i am from romania, living in romania and want to join azoogle with a company incorporated in my country. they said i must fill out the w-8ben and w-8eci or w-8imy forms but from what i see in w-8eci for example it says: "Foreign persons are generally subject to U.S. tax at a 30% rate on income they receive from U.S. sources. However, no withholding under section 1441 or 1442 is required on income...". another thing, in the w-8eci form at point 6. it says it is required to provide a ssn/itin or ein so i must register with the irs?!? ok, i don't know about the 1441, 1442 or anything else about the u.s. laws but is anyone with a similar situation that can tell me how to proceed and, what is more important, if he/she pays anything in u.s. thank you!
Don't know the case, but also waiting for such answer. 30% of US income sounds like a good joke. Damn buerocrats..From what I know this forms indicate that you are gaining income, but taxes is your problem not theirs and telling how much you should pay in your country.
after searching on the net i found this on the google adsense help page - https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_US/TaxInfo.html?sourceid=asos&subid=ww-ww-et-HC_entry&medium=link#nonus i am in the "Non U.S. Business (No U.S. Activities)" case so "No tax forms are required in this instance." but don't know why in the w-8eci form is required a u.s. tin (ein or itin). azoogle probably send this forms when you join with a company, they don't know if you are a "Non U.S. Business (No U.S. Activities)" or "Non U.S. Business (With U.S. Activities)". anyway, no one here from australia, canada, uk... that can tell us what they did when applied with their companies?!?!?
You don't need to file any other document other than W-8BEN form. Download the form and fax/mail/email/scan this form to Azoogle: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf View the helpful video instructions here at: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/338741/how_to_fill_form_w_8ben/ Also, international publishers aren't subject to any withholding. You don't need to pay taxes. If you don't send in that form, Azoogle has to legally withheld 30% of your total publisher income. You might want to check with Azoogle on this as well. Hope this helps...