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DATE
Thursday, October 29, 2026
TIME
10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET
DURATION
60 minutes, including live Q&A
The IRS is retiring FIRE: Is your marketplace platform IRIS-ready?
On November 19, 2026, the IRS retires FIRE for IRIS — moving 1099 reporting to strict XML schemas. For marketplaces managing 1099-K, 1099-MISC, and 1099-NEC payees, unverified TINs and formatting errors risk immediate transmission rejections and payout delays.
What marketplace finance, operations, and tech leaders must know:
Join Avalara experts Gordon Walsh and Nicholas Boetcher to explore:
- The FIRE-to-IRIS Shift: Understand the mandatory cutover from Pub 1220 flat files to IRIS XML schemas and strict intake rules.
- Multi-Form Compliance (1099-K, MISC & NEC): Managing high-volume seller payouts and shifting reporting thresholds without creating year-end bottlenecks.
- Upstream Seller Onboarding: Embedding digital W-9 collection into your platform UI to capture audit-ready data at sign-up.
- Real-Time TIN Matching: Validating seller TINs during onboarding to prevent transmission rejections and IRS B-Notices.
- Direct IRIS E-Filing & TCC: How partnering for native schema generation bypasses complex in-house Transmitter Control Code (TCC) builds.
- Q4 Marketplace Roadmap: Actionable milestones your platform team must complete before year-end filing begins.
Leave with an operational checklist to modernize seller tax reporting and avoid January filing disruptions.
Who should attend:
- VPs & Directors of Finance, Corporate Controllers, and Accounting Managers
- Heads of Marketplace Operations, Trust & Safety, and Platform Compliance
- Product Managers, Platform Engineers, and Payment Operations Leads
- Tax Directors & Enterprise Information Reporting Managers
About the speakers
Gordon Walsh
Sr. Product Solution Consultant, Avalara 1099 & W-9
Gordon specializes in 1099 and W-9 compliance, vendor onboarding automation, and IRS electronic reporting. He partners with organizations to navigate complex regulatory changes and implement automated, audit-ready workflows.
Nicholas Boetcher
Director, Sales – Marketplaces, Avalara
Nicholas leads sales and solution strategy for online marketplaces and platform businesses at Avalara, helping platforms streamline tax compliance, seller onboarding, and payout reporting at scale.
