Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Form W-9 is an IRS form used to give your taxpayer information to someone who must report ...

Form W-9 is needed when earning non-employment income for tax reporting purposes. A proper W-9 must include TIN, your name, tax classification, and address, signed under oath. Provide W-9 forms safely ...

IRS forms W-8 and W-9 serve distinct purposes in the tax system and are used by different groups to fulfill their tax obligations. A W-8 form is typically required ...

Payments you receive from third-party payers such as business clients and your investment broker usually get reported to the IRS. These payers might ask you to fill out a W-9 form to help facilitate ...

You've done it! You've landed your first consulting job and you're unbelievably excited, but you're new client has asked you to send along something called a W-9 form before you can be paid. Don't ...

As a small-business owner, you may be thinking about outsourcing work to save time and expand your services. Before taking this step, make sure you ask contractors or companies to fill out a W-9 form.

There are a couple of things that you can do to help speed up processing of your supplier registration requests. Check that you have attached the most recent version of all forms, especially the W-8 ...

Here's what you need to know about a W-9 form and why it's important. You've done it! You've landed your first consulting job and you're unbelievably excited, but you're new client has asked you to ...

Unlike Form W-9, W-8 forms have an expiration date and must be resubmitted every three years or whenever circumstances change. A move to the U.S. or another foreign country, for example, would require ...

When a business hires an independent contractor and pays him a total of $600 or more annually, the Internal Revenue Service requires the business to submit Form 1099. In order to collect the ...