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Form W9 (elev-3-2424)Paoe3 <br />Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. <br />See Exempt payee code, later, and the separate lnstructions for the <br />Requester of Form W-9 for more information. <br />See also stab/ishing U.S. status forpurposesofchapter3 and <br />chapter 4 withholding, earlier <br />What ls FATCA Reporting? <br />The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a <br />participating fore;gn financial institution to report all U.S. aooount <br />holders that are specified U.S. persons. Ceftain payees are exempt from <br />FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA repofting code. later and <br />the lnst.uctions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information <br />Updating Your Information <br />You rnust provide updated information lo any person to whom you <br />claimed lo be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee <br />and anticipate receiving reportable payments in tlle future from this <br />person. For example. you may need to provide updated information if <br />you are a C corporation that elects 1o be an S corporation. or if you are <br />nolongertax exempt. ln addition. you must furnish a new Form W-9 if <br />the name ot TIN changes for the account, for example if the granlor of a <br />grantor trusl dies. <br />Penalties <br />Failure lo furnish TlN. lf you fail lo furnish yourcorrect TIN to a <br />requester you are subject to a penalty of 950 for each such faliure <br />unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect <br />Civil penalty for faise info.mation with respect to withholding. if you <br />make a false statement with no reasonable basrs tllat results rn no <br />backup \,viihholding you are subject to a $500 penalty <br />Criminal penalty tor falsifying information. Willfully falsifying <br />certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties <br />including fines and/or rmprisonment. <br />Misuse of TlNs. li tlle requesterdiscloses or uses TlNs in violation cf <br />federal law, the requester may be subiect to civil and criminal penalties. <br />Speciific lnstructions <br />Line 1 <br />You mustenter one of the following on this lir.le, do not leave this line <br />blank. The name should match the name on your tax return. <br />lf this Form W-9 is for a loint account iother than an accourlt <br />maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFQ) llst first and then <br />circle lhe name of the person or entily whose number you entered in <br />Part 1 of form W-9. if you are provrding Form \ /-9 to an FFI io document <br />a jornt aocount each holderof theaccount lha! is a U S. person must <br />provide a Forrn W-9 <br />. lndividual.Generally, enter the name shown on your lax return. lf you <br />have changed your last name witllout informing the Social Security <br />Administration (SSAI of the nafie change, enter your liirst name. the lasi <br />name as shown on your social security card, and your new las! name. <br />Note for lTlN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered <br />on your Form W-7 applicataon. line 1a This should also be the same as <br />lhe name you entered on the Form '1 04l0 you filed with your appiication <br />. Sole proprietor. Enter your individual nanle as shown on your Form <br />1040 on |ne 1 bnleryourbusiness. trade or 'dotng business as" (OBA) <br />name on line 2. <br />. Partnership, C corporation, S oorporatfon, or LLC., otherthan,a <br />dlisregarded entity. Enter the entily's name as shown on the entiiy's lax <br />relum on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2 <br />. Other entities. Enteryour name as stiown cn requrred U.S. federal iax <br />documents on iine 1 This name should match ille name shown on the <br />chartero. other legal document creating the entity. Enter any business. <br />trade or DBA name on line 2. <br />. Disregarded entity. ln general. a bustness entiiy that has a slngle <br />owner. including an LLC. and is not a corporation, is disregarded as an <br />entity separate from rts owner (a disregarded entity) See Regulalions <br />section 301.7701-2(cX2). Adisregarded enlily should check the <br />appropriate box iorthe tax classification of its owner. Enter the clvner's <br />name on line 1 . The name of the owner entered on line 1 shou'ld never <br />be a disregarded entity The name on line 1 should be lhe name shown <br />on tlle inoome lax reiurn on which the tncome should be reported. for <br />example. if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. <br />federal iax purposes has a single owner lhal is a U S. person. the U.S. <br />owner's name is required lo be provided on line 1. lf lh e direct owner of <br />the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner tllat is not <br />disregarded forfederal tax purposes Enter thedisregarded entity's <br />name on line 2. lf lh e ou/ner of the disregarded enlity ,s a foreign person' <br />Itle orvner must complete an appropriate Fo.m W-8 instead ol a Form <br />W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TlN. <br />Line 2 <br />lf you have a busrness name. trade name, DBA name. or disregarded <br />entity name, enter ii on line 2. <br />Line 3a <br />Check the appropriate box on line 3a for the U.S. lederal tax <br />classificatron of the person whose name is entered on line 1 Check only <br />one box on line 3a <br />Line 3b <br />Check this box if you are a partnershrp ncluding an LLC classified as a <br />partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes), lrust, or estale that has any <br />foreign partners. owners, or beneficiaries and you are prorridrng this <br />form to a partnership, trust. or eslaile in which you have an.o\tnership <br />interesi You must check the box on line 3b if you receive a Form W-8 <br />(or dooumenlary evidencel from any partner, owner. or beneficiary <br />establishing foreign status or if you receive a Forrn W-9 from any <br />pariner owner, or beneficiary lhat has checked lhe box on line 3b. <br />Note: A partnership lha! provides a Forrn W'9 and checks box 3b may <br />be required to complete Schedules K-2 and i<-3 (Form 1 065). For more <br />information. see the Partnership lnstruclions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 <br />(Forin 1065). <br />lf you are required to complete line 3b but fail lo do so, you may not <br />reeeive the information necessaly to file a oorreci information relum with <br />Itl e IRS or furnish a corfect payee statement to your partners or <br />beneficiaries. See. for example, seclions 6698.6722, and 6724 for <br />penalties that may apply. <br />Line 4 Exemptions <br />lf you are exempt lrom backup wi;lhholdrng and/or FATCA reportang. <br />enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to <br />YAu. <br />Exempt payee code. <br />. Generally. individuals (includlng sole proprietors) are not exempt from <br />backup withholding. <br />. Except as provided below, corporations are.exempt from baokup <br />u/ithholdirlg for certain payments. including interest and divtdends <br />. Corporations ate no! exempt irom backup withholding for payments <br />made in settlement of paymenl card or third-party network lransaooons. <br />. Corporations are nol exempt from backup withholding with respect to <br />attorneys'fees or gross proceeds pard to attorneys and oorporations <br />that provide medical or health care se.vices are not exempi witll respect <br />to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC <br />The lollowing codes identafy payees thal are exempt from backup <br />u/ithholding. Enter the appropriate code ln the space on line 4. <br />1. An organization exempt from tax undersectlon 501(a) any lRA. or <br />a custodial account under section 40ll(b)(7) if Ihe account satisfies the <br />requirements o.f section 401(0(2) <br />lF ihe entitylindiividual on line 1 <br />isa[n) . . . <br />THEN check the box for <br />- Corporation Corporataon <br />lndividual or <br />. Sole proprietorship <br />I ndividual/sole proprietor <br />LLU ClaSSllleu d5 d Pdrursrsrrrl- <br />fo r U.S. federal tax purposes or <br />. LLCthat hasfiled Forrn 8832 or <br />2553 electing to be taxed as a <br />corporation <br />Limited liabilily conrpany and <br />enter the appropriate tax <br />classification: <br />P = Partnership, <br />C=Ccoiporation ot <br />S = S corporation. <br />Partnership Partnership <br />. Trusuestate Truslieslate.