Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...

IRS forms W-8 and W-9 serve distinct purposes in the tax system and are used by different groups to fulfill their tax obligations. A W-8 form is typically required ...

A Limited Liability Company (LLC) can have one of several classification types for the purpose of federal tax treatment. Some LLC classification types require the members of the LLC to elect its tax ...

If you have a business, you may need to fill out IRS Form W-9 Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect ...

An Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number, is an informational form that employers and prime contractors use to collect information they need to process their ...