Discover essential steps for safely paying international contractors. Our guide simplifies compliance, currency, payment methods, contracts, and more.Want to simplify the payment process for independent contractors? This guide details the easiest and quickest ways to make freelancer payments. In this article, you'll understand how to set up a compliant, easy process to pay international contractors and freelancers. The guidance I have seen is if the payments weren't sent as Goods and Services, Venmo is not acting as a TPSO, and a 1099 should be filed. There are lots of good ways to pay your contractors. Venmo ISN'T one of them! If you're an employer located in the US, you have to use Form 1042 and Form 1042S when reporting the amount paid to your foreign contractors. So technically, no, you don't have to do this.