📃Upload W8/W9 Form (for US hackathons)
You hackathon organizer is based in the U.S., and the IRS just hired 50,000 new agents 🕵️. We need one more stepping stone in the paper trail to keep them happy.
Do I Upload a W8 Form or a W9 Form?
✅ US Citizen or Resident
✅ Claiming as an individual
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-9
Form: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf
🌍 W-8-BEN
✅ Not a US Citizen or Resident
✅ Claiming as an individual
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw8ben
Form: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf
🌎 W-8-BEN-E
✅ Not a US Citizen or Resident
✅ Claiming as an entity
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw8bene
Form: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8bene.pdf
🌎 W-8-ECI
✅ Not a US Citizen or Resident
✅ Foreign Person’s Claim That Income is Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8eci.pdf
Form: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8eci.pdf
🌎 W-8-EXP
✅ Not a US Citizen or Resident
✅ Foreign Government or Other Foreign Organization
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8exp.pdf
Form: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8exp.pdf
🌎 W-8-IMY
✅ Not a US Citizen or Resident
✅ Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches
Instructions: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/form-w-8imy
Uploading W8/W9
The hackathon organizer will receive an email with your attachment.
If they approve your tax form, then you are all set and ready to claim.
Updating a W8/W9
If the hackathon organizer requests changes, you will be notified via email.
But don't fret! Here's what you do.
Repeat this until the hackathon organizer accepts the form (in which case you will be notified via email).
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