# Tax on referral business?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 9, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825 "2008-05-09T02:45:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DHDesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@DHDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DHDesign)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825/1 "2008-05-09T02:45:12Z")

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[LEFT]if we give a commission or referral fee to someone who brings us a client, wat happens to the taxes? do we 1099 the person who referred the client to us?

any advice? tax considerations?

thanks.[/LEFT]

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**Author:** ![DanontheMoon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danonthemoon/32/7436_2.png) [@DanontheMoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DanontheMoon)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825/2 "2008-05-09T13:30:23Z")

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Isn’t that their problem? I think they do have to file a 1099 or an ‘other income’ form.

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**Author:** ![ecksit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@ecksit](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ecksit)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825/3 "2008-05-09T17:12:42Z")

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have them fill out a W-9 I beleive

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tax-on-referral-business/259825/5 "2021-01-20T12:24:25Z")

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