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I’m a private residential landlord, my tenant is asking for W9. Do I have to provide it?No. A W-9 is provided to a business that has paid you more than $600 in the calendar year and will be issuing a 1099 to you as an independent contractor.You are not an indpendent contractor for your tenant, so he will not be issuing a 1099 and you will not provide a W-9.He cannot withhold any part of the rent for taxes. Your income taxes are your own business and responsibility.

My tenant asked me to provide a W9 so she can seek financial assistance to help her pay rent. Can I get some advice of what to do? What are the pros and cons of W9?IF your tenants are approved for rent assistance, the organization paying the rent is required to get a W-9 from you. The tenants do not need one, and should not get one. We’ve done with with tenants getting assistance, and it’s ALWAYS given to the organization, not the tenant. You also need to give a W-9 if YOU are applying for landlord assistance through the CHAPS program, but again, it goes to the organization not the tenant.If you give the tenant a W-9, you’ve given them your name, address, and Social Security number - all the things they need for identity theft.Do not give the W-9 to the tenant.

If you are not a U.S. taxpayer, you cannot legally complete Form W-9. Doing so would amount to perjury and could expose you to criminal prosecution.The above is clipped directly from Form W-9. By signing Form W-9, you are certifying, under penalty of perjury, that the taxpayer ID provided is correct, that you are not subject to backup withholding, that you are a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person, and that any FATCA exemption codes provided on the form are accurate.If you are neither a U.S. citizen nor an “other U.S. person” (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States), you cannot sign this form without committing perjury.If someone is asking you to provide them with Form W-9, but you are not a U.S. taxpayer because you are neither a U.S. citizen nor any other class of individual that qualifies as a U.S. person for tax purposes, you need to inform them that you are not a U.S. taxpayer by providing them with the version of Form W-8 which is appropriate to your circumstances. In most cases, for individuals, this will be Form W-8BEN, but it’s possible that a different form is appropriate in your particular circumstances.Consult an attorney familiar with U.S. tax law for advice specific to your circumstances.