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P*q.2 <br />FoffiW-g tqev.3-2a24J <br />must obtain your correct taxpayer identifi€attiln nornber fllN), !'vhich <br />mav b6 vour-$cial security number {SSN), individuallilpayx <br />ide;tifidtion number (tTlNi, adoption taxpayer identification number <br />{ATIN), or employer idenliricalion nurnber {EIl'l}' to report on an <br />information r&um tht <br />"mount <br />paid to you, Dr olher amount reporlabl€ <br />on an information retum. Examples of informal'ion retums include' bui <br />are noi limited to, the following, <br />r Form 1099JNT (interest eam€d or Paidl- <br />. Form 1099-DlV (dividends, including those from staaks or mutual <br />funds). <br />' Form 1099-MISC {varioue types of income, pizes' avrwds, or gross <br />proceeds). <br />. Form 1099-NEC (nonemployee compensation|. <br />. F rm 1099-8 (stock or mulual fund sales and certain other <br />transacti0us by brokers). <br />. Form 1099-5 {proceeds flom real $late transactions}' <br />. Form 1o99-K {merchant card and third-party network transactions)- <br />. Form l0g8 {home mortgage interesq' 109a-E {student loan interest}, <br />and 1 098-T (tuition). <br />. Form 1099-C (canceled debt). <br />. Form 1 099-4 (acquisition or abandanment of s€cured prop€rty)' <br />Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (lncluding a resident <br />alien), to prrrvide Your conect TlN. <br />Caution: lf you don't retum Form W-9 to the requester with a TlN, you <br />might be su-lrjecl to backup withholding. See What is backup <br />withholding.later. <br />8y signing the filled-otrt form, you: <br />'I . Certi{y that the TIN you are giving is ccrect {or you are waiting for a <br />number 10 tle issued); <br />2. Certify that you are not subiecl to backr-rp withholding; or <br />3. Clainr exemption from backup withholding if you are a U'S' exempt <br />payee: and <br />4. Certifv to vour non-foreign status for purposes of wilhholding under <br />chapter 3 br + bf tne Code {if-applicable); ard <br />5. Certify ihat FATCA code(s) entet€d on this form (if any) indicating <br />that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting is csrrect' Se€ What /s <br />FAT1A Reporting. later, for further information. <br />Note: lf you are a U.3. person and a requester gives you a form other <br />ttr"n Fotin W-9 to request your TlN, you must lse lhe requester's farm if <br />it is substantially similar to thig Fornr W-9" <br />Defirrition o{ a U.S, petson. For lderal tax purposes' you are <br />considered a U.S. Person if You are: <br />. An individusl who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien; <br />. A partnership, corporation, company' or association created or <br />organizecJ in the United gtate€ ff under lhe la$s of fte United States; <br />. An estate {other than a foreign eslatei; or <br />. A domestic lrust (as defined in Regulations section 3o1'77o1-7r' <br />Eslablishing U,S. status tor purpcses of chapter 3 and chaPter 4 <br />withholdinql Payments made to foretgn persons,including certain <br />ailiribrrioni, alli'calions o! income, oitrinsfers of satres proceeds, may <br />be subiect to withholdinq undar chapler 3 or chapter 4 of the Code <br />L+ctions 1441-1474\. Under those rules, il a Form W-g at olher <br />E"rtin"^titon of non-foreiqn slatus has rr;t been rec{rived, a withholding <br />"qL;i, <br />t;st"r*". or pafirership {p ayorJ generally applies presumption <br />rules ihat may r equii the payor to rsithho Id apdic able- tax Jrom the <br />rxioienl. owner, ianaferor, o( Parlnet lqYee). See Pub' 515' <br />Wittrhotaing ot Tax on Nonresident Aiens and Foreign Entities' <br />The following p€rsl1ns muet provide Form W-9 tc lhE payor lor <br />purposes of eslablishing ite non-foreign status. <br />. ln the cale af adisregarded entig'lsith a U-S. otqner, the lJ'S' ourner <br />of the disregarded entity and not fte diaregarded entity- <br />. ln the rase of a grantor trust wrth a U.S grantot.or other.U-S' ol'rner" <br />gii,illlry, rt" u.il giantor ar ather u-S. or,iner of the grantor trust and <br />not the grantor trust- <br />. ln ths rase of a U.9. trust {oth€r than a grantor lrust}' the lJ'S' tnrst <br />and not tfie ben€ficiaries of th€ ttust. <br />See Pub. 5'15 for more information on providing a Form W-9 or a <br />certification of non-foreign status to avoid rvithholding' <br />Foreiqn Derson. lf vou are a foreign petson or the U'S' branch ol a <br />i.rliqi t5nr tntt his elected to be tieatea as a U S' p€rson iundcr <br />Recu"lations section 1 . 1 aa 1 -1 (b[2)[v) or other appli cable section for <br />chioter 3 or 4 purDosesl, do not use Form W-9. lnstesd, use the <br />aoorooriate Fo-rm W-8 or Form 8233 (se€ Pub. 515) l{ ycu are a <br />"t*med fot",on oension fund under Regulatiors section 1 89711!1id!' or <br />J r"ir""*i':ioitt"i G whotlv ownect uy qudined torelgn pension funds' <br />ihal is treated as a non-foreign person for purposes of sectir:n 14'15 <br />rirfttr"faing, do not use Fon; tii-9. lnstead, use Form W€HP (c other <br />cerlificalion of non-foreign status). <br />Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien' Generally, only a <br />nonrcila"nt "ti"n <br />individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to redur'e <br />or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of incorne' However' mosl tax <br />trealies contain a provision known as a saving clausg' $ceptlons <br />smified in the savinq clause may permit an exernption ft;om tax to <br />;;;;;i"i'";ttain tyies of incomb even afler the'payee has othemdse <br />become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes. <br />l{ vou are a U.S. resident alien who is retying on an exception <br />"ontluin"O <br />in lhe saving clause of a tax treaty to clarm an exernplbn <br />fr;; U.S:t*;" <br />"ertain <br />types of income, ydu must attach a statement <br />to Form W-9 lhat specifles the following fve iterns' <br />1. The treaty country. Generally, lhis must be the.satne tr-€aty uMer <br />which you claihed ex6mption from tax as a nonresident alien' <br />2. The treaty adicle addressing ttre income. <br />3. The article number (or location) in the ta,( treaty that ccnlains ifte <br />saving clause and its exceptione. <br />4. The type arrd amount of inccme that qualifies ior the exemption <br />from tax. <br />5. Sulficient facts to iusti{y the exemption fmm tax under the terms nf <br />the trsaty article. <br />Exatnole, Article 20 of the U.S,-China income lax treaty allows an <br />"*"*oii5n ttotn tax for scholarhip income recerved by a Chinese <br />"t l"'ni r"tp"t"tily present in the United States Under U'S larv, ihis <br />"i"J"nt <br />onin lt*omsa resident alien for tax purposes if their slay in the <br />Unif"d St"t"" **"eeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the <br />nrsipiotocot to *re U.S.-China treity [dated April 30, 1984) allosrs the <br />"*ls;ons of Article 20 lo contintle to apply even aftet the Uhlnese <br />!t'-d*nt b*o*." a resident alien of the United States' A Chtnese <br />"i"a.nt <br />*ho qu"lifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the fimt <br />Fi"i"cotr anrc is relvinq on lhis exception to clarm an exemption from tax <br />l^ rli,iii*h"r**tii oifetlowship iniome would attach to Fcrm W-9 a <br />;tai;ent that includes the information descrit'ed above to support lhat <br />exemption. <br />lf you are a nonrmident alien or afore-qn entity. give the requester the <br />appropflate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233. <br />Backup Withholding <br />What is backup withholding? Persons making c€rt€in paym-ents to you <br />mrit rna.r "*iatn <br />condition-s rvithhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such <br />;";;;;t" Thrs ie called ''backup rvithholding." Paymenls that may b€ <br />luLiect lo backup withholding include. hlt are not limiled to, intersst' <br />tax-'exempt interesL dividendi, broker ald barter exchange <br />ion".itio'nt, t"nt , royalties' nonemployee pay, payments made in <br />""t*"*"nt o? p"Vmeni card and lhird-party nehvork transaclions' and <br />i"rtrin pwmdnfi from fishing boat opsrators. R€al estate transaclions <br />are not'subjea to backup wilhholding. <br />You rvill not be subject to backup withholding on payments you r€ceive <br />if vou qive lhe req uester yatr conect TlN, make the proper cedificaiions' <br />aid riport all youi taxable inrere* and dft:uJends c{r your tax rsturn' <br />Paymenls ycu receive will be strbiect lo backup withholding if: <br />1 - You do rst fumish your TIN to the {equeste, <br />2.'(ou do not certt{y yourTlN when required (see the inslrtrctions for <br />ParTll far rJclailzli <br />3. The IRS tells tfle requester that y6u fumished an inc':nect TIN: <br />4- The IRS tells you that you are subiect to backup wilhholding <br />because you did not report all your interest and di!'/idends on yflr tax <br />retum ifoi reportable interest and dividends only); or <br />5. You do not cenifv io the requester that you are-not subiect to <br />on"fuo-*itftf-,ofUinq, ais describeb in item 4 in&r "By signing the filled- <br />Z"i'iii*'; auove (f# reporlable interast and dividend accounts opened <br />after 1983 onlY). <br />Kittitas County Agreement for Services (rev' 5/Ia/251 <br />Page L6 of 22