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Catch this:

Line 1. Enter your name. If you are a disregarded entity with a single owner who is a foreign person and you are not claiming treaty benefits as a hybrid entity, this form should be completed and signed by your foreign single owner.

Well, that's easy enough! *BOGGLES*

It's the dreaded IRS ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) - something foreign authors if they have a US publisher. I've finally got mine, after eight months and just in time, too, as the publisher had to have it by the end of the year. Phew.

If you haven't got one, and are worrying about it--Alex Beecroft wrote a superb post on How To Do It.

I, however, naturally, bungled the entire thing from start to finish and my cautionary tale of How NOT to do it, can be found here.

Check the Advent Calendar. More angsty smut today.

Date: 2008-12-10 02:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shiawmeimei.livejournal.com
Hmmmm... I wonder how that works in reverse. I sold a short story to Black Lace. I'm assuming I'll be paid by a UK entity even though they are owned by Random House. Fortunately, I don't have to worry about it until 2009 taxes but it's something to think about.

Date: 2008-12-10 02:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com
No-one's ever asked me for a number for short stories, so perhaps they just "trust you" on that score...

Date: 2008-12-10 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clarelondon.livejournal.com
dammit, angsty smut is just what's needed to get over such trauma...LOL

Date: 2008-12-10 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clarelondon.livejournal.com
Ahh, now this one, Burial, I really liked.
The imagery was very fierce and vivid, I have a thing about the balance of grief and desire, I must admit. It was poetic and yet poignant, here I go with my pretentious alliteration *lol*.

I tell him cabbage and king things
Super line.
^__^

Date: 2008-12-10 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com
Thank you kindly!

Date: 2008-12-10 05:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mzcalypso.livejournal.com
What the hell is a 'hybrid entity?' Sounds like a Borg.

Date: 2008-12-10 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com
Resistance is futile!!

Date: 2008-12-10 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andsaca369.livejournal.com
Aren't US taxes fun?

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