GCU Forum - International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form required

Judy_139270 Gold Member artist Posts: 857	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #15 - Jul 27^th, 2016, 2:25am Thank you, Mindy.
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Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir
Reply #16 - Sep 2^nd, 2016, 11:51am

Great news! Thank you for your patience and help in ferreting out the new allowances.

Please see this new post on the blog re: Foreign Tax Id Number is now acceptable
https://gcucommunity.com/2016/09/02/nuts-and-bolts-update-international-artists/

Please note:
GCU STILL NEEDS ALL INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO COMPLETE THE NEW FORM W-8BEN

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Judy_139270 Gold Member artist Posts: 857	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #17 - Sep 11^th, 2016, 9:04am Great news, indeed! Thank you for letting us know, Mindy
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Brian_335566 GCU Newbies Posts: 9	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #18 - Sep 12^th, 2016, 1:32am Good News I can actually allow my payments to come now
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Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir
Reply #19 - Jan 19^th, 2017, 1:55pm

REMINDER: A majority of GCU's international artists have NOT submitted a new W-8BEN form. On this new form you will provide your Foreign Tax ID number AND birthdate which allows you to take advantage of your country's tax treaty.

This is NEW for 2017 to assist you in receiving your full earnings!

Without this new form, per usual, GCU is required to withhold 30% from your earnings. With this new form, you can have ZERO withholdings by taking advantage of your country's tax treaty.

It's is EASY!
1. download the form from our blog:
https://gcucommunity.com/2016/05/27/nuts-and-bolts-international-artists-new-w-8
ben-form/
2. complete and sign
3. email to GCU Susan@GCUniverse.com

Hurry as 4Q2016 payments are being processed to be sent by the end of this month!

If you have questions or need assistance completing the form, email Susan. She is happy to assist!

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Judy_139270 Gold Member artist Posts: 857	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #20 - Jan 19^th, 2017, 3:57pm Hi Mindy I sent in my form some months ago but I didn't receive any acknowledgement. Can I assume that it was all in order? Thanks - Judy
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Joy_357842 GCU Newbies Posts: 33	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #21 - Jan 19^th, 2017, 5:00pm Hi Mindy, I emailed my form to Susan beginning of this year. I checked and the address I used was susan@bigdates. I copied the email from the address posted on the blog. Should I resend it to susan@GCUniverse? Thanks, Joy
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Kate_209623 Full Member Posts: 113	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #22 - Jan 19^th, 2017, 10:56pm I sent one as well (ages ago), how can I check if Susan got it? Thanks for any help X
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Mindy GCU Administrator Community Manager Posts: 6537 Gender:	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #23 - Jan 20^th, 2017, 6:15pm Quote from Judy_139270 on Jan 19^th, 2017, 3:57pm: Hi Mindy I sent in my form some months ago but I didn't receive any acknowledgement. Can I assume that it was all in order? Thanks - Judy Hi Judy, I you don't mind, please follow up with an email to Susan per the above posting. Thank you!
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Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir
Reply #24 - Jan 20^th, 2017, 6:16pm

Quote from Joy_357842 on Jan 19^th, 2017, 5:00pm:

Hi Mindy,

I emailed my form to Susan beginning of this year. I checked and the address I used was susan@bigdates. I copied the email from the address posted on the blog. Should I resend it to susan@GCUniverse?

Thanks,
Joy

She receives email via both of those so you should be a-ok, thank you!

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Mindy GCU Administrator Community Manager Posts: 6537 Gender:	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #25 - Jan 20^th, 2017, 6:16pm Quote from Kate_209623 on Jan 19^th, 2017, 10:56pm: I sent one as well (ages ago), how can I check if Susan got it? Thanks for any help X You can follow up via email to Susan per above for confirmation. Thank you!
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Joy_357842

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Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir
Reply #26 - Feb 1^st, 2017, 5:41pm

Hi Mindy,

Sorry to be a bother. I was wondering if Susan received my emails since I haven't received any reply from her. I sent one email to her on Bigdates and the other on GCUniverse address. Both emails had the copy of my W-8BEN form.

I understand that if International artists send in the form, we would receive our earnings in full. I had a question for her regarding the 30% pay cut from Q4.

Thanks,
Joy

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Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir
Reply #27 - Mar 3^rd, 2017, 8:01am

Hi Mindy, Lisa here.

I don't always go on the forums, but this caught my eye and I was Just reading this thread..and a bit confused. I have been with GCU a long time and submitted my w-8ben with my ITIN number a few years ago to your accountants. They said all was in order. I have not seen any with holdings in my last earnings and payments so I am thinking all is okay. Just want to double check to make sure that I dont need to do another one? Sorry I am a bit confused. Thanks so much, best wishes, Lisa Lorenz

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Lisa_131794 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 39	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #28 - Mar 3^rd, 2017, 8:55am Hi Mindy, further to my post, about the W-8BEN, Sorry about my confusion...lol. I thought best to send Susan my new form. I sent to her just now today. I had submitted the same revised form last year to some other POD sites I deal with. Thanks, and have a great weekend Lisa.
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KC_141411 GCU Administrator artist Posts: 610	Re: International Artists - NEW W-8BEN Form requir Reply #29 - Mar 3^rd, 2017, 11:33am Hi Joy, I believe Susan did respond to your email but wanted to follow up with this forum thread and confirm. Hi Lisa, Thank you for sending any updated form. Susan will be in next Thursday and be able to respond then. Hope you both have a wonderful weekend! Kindest regards, KC
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