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homeriscool · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 14

i am from uk - what do i put in this part of the tax form? U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number:

thanks in advance.

timburgess · Joined: 22 Feb 2010 Posts: 7 Location: UK

I'm trying to figure that bit out too..

I checked the instructions, but as with all Tax document guides its impossible to understand..

Any other UK people here that have sussed this out?

timburgess · Joined: 22 Feb 2010 Posts: 7 Location: UK

OK, just been having a read up on this..
1st you need to get an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) from the IRS.. to do this as a citizen and resident of the UK you need to complete the W-7 form
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf
With this you need to submit your passport and send it to the US embassy in London. You can go in to the embassy to get the ITIN number (not sure if its instant or they just check your documents)
Once you have the ITIN number you can then complete the W-8BEN form and your done...

At least I think this is the case!!
I'll give the US Embassy a call on Monday to double check..

All this effort.. for the $10 I have made so far!!

@homeriscool - Perhaps we could change the name of this thread to identify it as a UK one.. :O)

theohrm · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Ireland

You don't actually need an ITIN number. Just leave the space blank.

psimoh · Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Posts: 1

I know this is an old thread but I'm just checking as I also submit models to Turbosquid and they DO request a ITIN number with their W-8BEN form. So, just to be clear, you're saying that you definitely don't need one?

I'm still waiting to hear back from the embassy. It's been three weeks now. It'd be great if Shutterstock doesn't need one.