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Swedish Vendor W-8 Form
April 30, 2026
Q. We have new vendor who is located in Sweden, and they have a full-time U.S.-citizen salesperson in the U.S. to generate sales in the U.S. The vendor provided a W-8BEN-E instead of a W-8ECI, claiming they don't file a U.S. tax return. Should they be filing under a U.S. FEIN and providing W-8ECI instead?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax expert)
Neither we, nor you, can make the final determination on this. However, the presence of a U.S. citizen as an employee likely gives this company…
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