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Foreign vendor submitting a W-9 and claiming withholding exemption
April 23, 2024
Q. We have a new vendor who is providing "rights/streaming performance services" for our tribal library for $300 and the company is based out of the U.K. They submitted a W9 to us without a social security or EIN, but they added their Exemption from Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act reporting code on question #4 of the W-9. As we rarely deal with international vendors for services, I'm unsure of what we really need from this foreign vendor.
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