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Foreigners and affiliate payments. What forms do I need?

by RenFromPenn
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Okay, so I set-up an affiliate program to sell my ebook through e-junkie. Everything was fine and dandy until a thought occurred to me. If I have an affiliate who is located outside of the US, then how do I handle taxes. I know what I am doing and what forms to send for US residents, but I am lost when it comes to foreigners.

Can anyone offer advice? If the non-US members of the forum could tell me what forms they receive from US-based affiliate networks, then I would really appreciate it.

TIA,

Heather
#affiliate #foreigners #forms #payments
  • Profile picture of the author Nicola Lane
    The best thing to do is call your local tax man and ask him!

    You will get all the info you need from the person who will get upset if you don't do the right thing!

    I seem to recall that for foreigners you basically need them to sign a form saying that they are foreigners. it is a specific form though a "Certification Of No United States Activities" your local tax man will be able to tell you what sort of thing he will accept.
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    • Profile picture of the author RenFromPenn
      Originally Posted by Nicola Lane View Post

      The best thing to do is call your local tax man and ask him!

      You will get all the info you need from the person who will get upset if you don't do the right thing!.
      Here is the US, they get very upset if you don't do the right thing.
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    • Profile picture of the author JazzOscar
      Originally Posted by Nicola Lane View Post

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      I seem to recall that for foreigners you basically need them to sign a form saying that they are foreigners. it is a specific form though a "Certification Of No United States Activities" your local tax man will be able to tell you what sort of thing he will accept.
      I think you might be talking about the W-8BEN form.
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  • Profile picture of the author dddougal
    Its different for every country. Whenever I get paid off a US affiliate they dont send me any forms and its upto me to sort it out.

    Probably best to ask an accountant really just to make sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author RenFromPenn
    I called the IRS and someone there explained everything to me, so now I know what I am doing.
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    • Profile picture of the author bespoken4
      Hey! Could you please help us out and let us know what you learned?

      Thanks!
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      • Profile picture of the author RenFromPenn
        Ultimately I just called the IRS and talked to a very nice man who advised me what to do. I would suggest that you do the same since the answer that you will receive might depend upon the country that you are dealing with.
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