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Originally Posted by mineistaken
So what you ae saying that non US residents should not fill in any forms ?
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People who are not a US citizen, live and work outside the US and have no property or employees in the US do not have to fill out a w9 or w8 form.
w9 forms are for US based citizens.
w8 (ben) forms are for foreigners that have so called "us activities". Meaning part of their operation is US-based (example: they have employees in the US or they own property in the US).
Look at the way Google handles this: their 'foreign'
affiliates (people with an adsense account) simply have to click a button that says that they certify that they have no US based activities.
If some affiliate program is giving you a hard time (and w9 or w8 forms don't apply to you), simply print out a statement saying that you (and/or your company) are based outside the US and have no employees in the US. Sign it, scan it, email it.
If it's the IRS they are worried about, that statement will be more than sufficient.
If that affiliate program still refuses to pay you after that, my first guess (given the current climate) would be that they are using the whole w9/w8 forms thing as an excuse to not have to pay you or as an excuse to delay paying you. (a sign of yet another program going under?)