Question regarding W-8Ben Form

I am from India. I want to submit the W-8 form to commission junction but the problem is I dont have a Tax Id or PAN number. Is it necessary to fill the tax id in the W-8 from. If any Indian commission junction affiliate can help?

 

no :| WTH is a W-8 form. Just sign up :|

 

I also just printed and filled out the form. But all I could fill out was my name, address, and CJ account number. I am really clueless as to what other sections I have to mark on the form, as well as how to fill them in. If anybody else has successfully filled this form out, please help us too!

 

Lol thank you so much

 

still not sure about part 9 of the form where they say there must be a treaty between your resident country and USA. I dont know about India has a treaty with USA or not?

 

One US company I applied to sent me forms to apply for that tax id# and it was really complex and not neccesary. In the end, I filled in the w8-ben (which I've done for several US jobs) and all was well. You don't need the tax #, just leave it blank.
Cheers
Dana

 

Thanks Dana...
alka, fresh: we Dont need a tax no. Actually w8 form is also used by foreign citizens living in the U.S. who NEED to have a tax no./ssn. Hence they have this field in this form.
Since you are neither a u.s. citizen, nor living in the u.s., nor paying taxes to the u.s. gov., you dont need to have a tax id etc. Hence, you'll get your FULL commssion from CJ, and thus you dont even need to bother if your country and the U.S. have a treaty or not..

Hope this helps...

 

Thanks for that reply absinth - I'd already done one for CJ but that was months ago and now have to do another for someone else, so this is a great help to me also.

 

The reality

 

thanks for you help all. BTW I got my 1st CJ check without submitting W-8 form and that full amount without any tax deduction.