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F.— W-9 )Rev. 3-2024Y <br />must obtain your correct taxpayer identification numb er(TIN). which <br />may be your social security number PW,. individual taxpayer <br />identification number (IT1N). adoption taxpayer identi fi aWn number <br />(ATIN). or employer identification number (GIN). to report on an <br />information return the amount paid to you. or other amount reportable <br />on an information retum. Examples of information returns include, but <br />are not limited to. the following. <br />■ Form 1099-INT (interest earned or pad). <br />• Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual <br />funds). <br />• Form 1099-MISC (vanous types of income. prizes. awards. or gross <br />proceeds). <br />• Form 1099-NEC Inonempfoyee compensation). <br />■ Form logg-B (stock or mutual lured sales and certain other <br />transactions by brokers). <br />• Forte IMS (proceeds from real estate transactions). <br />• Form im-K (merchant card and third -party network transactions). <br />• Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1 098-E (student loan interest), <br />and im-T(haitian). <br />• Form 1090—C (canceled dens!], <br />• Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured fxaperty)• <br />Use Form W-9 only if you era a U.S. person (indudnng 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. Sea What is backup <br />withholding. later. <br />By signing the filled-oul forrm you: <br />1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a <br />number to be issued): <br />2. Certify that you are riot subject to backup withholding; or <br />3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S_ exempt <br />payee: and <br />A. Certify to your non -foreign status for purposes of withholding under <br />chapter 3 or 4 of the Code (f appticabler and <br />5. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any( indicating <br />that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting is correct. Sea What is <br />FATCA Repordng, 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 T1N. 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 if 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 taws of the United States.- <br />* An estate (other than a foreign estate): or <br />• A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7). <br />Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 <br />withholding. payments made 10 foreign persons. including certain <br />distributions, allocations of income, or transfers of sales proceeds. may <br />be subject to vathhotding under chapter 3 or chapter 4 of the Code <br />(sections 1441-1474). 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 lax from the <br />recipient, owner, transferor, or partner (payee). 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 />purposesof establishing 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 other U.S. owner, <br />generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and <br />riot 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. 5 15 for more information on providdirng a Form W-9 or a <br />certification of non -fans gn status to avoid withholding. <br />Kittitas County Agreement for Services (rev. 5/14/25) <br />Page 15 of 20 <br />Page 2 <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 1.14-41-1(b)(2) iv) or other applicable section for <br />chapter 3 or 4 purposesl, 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 Regulatw* section 1,897(1}4(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 Forte W-8EXP (or other <br />certification of non -foreign status). <br />Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Gennerally. only a <br />nonresident alien individual may use the tenets 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 d:ertain 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 />3. The article number for location) in the tax treaty that contains the <br />saving clause, and Its exceptions, <br />4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the, exemption <br />from lax. <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 lax for scholarship income received by a Chinese <br />student temporarily present in the United Slates. Under U-S. law, this <br />student writ1 become a resident alien for tax purposes if their stay in the <br />United Slates exceeds 5 caler dar years. However. paragraph 2 of the <br />first Protocol 10 the U.S.-China treaty (dated Aptil 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 ctaun an exemption from tax <br />can their scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W9 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 a Form 8233. <br />Backup Withholding <br />What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you <br />must under certain conditions withhold 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 barter exchange <br />transactions, rents, royalties. nonemployee pay. payments made in <br />settlement of payment card and third -parry network transactions, and <br />certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions <br />are not subject to backup wilhholdir+g. <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 />Payments you receive wiff be subject to backup wil hholdi ng if; <br />1. You do not furnish your TIN to file requester, <br />2. You do not certify your TiN vrhen required (see the instructions for <br />Pant I I for details): <br />3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN: <br />s. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding <br />because you did not 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 item 4 under "By sigmV Me frli'ed- <br />out form" above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened <br />after 1803 only). <br />