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Can't use Foreign TIN

A topic by onlyrida created Jun 19, 2018 Views: 2,021 Replies: 5

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Hello, I am doing the tax interview, this part says that I can use my country's TIN if I don'y have a US TIN:

In order to claim treaty benefits, you will need to provide your Tax Identification Number (TIN). This may be your US TIN, such as a Social Security Number (SSN), Employer Identification Number (EIN), or Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN). If you do not have a US TIN, you may provide your local country (referred to as a 'Foreign') TIN.

But the form won't let me proceed until I input a US TIN despite entering my country's TIN in the correct field.

Any ideas? Do I really need to apply for an ITIN for this?

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leafoAdmin6 years ago

Hey, it's hard for us to say exactly what the requirements are for specific countries since there are so many. Do you know if you've been able to use that number on other platforms to get your withholding rate reduced?

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onlyrida6 years ago (2 edits)

Yes, Patreon accepted my country's TIN just fine (W-8BEN). I'm from the Philippines, if that helps.

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Poetic6 years ago(+1)

I have the same problem. I'm filling in the tax interview form and when trying to enter my TIN, the input field is disabled (nothing happens when I click it and when I inspect the HTML code, it has the "disabled" attribute).

I've already successfully filled in a similar (or identical) form on Steam 2 months ago.

Any advice?

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leafoAdmin6 years ago (1 edit)

Hey, just so we can narrow down any potential errors that may have carried over from previous screens. Have you tried restarting the interview and ensuring that you've filled in all the required fields for each step? Do you get the same error again?

The form changes depending on the region you're from, so the error you're experiencing is most likely different than the one described by the original poster. We have seen the error messages be confusing or sometimes broken when taking the tax interview, so going through it again may make it clear what the issue was.

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Poetic6 years ago (1 edit)

Leafo, thank you for looking into it. I really appreciate it.

Yes, I did try to restart the interview several times in different browsers. The result was the same.

However, when I changed the country to the UK, the TIN input worked. So there's either a specific bug for Slovakia (and perhaps other countries as well), or Slovakia is disabled on purpose, but the problem is that there's no explanation why. But 2 months ago this thing worked on Steam.

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