A W-9 is between you and the company u2022 not the IRS.As for 1099u2019s, those are information returns that payers of various types of payments are required to file with the IRS. What you get is a copy of what the company files with the IRS. (Same thing with employeesu2022 W-2u2019s, although those are filed with the Social Security Adminsitration u2022 not the IRS.) I wouldnu2019t use the term u201cautomaticallyu201d, but if the company doesnu2019t file with the IRS, then thereu2019s nothing for it to send you a copy of.So, if youu2019ve gotten a form, that means that the original of that form has been (or will be) filed with the govu2019t. (The deadlines are different, so you could get your copy before the government filing is actually done, but yours is still a copy of theirs.)Just one caveat : From your question, asking about W-9 and 1099-MISC, it sounds as if you are an independent contractor. If, however, you are a fictional u201c1099 employeeu201d u2022 or if you are in fact an employee who is simply misclassified as a contractor u2022 then you may be getting a 1099-MISC with no form going to the IRS. Some employers who illegally pay employees as if they were not employees (no withholding, no FICA, etc.) decide to go u201call the wayu201d, and simply not report the pay to the IRS at all. In effect, they pay u201coff the books.u201d They still send you a 1099, because to not do so would cause you to question its absence. But the 1099 doesnu2019t get included with your tax return u2022 only the income does u2022 and including income that hasnu2019t been reported to the IRS is not that same problem as omitting income that has been reported to the IRS