Scenario: Craig has asked you to make sure he has W-9s for all of his contractors, as you will need these to prepare 1099s next year. While getting these is good practice at the end of the year, an even better practice to streamline the process would be to make sure that Craig gets a W-9 from each new contractor prior to paying them the first time. Determining who needs a 1099 is outside the scope of this lesson. We will just be demonstrating with a handful of Craig's contractors.