Tax,
Law Practice
Nov. 27, 2020
If you receive a request for an IRS Form W-9, what should you say?
Before making a payment, many companies across a wide variety of contexts will ask you for an IRS Form W-9. What is it, and if asked, should you provide it? Can you refuse?
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Before making a payment, many companies across a wide variety of contexts will ask you for an IRS Form W-9. What is it, and if asked, should you provide it? Can you refuse? A Form W-9 verifies your taxpayer ID number (typically your Social Security Number, or if you are a company, your employer identification number). And if you want to be paid, refusing may not make sense.
The IRS says that anytime a payor thinks they may have to re...
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