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Physician on a student visa with no SSN
April 7, 2022
Q. We have a physician who is here on a student visa so they do not have a SSN. Will they submit the W-8BEN for verification and to determine if taxes should be withheld? Since they are working in the US that should trigger a 1042-S at year end, correct? We have a few foreign vendors that are companies but this would be our first foreign entity that is an individual. Is there anything else we need to consider since they are an individual?
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