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Reporting Payments to Foreign Intermediaries and U.S. Beneficial Owners
October 2, 2025
Q. OSU is paying Venue West Conference Services Ltd (VWC) which is a foreign company. The payment is for a conference registration which will be held in Denver, Colorado. VWC is claiming they are not the beneficial owner for the payment. VWC states the beneficial owner is Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) which is a US company.
I have collected a W8IMY from VWC making sure the following lines are filled out: 1 – 2 – 4 & chosen box – 5 & chosen box – 6 – 9b – Signature – Printed name –…
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