Atriux

Tax forms

Atriux collects a W-9 only when a US creator's lifetime earnings cross $600 — the IRS reporting threshold for 1099-NEC. Below that, no tax form is required and payouts dispatch freely.

This isn't legal or tax advice. Tax requirements vary by jurisdiction, payment volume, and your individual situation. Talk to an accountant before relying on these flows for your taxes. The text below describes how Atriux handles the IRS reporting requirement that applies to most US creators.

The threshold

IRS rules require platforms like Atriux to issue a 1099-NEC to any US contractor who earned $600 or more in a calendar year. To do that, we need a W-9 on file. To avoid collecting PII unnecessarily, we don't ask for it until you actually need it.

  • Below $600 lifetime: no form. Payouts flow normally.
  • At $600 lifetime: payouts pause. /creator shows a warning banner. Submit a W-9 to resume.
  • After W-9 on file: payouts resume. We generate a 1099-NEC at year-end.

What the W-9 captures

The standard IRS form. We render an in-platform version (no PDF upload — it's a structured form):

  • Legal name (must match SSN/EIN exactly)
  • Federal tax classification (Individual / Sole Prop / LLC / Corp / S-Corp / Partnership)
  • Address
  • SSN or EIN
  • Signature confirmation (you type your legal name to attest)
Why a form (when Atriux otherwise has no forms): the W-9 is a legally-mandated document with specific format requirements. Chat-parsing "my SSN is 123-45-6789" is awkward, and the IRS rejects malformed data. Tax forms are an exception to the platform's no-forms rule.

How we store it

  • SSN / EIN: encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM with the same env-managed key used for bank account numbers). Decryption only happens server-side at year-end 1099 generation.
  • Other fields: plain text. Legal name, address, classification — these are needed for legitimate accounting and aren't individually sensitive at the same level as the SSN.
  • Never logged. The decrypted SSN never appears in logs, never round-trips to the client, never leaves the 1099-generation server.

1099-NEC at year-end

Each January, we run a script that:

  1. Reads every creator's W-9 + payouts from the prior calendar year.
  2. Generates an IRS-formatted 1099-NEC for each creator who earned ≥$600.
  3. Submits the forms to the IRS via an e-file service.
  4. Emails each creator their copy.

You receive your 1099-NEC by the IRS deadline (January 31). File it with your taxes.

Non-US creators

Currently Atriux only supports US creators (based on the SSN/EIN requirement of the W-9). International payouts + W-8BEN handling will roll out post-launch. If you're international and want to be early to that flow, email rhimaaron@gmail.com.

Implementation status

The W-9 form UI ships in Phase 8.6 (post-public-launch). Until then:

  • Lifetime earnings tracked correctly (you can watch them on /creator).
  • The auto-pause at $600 is wired in but the form rendering is a stub.
  • If you cross the threshold before Phase 8.6 ships, email us and we'll handle the W-9 + a manual payout out-of-band.

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