hi! Does anybody know what do i have to write under the 10th question on the W-8BEN tax form, SPECIAL RATES AND CONDITIONS??? Does those rates depend on what country ure from, or what?? thnx
You must find a U.S. tax treaty with your country (there is a IRS publication, search Google for "US tax treaties"), and find appropriate article number for "independent personal services". Write the article number and rate (most likely the the rate will be 0%). Enter "independent personal services" as the explanation.
I don't know if it's 0% in such case... I would expect it to be U.S. tax rate then. Better don't write anything in that field. There's big probability that nobody will notice that and they'll give you 0% anyway. But if you write explicitly that there's no tax treaty, that will raise some flags.
i got the URL of the specific instructions how to fill out the form on IRS.gov page.. anyway, it still looks like a 0% to me, but since u have more experince with this i´ll just leave it blank.. good luck with your 1600$ check, hope u´ll recieve it soon.. thnx again..