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May be available to Canadians, but you appear to need a 'tax identification number' from the IRS to open the account. "Form W-8BEN should be completed by all N
by aquark 15y ago
May be available to Canadians, but you appear to need a 'tax identification number' from the IRS to open the account.
"Form W-8BEN should be completed by all Non-US developers planning to make their applications available for sale to US customers/end-users. The form and instructions may be found at the following IRS website ...."
Fortunately the form accepted '-' as a 'valid' number ... we'll see if they try and validate it later.
- shaggyfrog 15y agoI'm a Canadian developer and it was no problem getting one of those from the IRS. In fact, I did it over the phone. It was surprisingly painless.
- aquark 15y agoMy concern is what I'd be signing up for by having one -- does it mean I need to file some US tax paperwork annually even if there is no income?
- shaggyfrog 15y agoGood question. I haven't filled out any paperwork in 2 years since I haven't had any US income to declare. I got it done for the iOS App Store -- not sure if Apple does that paperwork for devs (since it acts like a sales agent).
- weekendlogic 15y agosee: https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/faq.html https://developer.palm.com/content/resources/develop/faq.htm... Q: I’m a non-US developer and trying to register for a Developer Account. Do I need a U.S. taxpayer ID? A: If you have a US taxpayer ID, please use this number. If you only have a foreign tax ID number you can enter your foreign tax ID number in the Tax Identification Number field. i.e. For a Canadian individual (like me), you can use your SIN, if you want. Or use gibberish and figure it out later if there are any problems.