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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: Phadrea on June 16, 2015, 01:58

Title: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Phadrea on June 16, 2015, 01:58

As a UK contributor I have no idea what I am doing wrong when filling my W8-BE tax form as I do this for other sites with no problem. I filled in the usual details with my non US tax number and I got this message:



Thank you for submitting your U.S. IRS withholding tax form. Unfortunately, we cannot validate your form due to the following reasons:

-The information you provided on the form does not match your Profile information, or
-Certain information on the form you provided does not correspond to the IRS when confirmed.

Please review your information. You may re-submit the applicable form available in the Tax Center to prevent automatic tax withholding at the appropriate rate on your Fotolia income.



I have no idea what I am doing wrong as they do not highlight the error. Are there any UK contributors who can help me fill this form in as an individual ?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Phadrea on June 16, 2015, 15:45

Anyone ?

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: PZF on June 17, 2015, 01:51

 I think only they can help you. Without seeing all the details, it isn't possible to say anything useful I'm afraid.

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: KnowYourOnions on June 17, 2015, 02:12

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-My-Local-Office-Internationally (http://www.irs.gov/uac/Contact-My-Local-Office-Internationally)

International Taxpayer Advocate:
To request Taxpayer Advocate assistance, call the Taxpayer Advocate Service toll-free number at 1-877-777-4778.

and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf)

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Me on June 17, 2015, 03:58

Try it without the non-US tax payer number, I don't enter a number as it is optional, and mine goes through no problem on all sites. I would guess the IRS system is trying to match your non-US number with their database, finding nothing and then throwing it out as rejected.

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Phadrea on June 17, 2015, 10:31

Ok, thanks.

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Phadrea on June 18, 2015, 01:23

So they sent back another refusal for my application and yet again, no indication of what the issue is, just a vague it could be. I have emailed support but no answer.

All other sites that ask for a W8-BEN never have issues when I give them my tax number.

Title: Re: Non US taxpayer help
Post by: Dodie on June 18, 2015, 03:02

I had the same problem recently at 123rf and they highlighted the problem for me.

Try this:
8. Reference number(s) (optional) (see instructions)
Instructions - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/iw8ben.pdf)

Quote

Line 8.
If you are providing this Form W-8BEN to
document yourself with respect to a financial account that
you hold with a U.S. office of a financial institution, provide
your date of birth. Use the following format to input your
information MM-DD-YYYY. For example, if you were born
on April 15, 1956, you would enter 04-15-1956.

Good luck!