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Form W'9 Eev.3-2024)Page2 <br />must obtain your corsct taxpay€r identificatbn number fflN), which <br />may ba your social secwity number {SSN), individml taxpayer <br />identification number (mN), adoption taxpayer identification number <br />(ATIN), or employer identification number (ElN), to report on an <br />information retum the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable <br />on an information relum. Examples of infomation r€tums include, but <br />ara not limited to, lhe following. <br />o Form 1099JNT {inter€st eamed or paidl. <br />r Form 1099-DlV (dividends, including lhose from slocks or mulual <br />funde). <br />o Form 1099-MISC {various types of inenme, prizes, awardg, or gross <br />proceeds). <br />r Form 1O99-NEC {nonemployee co{np€nsation). <br />. Form 1099-9 {stock or mutual fund sales and c€rtain other <br />lransaclions by brokers). <br />r Form 1o99-S (proceede from real astate transactiona). <br />. Form 1099-K (nrerchant card and third-party net'ao* transactions). <br />. Form 1098 (homs mortgago int€restl, 1098-E (student loan interest), <br />and 1098-T (bition). <br />r Form 1O99-C (canceled debQ. <br />o Form '1099-A {acquisition or abandonment of secured propertyl. <br />Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person fncluding a resident <br />alienl, 1o prorride your conect TlN. <br />Caution: lf you don't retum Form W-9 io the re$Fster wilh a TlN, you <br />might be subject to backup withhoHing. Seo yt4utrb backrp <br />witl{toldiog,laler. <br />By signing the lilled-out form, you: <br />1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is conect {or you are waiting lor a <br />numb€r to be issred); <br />2. Certify thar you are not sut{ect to backup withholding; or <br />3. Claim exemption from backup withholdirg il you are a U.S. exempt <br />payee; and <br />4. Certit to your non-foreign status tor purposes of withholding under <br />chapter 3 or 4 ol rhe Code (if applicable!; ard <br />5. Certify that FATCA code{s) eniered on lhis form (if any) indicating <br />that you are ex€mpt from th€ FATCA reporting b conect. See Whaf Is <br />FATCA Repofting, later, for further information. <br />Note: lf you are a U.S. pereon and a requ€ster gives you a fotm othet <br />than Form W-9 to requeat your TlN, you must us€ the requeste/s form if <br />it is eubstantially similar to thie Form W-9. <br />Definition of a U.S, pereon, For federal lax purposes, you are <br />consid€r€d a U.S. peraon if you are: <br />o An individual who is a U.S. cilizen or U.S. reskJsnt alien; <br />. A pannership, corporation, company, or aasociation cr€ated or <br />organized in the Unit€d States or under lhe laws ol lhe Unit€d States; <br />. An estate (olher than a foreign estale): or <br />o A domeetic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-71. <br />Establiehing U.S. etatus lor purposes ol chapter 3 and chapter 4 <br />whhholding. Paym€nts mad€ to icreign persons, incftding certain <br />distribntions, allocatione of income, or Iransfurs of sales proceeds, may <br />be su$ect to withholding under chapter 3 or chapter 4 of the Code <br />(sactions 'l 441-1 47 41. Under thee rules, if a Form W-9 or otter <br />certification of non-foreign slatus has not been received, a withholding <br />ag€nt, bansferce, or partnership (payo{ generaEy applies presumption <br />rul€s that may require the payor lo wittrhold applicable tax lrom the <br />recipient, owner, t-ansferor, or partner (pay€€). See PtJb. 515, <br />Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens ard Foreign Entities. <br />The fotlowing persons must provide Form W-9 to the payor for <br />purposes of establishing its non-foreign status. <br />r ln the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. orrner, the U.S. owner <br />of the disregarded entity and not the disregarded entity. <br />r ln the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or olher U.S. owner, <br />generally, th€ U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the granlor lrust and <br />nol the granlor trust. <br />r ln the caae of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trustl, lhe U.S. lruet <br />and not the beneficiarie€ of the trust. <br />See Pub. 515 for moro information on providing a Form W-9 or a <br />certification of non-forsign status to avoid withholding. <br />Kittitas County Agreement for Services (rev. 5/t4/25l' <br />Page L7 of 2t <br />Foreign person. ll pu are a forcign person orthe U.S. branch ol a <br />foreign bank lhat has elecled to be treated as a U.S. person (under <br />Begulations section 1.1441-1{bxzmv) or other applicsble section for <br />chapter 3 or 4 purposes), do nol use Form W-9. lnstead, use the <br />appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Pub. 5 15). lf you are a <br />qualilied foreign pension fund under Regulations seetion 1.897i1)-1(d), or <br />a partnerahip that is wholly owned by qualified foreign peneion funds, <br />that is treated as a non-foreign person for purposea of s€ction 1 445 <br />withholding, do not use Form W-9. lnstead, use Form W'8EXP (or other <br />c€rtification of nonJoreign status). <br />Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien, Generally, only a <br />nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax tr€aty to reduc€ <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 exemplion fom tax to <br />conlinue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise <br />become a U.S. resident alien for tax purpos€s. <br />ll you are a U^S^ resident alien who ie relying on an oxception <br />contained in the eaving claus€ of a tax treaty to claim an exemption <br />from U.S. tax on certain types ol income, you must attach a statem€nt <br />to Form W-9 that specilies lhe folloradng live iterns. <br />1. Th€ treaty country. Generally, this must be the same beaty urder <br />which yor claimed exemption from tax as a nonresideni alien. <br />2. The treaty anich addressing the income. <br />3" The article number {or locarion) in the tax treaty that contains the <br />saving clause and its exceptions. <br />4. The type and amount of inconre that qualilies for the exemption <br />from tax. <br />5. Sulficient facts to iustiry the sxemption from tax under the tenns of <br />the treaty artida <br />Example. Article 20 of lhe U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an <br />exemplion forn tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese <br />student tenporarily present in the United Statas. Under U.S. law, this <br />student will b€come a resident alien for tax purposes if their stay in the <br />United States exc€eds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the <br />tirst Protocol to ths U.$.-China treaty (dated Aptil 30, 1984) allows the <br />provisions of A,rticle 20 to continue to apply even after lhe Chinese <br />student becomes a resident alien of lhe United Statee. A Chinese <br />student who qualifies for thig exception (under paragraph 2 of the fitst <br />Protocol) and is relying on this exc€ption to claim an exemption lrom tax <br />on their echolarship oifellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a <br />statement that includee the inlormaiion deecribed above lo support that <br />exemption. <br />lf you are a nonresident alien or a foreign enlity. give tho r€qusst€r the <br />appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233. <br />Backup Withholding <br />Whal is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you <br />must under certain conditions withhold and pay to th€ IRS 24% of such <br />payments. This is called "backup withholding." Payrnents that may be <br />subiect to backup withholding include, but ar€ not limiled to, interesl, <br />l8x-exempt inter€st, dividends, broker and barter exchange <br />transactions, renb, royallies, nonemployee pay, payments made in <br />setdem€nt of payment card and third-pany n€twork transaclions, and <br />cetain payments lrom fishing boat operalors. Real estat€ transactions <br />are not sr.rbiect to backup withholding. <br />You will not be subiect to backup wilhholding on paynents you teceive <br />il you give the requester yoilr corect TlN, make the proper cerlifications, <br />and report dl your taxable interest and dividends on yd;r tax retum. <br />Paynrents you receive will be subject to backup withholding il: <br />1. You do not fumish your llN to the r€quester; <br />2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the instructions for <br />Part ll for details); <br />3. The IRS tells the requester that you lumished an inconect TIN; <br />4. The IRS tells you that you are subiect to backup withholding <br />because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your lax <br />retum (tor reportaHe iDterest and dividends only); or <br />5. You do not certify to th€ reguest€r lhat yqj are not subject lo <br />backup withholding, as described in item 4 under "By signing tha filled- <br />out form" above (for reportable intereet and dividend accounts opened <br />after 198i! only).