Important Changes for Non-US Authors/Affiliates/Service Providers

[Bedros]

Thanks for all the information you’ve submitted, you’ve done a great work.

I have a question (the best question is the asked one ) - Don’T you have a TAX ID, or an ID number from your own country (in some countries, ID also is the TAX ID)? I mean, why would you wait for almost 2 months to get a TIN from USA-IRS?

@natman can you also clarify this? We are specifying the country of residence (which has a treaty with USA), and we are already withdrawing from the country of our residence. So, the ID Number that’s given to us from our own country should be enough, right? Our country has a treaty with USA, and we are living there, so why a National ID from our own country wouldn’t work? Doesn’t it all about proving that we are really living in (and withdrawing from) a country that has a treaty with USA?

This is from the excerpt of the Envato Official Thread…:

Important Clarification re. W-8 Form for Non-US Authors, Affiliates & Service Providers

Hi All, In our answers in the last two days, one question that we’ve repeatedly answered is to tell authors that if they don’t have a foreign tax identification number that you could write “Not Provided”. This is correct, however this morning we had a call with our own advisors and when this came up, we learned that in fact while you can do this, it does mean we can’t apply the benefit of the treaty rate reduction (i.e. the US RWHT applied will be 30%) So if you’re in a non-treaty c…

***If you have a tax number from your own country (i.e. a “foreign tax identification number”), then add that into the W-8 form where specified.*If you’re not sure what is the right number in your country, talk to a tax advisor or accountant. You may need to apply to your country’s government or tax authority.