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International payments that arrive short
International wires to US contractors can arrive late, short, or with questions from their bank.
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A US LLC for hiring US contractors and building a remote team from abroad
Paying an American contractor from a foreign company works, but it's awkward. Paying them from a US LLC's bank account, with the Form 1099-NEC the IRS expects each January, is what contractors and their accountants are used to.
- Usually
- Structure
- Wyoming LLC
- Plan
- Standard
- On the day
- $601.40
- Every year
- $309
01Why a US company
What it does for founders hiring US contractors.
A US LLC pays contractors by ACH from its US account, collects a W-9 from each, and files Form 1099-NEC for anyone paid $2,000 or more in the year, the threshold for payments made since 2026. Contractors prefer it, and the company's books show clean payments to named vendors. The same company can sign up for US tools and services that only bill companies.
02What stands in the way
Three things in the way, and one way through.
Wall 02Contractors
A payer they can give a W-9 to
US contractors are used to giving a W-9 to a US payer, not working with a foreign one.
Wall 03Vendors
Tools that only bill US companies
Some vendors and platforms only bill US companies.
The door
A US LLC, with its EIN and a US bank account.
One company, one EIN and one bank account, which is what everything above asks for.
03The honest part
What to know before you order.
01
A contractor isn't an employee
Independent contractors under a proper agreement, working on their own terms, don't make the company an employer or create a US trade or business by themselves. A US employee does both: payroll, state registration, employment law, and a US presence that brings US income tax. If you need an employee, use an employer of record until the company is ready to employ in the US.
02
Form 1099-NEC is due in January
The company sends a Form 1099-NEC to each contractor paid $2,000 or more in the year, and to the IRS, by 31 January. The threshold was $600 through 2025 and rose to $2,000 for payments made from 2026. You need a W-9 from each contractor to fill it in. Starter prepares the forms, and Standard and Premium also file them.
The plan that fits
Standard, usually.
Standard prepares and files Form 1099-NEC for your US contractors, categorises their payments for your accountant, and records ownership if there's more than one founder.
StandardFits founders hiring US contractors
For founders who need a bank account, invoices and payments this month.
To start
$601.40 once
Includes the $102.40 Wyoming fee · then $309 a year
04Questions
Questions from founders hiring US contractors.
If yours is not here, email us at [email protected] before you order.
Yes, from its US bank account, with a W-9 on file for each contractor and a Form 1099-NEC filed each January for anyone paid $2,000 or more in the year.
Not by itself. A US employee, a US office or a US agent with authority to sign for the company could. Contractors on proper terms aren't employees.
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Ready when you are
Answer the questions. We do the filing.
It takes about four minutes. You see the whole order, state fee included, before anything is charged.
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