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Form VV-91'ptv. 3-2024y Page 2 <br />must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN), which <br />may be your social security number ISSN), individual taxpayer <br />identification number ()TIN), adoption taxpayer identification number <br />(ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on at, <br />information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable <br />on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but <br />are not limited to, the following, <br />- Form 1 C49-INT (interest earned or paid). <br />- Form 1 099-DN' (dividends. including those from stocks or mutual <br />fundivi. <br />- Form 1 099-MISC (,various types of income. prizes. awards, or gross <br />proceeds). <br />• Form 1099-NEC 11noremployep compensation). <br />• Form 1099-8 (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other <br />transactions by brokers). <br />• Form 1 o99-S (proceeds from real estate, transactions), <br />• Form 1 OQ9-K (merchant card and third -patty network transactioris). <br />• Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), <br />and 1 098-T (tuition). <br />- Form 1099-C (canceled debt). <br />• Form 1099-A (acquisition or, abandonment of secured property). <br />Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident <br />alien), to provide your correct TIN. <br />Caution: If you don't return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN. you <br />might be subject to backup withholding See Met is back-up <br />witIft1ding. later. <br />By signing the filled -out form, you: <br />1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct for you are waiting for a <br />number to be issued); <br />2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding: or <br />3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt <br />payee; and <br />4. Certify to your non -foreign status for purposes of withholding under <br />chapter 3 or 4 of the Code (if applicable); and <br />5. Certify that FATCA codois) entered on this form (if any) indicating <br />that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting is correct. See What Is <br />FATCA Peportrig, later, for further information. <br />Note: If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other <br />than Form W-9 to request your TIN. you must use the requester's form if <br />it is substantially similar to this Form W-9- <br />Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes. you are <br />considered a U.S. person I' you are: <br />- An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S, resident alien; <br />- A partnership. corporation, company, or association created or <br />organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States: <br />• An estate (other than a foreign estate): or <br />• A domestic trust f , as defined in Regulations section 3011701 -7). <br />Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 <br />withholding. Payments made to foreign persons, including certain <br />distributions, allocations of income, or transfers of sales proceeds. may <br />be subject to withholding under chapter 3 or chapter 4 of the Code <br />(sections 1441-147-1). Under those rules, if a Form W-9 or other <br />certification of non -foreign status has not been received, a withholding <br />agent. transferee, or partnership (payor) generally applies presumption <br />rules that may require the payor to withhold applicable tax from the <br />recipient, owner, transferor. or partner (paysei, See Pub. 515, <br />Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities. <br />The following persons must provide Form W-9 to the payor for <br />purposes of establisting its non -foreign status. <br />- In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner <br />of the disregarded entity and not the disregarded entity. <br />• In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or oti-#--r U.S, owner, <br />generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and <br />not the grantor trust- <br />- In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust). the U.S. trust <br />and not the beneficiaries of the trust. <br />See Pub. 515 for more information on providing a Form W-9 or a <br />certification of non -foreign status to avoid withholding. <br />Kittitas County Agreement for Services (rev. 5/14/25) <br />Page 14 of 19 <br />Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a <br />foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person (under <br />Regulations section 1. 1441 -1 (b)(2}ijv) or other applicable section for <br />chapter 3 or 4 purpose.), do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the <br />appropriate- Form W-8 or Form 8233 (See Pub. 515). If you are a <br />qualified foreign pension fund under Regulations section 1.8970)-1 (d), or <br />a partnership that is wholly owned by qualified foreign pension funds. <br />that is treated as a non -foreign person for purposes of section 1445 <br />withholding. do not use Form W-9. Instead. use Form W-SEXP (or other <br />certification of non -foreign, status). <br />Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. G :ienerafly, only a <br />nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce <br />or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However. most tax <br />treaties contain a provision known as a saving clause. Exceptions <br />specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to <br />continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise <br />become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes. <br />If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception <br />contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption <br />from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement <br />to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items. <br />1. The treaty country. Generally. this must be the same treaty under <br />which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien. <br />2. The treaty article addressing the income. <br />1 The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the <br />saving clause and its exceptions. <br />4. rise type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption <br />from tax. <br />5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of <br />the treaty article. <br />Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an <br />exemption from tax for scholarship income- received by a Chinese <br />student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S, law, this <br />student will become a resident t alien for tax purposes if their stay in the <br />United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the <br />first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the <br />provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese <br />student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese <br />student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first <br />protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exL lion from tax <br />or, their scholarship or fellowship income would attach to can W-9 a <br />statement that includes the information described above to support that <br />exemption. <br />If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the <br />appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233. <br />Backup Withholding <br />What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you <br />must under certain conclitionswithhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such <br />payments. This is called "backup withholding.' Payments that may be <br />subject to backup withholding include, but are not limited to, interest. <br />tax-exempt interest, dividends. broker and batter exchange <br />transactions, rents, royalties, rionemployee pay, payments made in <br />settlement of payment card and third -party netivork transactions. and <br />certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions <br />are not subject to backup withholdrig. <br />You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive <br />if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, <br />and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return. <br />Payrnents you receive will be subject to backup withholding if: <br />I . You do not furnish your TIN to the requester: <br />2. You do not certify your TIN when required !See the instructions for <br />Part It for details;; <br />3. The IRS lefts the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN; <br />4. The IRS tels you that you are subject to backup withholding <br />because you did net report all your interest and dividends on your tax <br />return (for reportable interest and dividends only); or <br />5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to <br />backup withholding, as described in items 4 under 'By signing Iniefified- <br />out form" above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened <br />after 1983 only). <br />