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Originally Posted by u-Bob
If I as a foreign affiliate email you as a US company a signed statement that correctly describes my situation, then you have all that is need to comply with the IRS's requirements.
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If the affiliate program's C.P.A./Attorney say you must fill out whatever they say you must fill out, that is what you would be required to do,... or you move along. I would take the guidance of my accountant and attorney over some affiliate trying to 'school me' on international law, or their perception of such.
In the end, it is my counsel signing my tax return, or defending me in regards to the IRS. If they were to tell me you as an international affiliate were to provide a copy of your legal I.D. docs, and sign some W-9, you would sign it or I would never approve you as an affiliate. If you were an affiliate and refused, I pay you whatever was remaining, and close your account.
At the end of the day, I am not going to risk my business over one guy's interpretation of both U.S. and international law. That is why you pay counsel who specialize in such matters to handle it.
