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This has resulted in a lot of people getting checks payable to {n/a}, {none} or {individual}. Of course the reason is to get around the need to report payments for services performed for a trade or business by people not treated as its employees. However, I have to say that this is not going to fly with the IRS and Google is going to get into trouble if they don’t fix it soon.
Now the reason why I said that you got to like how Google operates is that you can just tell that the Geeks are in charge. And lets face it, if you are a webmaster whether professional or as a hobby, you got to be a little geeky. Unless you are an adult webmaster, then you are a different breed. Nobody can deny that the Adsense product is revolutionary and that the technology is at least one-year and twenty million dollars in investing ahead of anyone else, but they spent the time and energy building the engine and forgot about the exterior.
How difficult could it have been to set up a database with all the entries and point new accounts to a download page with a W9 and say something like You won’t get paid until we get it signed and back from you Then when it gets back you can remove a flag from the database indicating is ok to send the check. Trust me compliance will be close to 100%.
US tax ID form [216.239.37.104]
This has resulted in a lot of people getting checks payable to {n/a}, {none} or {individual}. Of course the reason is to get around the need to report payments for services performed for a trade or business by people not treated as its employees. However, I have to say that this is not going to fly with the IRS and Google is going to get into trouble if they don’t fix it soon.
Google isn't trying to "get around" anything. (1) Google doesn't have to report payments to publishers who earn less than $600 a year. (2) Google wasn't required to collect taxpayer ID numbers before cutting its first round of checks. (I should mention that I've been working independently since 1986, and companies vary enormously in when and how they collect taxpayer ID numbers from vendors or contractors.)
I think you can be quite certain that Google will collect taxpayer IDs where required. Google already has a system in place for the Google Answers program--in fact, some of us got requests for taxpayer IDs from Google Answers by mistake--so it shouldn't take too long for the system to be ported over to AdSense.
Check IRS website for details, if you want.
Don't really want to pay tax to the US mind you!
Google isn't trying to "get around" anything. (1) Google doesn't have to report payments to publishers who earn less than $600 a year. (2) Google wasn't required to collect taxpayer ID numbers before cutting its first round of checks. (I should mention that I've been working independently since 1986, and companies vary enormously in when and how they collect taxpayer ID numbers from vendors or contractors.)
We might expect Google on every website and one day Google has the maximum link popularity :-)
Maybe their PR rises from 10/10 to 100/100
:-)
Hmmm, so the reason why you can't open an account without a company name is more of a programming shortcoming than some way to get around this...
You don't need a company name. You can simply use your own name in that field if you aren't doing business under a company name.
You don't need a company name. You can simply use your own name in that field if you aren't doing business under a company name.
Or open up a sole-trader bank account : "n/a consulting" ;)
You don't need a company name. You can simply use your own name in that field if you aren't doing business under a company name.
I can't help being a skeptic, so IMHO, they did it to avoid having to report.
I can't help being a skeptic, so IMHO, they did it to avoid having to report.
They still have to report individual earnings over $600.
