Affiliate 1099s
For eligible U.S. affiliates paid with Autopay, Simple Affiliate can facilitate Form 1099-K and Form 1099-NEC when IRS and volume thresholds require them. Affiliates find their issued forms in their dashboard.
Your Form 1099-NEC for last year is ready.
Keep your payout details up to date in the dashboard.
Yes, for eligible U.S. affiliates that you pay with Simple Affiliate Autopay. Autopay can facilitate Form 1099-K and Form 1099-NEC when volume and IRS thresholds require them, with no separate 1099 fee. Affiliates sign in with your store’s customer accounts and find their issued forms in the affiliate dashboard. Autopay is included on every plan, even free Starter. It needs a paid Shopify plan, a store at least 3 days old, and a store currency that Autopay supports. Your CPA still owns your store’s tax compliance. Shopify Collabs is not a 1099 product; keep it for creator marketplace payouts.
Simple Affiliate can facilitate both forms when IRS and volume thresholds require them.
1099 facilitation comes with Autopay, with no separate 1099 fee.
Affiliates sign in with your store's customer accounts and find their issued forms.
The forms cover Autopay payouts. Plan PayPal, store credit and manual payouts with your CPA.
Simple Affiliate does not guess whether a form is required from incomplete data, so keep affiliate and payout details accurate.
You are still responsible for the tax compliance of your business.
Install from the Shopify App Store.
Connect a bank account or card and pay your U.S. affiliates with Autopay.
When a form is required, affiliates find it in their dashboard after it is issued.
Connect Claude or ChatGPT on every Simple Affiliate plan, including the free Starter plan. Ask it to review results, explain missing referral credit, create groups, set product commissions, build group automations, or update signup, email, and dashboard settings. You approve every change, and plan limits apply. Your AI cannot send payouts.
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1099 facilitation covers Autopay payouts to affiliates who sign in with your store’s customer accounts. Your CPA still owns tax compliance.
Affiliate identity on your store
Affiliates sign up and sign in with your store’s Shopify customer accounts. Their tax forms belong to that same account, so there is no second login to manage.
Cost. Included with Shopify customer accounts.
The payment trail 1099s are built from
The 1099 workflow on this page covers Autopay payouts only. PayPal, store credit, and Premium manual payouts are not part of this facilitation. Affiliates get the full commission, and you pay the Autopay processing fee.
Cost. The Autopay processing fee applies to each payout. There is no separate 1099 add-on fee.
Eligible U.S. Autopay affiliates when IRS thresholds apply
When Autopay pays eligible U.S. affiliates, Simple Affiliate can facilitate Form 1099-K and Form 1099-NEC. Affiliates find issued forms in their affiliate dashboard. Not every affiliate gets a form: IRS thresholds decide.
Cost. Included with Autopay. No separate 1099 add-on fee.
Always the compliance owner
Forms from the app do not replace your store’s tax obligations, state filings, or your affiliates’ own returns. Ask a qualified tax professional whether a form is required. Shopify Collabs is still the creator marketplace; it is not the 1099 workflow for your own affiliates.
Cost. Professional fees, not an App Store subscription.
Direct answers. Updated August 18, 2026.
No. It covers eligible U.S. affiliates paid with Autopay, when IRS and volume thresholds require a form. See the 1099 FAQ under Sources.
No. You are still responsible for your business’s tax compliance. Simple Affiliate does not guess whether a form is required from incomplete data, so keep affiliate and payout details accurate.
No. Collabs is not the 1099 workflow for an in-house Simple Affiliate roster.
No. The 1099 facilitation covers Autopay payouts only. For PayPal, store credit, or manual payouts, plan your 1099s with your CPA.
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Autopay and the Claude and ChatGPT connection are included on every plan, even free Starter.