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    Hi
    has anyone (non U.S. overseas cam/phone girl) received W-8BEN form from KEEN/Ingenio/Ether before?
    or, anyone know this matter at all ?
    I just received this W-8ben and some form and been reading..


    In the letter, they ask me to fill in only a few simple questions like:
    If I live in the U.S. (which i dont), The city and country i live in, Write my advisor names,
    then they say If i dont live in the U.S. i dont need to fill in the W-8BEN form to return.


    Never got this from other phone/cam company like Niteflirt before, and just wondering whats this all about.
    Just thought they knew i dont live in the U.S. and dont understand why they included the W8ben from the beginning
    honey55

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    The company thinks you are a foreign citizen with U.S. source income and under our law they are required to withhold from that income. If you actually live in the U.S as suggested by the form, then they should send you a 1099 and you would presumably be taxed at a lower rate. Since you do not live in the U.S. you are taxed at a flat 30% rate unless your nation has a tax treaty with the U.S. that has a different, hopefully for you lower, tax rate.

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    To be a bit more specific, if you received a W8-BEN form the agency that processes your payments thinks that you may be subject to US income tax, and will withhold 30% of the money that is due to you as 'estimated US income tax' unless and until you convince them that you are NOT subject to US income tax. To do that you must complete the W8-BEN form and be able to meet all of the criteria for exemption from US withholding / income taxes ( i.e. being a citizen of / residing in a country that has a tax treaty with the USA ). Note also that the W8-BEN info may potentially be shared with the tax authority of your home country under terms of the tax treaty.

    While the W8-BEN form has been around for a while, it is just within the last year or so that the IRS has begun serious enforcement of W8-BEN filings and the withholding of the 30% 'estimated US income tax' from money earned through US based businesses by foreign citizens / residents.

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    hey honey

    I just got your message about this and no you never disturbed me. i just often leave my browser on while i sleep- however i do live in asia but i have never gotten one of these forms and instantly googled it to find out what it was.

    on this one i would listen to Melonie - she knows her stuff

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    Thank you Zofia and Melonie. Im still trying to digest what you said, forgive me if i sound a bit slow.

    Do you know how i get taxed at a flat 30% rate? The company ( like Keen, which i use ) will deduct it from my earnings?


    Yes, Melonie, I'd have thought i need to fill in W-8BEN Form anyway. I can imagine IRS must have started to taking it serious as there are more people lately in overseas they get paid from the U.S. based company
    ( like by doing Day Trading and such ). Well, I hardy use Keen, and my account shows i only made like ..200 usd total in 2012 and 2013 altogether. I kinda have been stayed away from Keen as they have had a problem sending out paper check to Japan also customer service was horrible, so never really liked them. Niteflirt can send paper check without problems though.


    I just double checked the letter - to be specific with their questions, they ask If my service are provided outside or within the U.S.
    if its outside of the U.S. ( like i did ) i just need to write which City and Country it was then sign signature. If it was within the U.S. they ask me to write the W-8BEN Form.
    i dont know why i dont need to write it this time, maybe because the earning was very little..?
    honey55

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    oh hai Lum, I just wanted to make sure if that was a right time to talk
    by the way, I am not a US citizen.
    honey55

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    Default Re: W-8BEN form for Non U.S. phone/cam girl ??

    They will withhold at a flat 30% unless your country of origin has a tax treaty with the US for a different amount.

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