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W8
If I'm XYZ Porn Inc., incorporated in Los Angeles and your one of my affiliates based in the Netherlands, it doesn't matter to the IRS where any servers are based or where the final buyers of the porn are living.
ALL that matters is I'm incorporated in California and have a home office in L.A.
By that I'm required to get a W9 or W8 from anybody I pay except some homeless guy I paid $20 to sweep the driveway. And if he does it more that $600 worth of driveway then he too will have to fill out a W9.
Otherwise the IRS assumes I put that money in my own pocket and will tax me.
The IRS used to only require 1099s for when businesses didn't have a W9 on file or payments to individuals. Now they require 1099 for any person/corporation receiving over $600. Same with W8 & W9. They require for anyone you pay.
I was an accountant in the Tax Department of a Fortune 750 corporation for over 5 years.
You can argue forever, but unless you sign a W8, you're not going to get paid.
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