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Foreign vendor operating as a sole proprietor
December 4, 2024
Q. We have a foreign vendor that states they are a sole proprietor and provided a W-8BEN-E and left line 4 blank because they claim there is no sole proprietor option. So is the correct form a W-8BEN instead?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
A sole proprietor – whether foreign or U.S. - may operate under a business name but is treated as an individual for tax purposes. So if your foreign vendor is an individual operating as a sole proprietor the W-8BEN-E is not the correct…
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