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While reviewing the tax information which you submitted for
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filled out the correct form. Based on our understanding, Form ( `8 t' ]2 L8 G* K A9 [% Z
W-8BEN is not an applicable form for individuals.
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) L& P4 Q. l5 {7 [0 F* w" |In order for your account to be tax compliant, you must submit 4 I0 I1 a9 l3 b5 T
the appropriate and completed IRS form(s) for our records. If a
8 {# ^- o: _& b5 `- Onew form is not submitted by January 5, 2004, we will begin
2 O" n. N* P/ p# ~/ Nholding payments in January 2005. Once you have submitted the / a$ D3 p% ?! _ c
appropriate information, please reply to this email and we will
- P- J* O* k" J6 R. B- nreview your information.4 z: V, D5 ^1 J2 P1 L
( t# p. r+ {) l8 I0 j* jHowever, before you resubmit a Form W-8 or a Form 8233 we
7 ^ D$ [, K- Q! r% v2 Erecommend that you review the description of US Activities " i. p" b. y/ Z6 d. l0 H- X
below to confirm that you do have US Activities and are
4 ^& t0 b* n6 l1 fsubmitting the correct IRS form.; ]0 T- u7 L2 T% m
/ l1 O Z7 Z& h; \/ E3 U: B8 tUnited States (US) Activities involve having employees or
: N% ^ w0 a! G$ Howning equipment in the US that are involved in any way with
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is not limited to, owning a web server or owning a hosting " W4 n6 D3 D8 Q! F0 q3 d
service in the US, or having employees in the US who are
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-setting up a web server, hosting service, or website
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-marketing to create a user base for your site , E- u$ `- h5 `! b' _* R
-telephone support for your site
" i3 k) T3 `* c- V" j: l/ U-buying products for your site
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. \5 p" R- y WGenerally, utilizing an unrelated third-party US web hosting
" u: _4 w' }- A: h9 N( X6 gservice to host your web pages, renting web servers that are + h5 t o3 s" h+ w
located in the US from an unrelated third party, or having your ( W' [$ T [/ l8 _ l6 v* {
payment sent to a US Post Office Box or mail forwarding
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1 o# `3 C( z; Y9 S/ B5 I- EIf you DO NOT have US Activities, please log in to your AdSense
' j+ X- Z8 W# @$ x$ J8 I+ Qaccount, go to the Tax Information page, click on the 'Foreign
! J8 y% ]3 D) M2 `9 ^Publisher with no US Activities' link and agree to the
/ S/ g# @- V9 E$ S% \statement on that page. In this case, no tax forms are
" a! W! @# k9 I& Y! grequired.- o3 s- H3 k H9 s c
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If you do have US Activities, please follow these steps to " Y! k( _4 {: I2 E8 Z ]
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1. Log in to your AdSense account at
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+ y- f5 t, _1 u5 z4 j9 L0 }1 I5 t2. Click the 'Account Information' tab4 j* _8 k& ?7 X
3. Click 'Tax information'
, e$ D( q- ?* I4. Follow the instructions on the 'Tax information' page to
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Please note that the tax information collection interface and & g5 s" L$ F) G" K
any tax-related information provided by Google is not intended
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9 O) U$ _+ F. ?6 f$ jadvice. You should always consult your tax advisor to help
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and/or your business. The tax summary we have provided is L& c/ o. `' Q# I
necessarily incomplete, and the tax laws and regulations are L' k, p3 R c2 D/ t
subject to change. Therefore, Google does not guarantee and is
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# {$ |' y2 \- L6 b& f4 Qinformation provided, or any results or outcome as a result of
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6 E8 e( G% e" V% _: W, H8 }3 h3 `Thank you for your cooperation.2 j+ G3 s2 I {3 p: r
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