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Basically, it's a form where you swear and provide your tax id number (either for the business or personal SS#, depending) and say what type of entity, (a person/sole proprietor, corporation, etc) you are. That becomes the information that the requester uses to provide a 1099 or other tax report/form as (or if) required. And as penalties for any side to report wrong information can be severe, if you provide them wrong info...say the wrong SS#, you will be responsible compared to if the reported the number you gave them wrongly, then it's their responsibility. The form is available lots of places on the internet (certainly at www.irs.gov) or by the one asking for it.

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Form W-9 is Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification. A person who's required to report certain information to the IRS (such as income paid to you, real estate transactions, mortgage interest you paid, IRA contributions you made) must have your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN). Form W-9 is an IRS form that the requester gives to you to fill out. The requester thus has your correct TIN in reporting these transactions.

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Where online can I find a w9 form?

Go to the IRS' website and search for the w9 form in PDF format.


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You will find the answer to this questions on the actual w9 form. You can access this form from the IRS website at the following URL. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf


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