenses, then Contractors.
2. Select the contractor you want to add payments.
3. Click the Pay with direct deposit ▼ dropdown, then hit Create expense.
4. Enter the info for the past payment, then Save and close.

Otherwise, if you use QuickBooks Contractor Payments without QuickBooks Online, you can do it as follows:

To add one payment at a time:

1. Go to Contractors, then Contractors.
2. Choose the contractor you want to add payments for.
3. Select the Pay with direct deposit ▼ dropdown, then hit Write check.
4. Enter the info for the past payment, then click on Save.
   
   

To add multiple payments at once:

1. Go to Contractors, then Overview.
2. Click on Record payments.
3. Choose the contractors you want to add payments for.
4. For each contractor chosen, enter the info for the past payments.
5. Once done, select Record Payment twice.

For more information on how to prepare and file federal 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC forms, see this link: Create and file 1099s with QuickBooks Contractor Payments.

You can also check out this article to guide you for the upcoming tax season: Get answers to your 1099 questions.

If you have other concerns or follow-up questions about 1099. let me know in the comments below. Have a great day!