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Fa m NJ-9 (Rev. 3-2024) <br />must obtain your c"red taxpayer identification number (TIN), which <br />may be your social security number f3SM). individual taxpayer <br />identifrcabori number kMt*. adoption taxpayer iderstif"tion number <br />(ATIM, of earp" Identification number PM. 10 report on an <br />information return the amount paid to ya1, or other amount reportable <br />on an information rohim. Examples of infprma5o!n returns include. but <br />are not limited to, the following. <br />• Form 1099-INT (interest eamed or paid;. <br />• Form 1099-DIVV (dividends, including those From stocks or mutuat <br />f1-dst. <br />- Form 1099-MiSC (various types of intame. prizes. awards. or gross <br />p-c eds). <br />- Form 1099-NEC (nonemployee cempensaWn). <br />• Form IM.1; (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other <br />transactions by brokers). <br />• Form 1099S (prooeeds from real estate transactions). <br />Form log" (merchant card and third -party network transactions). <br />- Form toga ¢tome mortgage interest), I0ge-E (student loan interest), <br />and 1098-T (tuition) . <br />• Form 1 o99-0 (canceled debt). <br />- Form I099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property). <br />Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a rssmdent <br />ahem), to provide your correct -nN. <br />Caution: If you don't retum Form W-9 to the regw..ter ivilh a TIN, you <br />might be subject to backup withholding. See Whal is backup <br />iviflhhofdrrig, later. <br />fay signing die filled -out form. you: <br />1. Certify that the T1N y)ou are gMT'g -s correct Ian you are waiting for a <br />number to be issuedl; <br />2. Certfy that you are not subject to backup'vithhokling: or <br />3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S, exempt <br />payee. and <br />4. Ciartify to your non-foreegn status for purposes of withholding under <br />chapter 3 or 4 of the Code (if applicable): and <br />3. Certify that FATCA codetsj entered on INS form (if any) indiaatina <br />that you. are exempt from the FATCA reporting is correct. See What Is <br />FATCA Reporting. 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 r quest yout'WJ, you must use the requester's form if <br />it is substantially similar to this form W-B. <br />Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes. you are <br />considered a U.S. person rf you ate: <br />• An individual ","rho is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien: <br />• A partnership, corpoWon, company. or association created or <br />organised in the United States or under the Iarws of the United States: <br />• An estate tother than a foreign estatel: or <br />• A domestic trust Ias defined in ". utatior* section 301.7701-71. <br />Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 <br />wiW%olding. Payments made to foreign persons. including certain <br />distn%utions. allocations of income, or transfers Of sales proceeds, may <br />he subject to withhotding under chapter 3 or chapter 4 of the Coda <br />(sections 1 nil—i474). Under those rules, if a Farm W-9 or other <br />certification of non-foraign status has riot been recewed, a withholding <br />agent, erarisferee, or partnership 1payor) generally applies presumption <br />rules that may regwre the payor to withhold applicable tart from the <br />racipiertt, owner. transferor. or partner (payee). See Pub. 515. <br />Withhaldmg of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign FintitiM <br />The foilovring persons must provide Form W-9 to the payor for <br />purposes of establishing its none -foreign status. <br />In the case of a disragarded entity with a U.S. owner. the U.S, owner <br />of the disregarded entity and not the disc garded entity. <br />• In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grenlcr or other U.S. owner, <br />generaly. 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. 51-3 for more information on providing a Form W-9 or a <br />certification of non4oreign status to avoid withholding, <br />Kittitas County Agreement for Services (rev. 5/14/25) <br />Page 17 of 21 <br />Page 2 <br />Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a <br />f,x"n bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person (under <br />Reguiatioms section t .1441- IN12Hiv) or other aW-ble section for <br />chapter 3 or 4 purposes;, do riot use Form W-9. Instead, use the <br />appropriaY Form W-8 or Form 82M (see Pub. 515), If you ere a <br />qualified foreign pension fund (rider Regulations section 1 A�370)-1 (d), or <br />qualified a partnership that is wholly owned by 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-8EXP (or other <br />certification of non -foreign status}. <br />Nonresiderd alien vrho becomes a resident alien. Generally. only a <br />nonresident afren individual may use the Mantis of a tax treaty to reduce <br />or, eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax <br />treaters 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 oert tin types of income even after the Mee has Otherwise <br />become a US, m6dent alien for tax purposes, <br />If you are a IS.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception <br />contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty 10 claim an exemption <br />from U.S. tax on certain types of income. you must attach a statement <br />to Form W-S that specifies the following five items. <br />1. The treaty country. Generally. this must be the same treaty under <br />which you chdivad exemption from tax as a nonresident alien. <br />2. The treaty article addressing the income. <br />3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the <br />saving clause and its exceptions. <br />4. The type and amount of incerne that qualifies ford* exemptiorn <br />from tax. <br />5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of <br />the treaty article. <br />Etampfe. Article 20 of dts U.S.-China income tax treat'/ allows an <br />exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chirtese <br />student temporarily present in the united States. Under U.S. favi, this <br />stud ant will become a resident alien for tax purposes if their stay in the <br />United States exceeds 5 calendar years. Howa).ar. paragraph 2 of the <br />first protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30. le-Q-1) allows the <br />provisions of Mole 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 thin exception (under paragraph 2 of the first <br />Protocol) and is retying an this exception to claim an exemption from tax <br />cn their scholarship a fel owsh p mome would attach to Form W-9 a <br />statement that inciudes the information described above 10 support that <br />exemption. <br />It you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the <br />appropriate rompteted Form W-8 or Form 8233. <br />Backup Withholding <br />What is backup withholding? Persons rnaWng cartain payments to you <br />must under cer4n condifiens withhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such <br />payments. This is called "backup %fthofding,' Payments that may be <br />srrbjecl to backup withholding include, but are not limited to. interest. <br />Iax-exempt interest. dividends. broker and barter exchange <br />transactions. rents, royalties. nonerrip?oyee pay. payments made in <br />settlement of payment card and third -party network transactions, and <br />certain payments from fishing boat Operators. Real estate transactions <br />are not subject to backup withholding. <br />You will not be subject to backup wahholdiug on payrnsrtts you receive <br />rf you give the requester your correct TIN. make the proper certifications. <br />and report all your taxable interest and dMdends on your tax return. <br />Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if: <br />1. You do riot furnish your TiN to the requester. <br />2. You do not certify your TiN when required (see the instructions for <br />Part Il for details): <br />3. The IFS talls the requaal+er that you fumrshad an incorrect TIN: <br />a, The IFS fella you that you are subject to backup wtthhoking <br />because you did not report all your interest and dividends- on your tax <br />return (lor reportable rnterest and dividends onIy): or <br />s. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to <br />backup viithhotding, as described in item 4 under "By srgr.vrg fuse frNed- <br />out forum' above Jor reportable interest and dividend accounts opened <br />after IM only). <br />