Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...

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As a small-business owner, you may be thinking about outsourcing work to save time and expand your services. Before taking this step, make sure you ask contractors or companies to fill out a W-9 form.

An Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number, is an informational form that employers and prime contractors use to collect information they need to process their ...