Pay partners and contractors without leaving Salesforce
Your partner data already lives in Salesforce. Now the payment can start there too.
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Your partner data already lives in Salesforce. Now the payment can start there too.

Software has been able to send payouts for years. What is new is software that decides when to send them.

A call that sounds exactly like your CFO used to be reassuring. Now it is just a call.
![What is the maker-checker process? How dual approval works [UPDATED]](https://243133756.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/243133756/xtrm-hero-maker-checker.jpg)
One person prepares a payment. Someone else approves it. It sounds almost too simple to matter, which is exactly why teams underestimate it.

A rebate is easy to promise and surprisingly hard to pay correctly.
![[UPDATED] The 2027 filing calendar for contractor and partner payouts](https://243133756.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/243133756/The%202026%20US%20Tax%20Filing%20Deadlines.png)
The date everyone remembers is April 15. For anyone who pays contractors or partners, the one that matters is February 1.

Nobody plans to spend a year's channel budget in the last three weeks of December. It keeps happening anyway.
![[UPDATED] Form 1099-K explained: What it reports and who files it](https://243133756.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/243133756/Imported_Blog_Media/What-is-a-1099-K-and-who-needs-it-1.jpg)
The form reports what moved through a payment network, not what you owe. Much of the confusion starts when people forget the difference.