According to Stuart O. Bronstein <
spamtrap@lexregia.com>:
I'm confused. I looked at the instructions for the W-8BEN and it's not
clear (to me, anyway) whether it has to be used by everyone who isn't a US >person (so includes resident aliens who aren't green card holders) or just >people who are nonresident aliens for tax purposes.
Taxpayer was classified as a nonresident alient in 2022, but passes the >substantial presence test for 2023. Does he switch from W-8BEN to W-9?
Thanks for any clarification you can give.
In the instructions under "Do not use Form W-8BEN if you are described below." it says that a resident alien uses W-9, not W-8.
As I understand it, W-8 forms are for people who will not be filing US tax returns, W-9 for people who will.
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