What is the W-8BEN form and why do I have to fill it out?
Only non-U.S residents who won a prize in a project that was organized by jovoto Inc. - our office in New York -, have to fill out this form.
Basically, W-8BEN is the “Certificate of Foreign Status of
Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding”. It is
required by jovoto Inc. so they don’t need to report to the
U.S. tax office about any money paid to you.
Please go to ”Your profile”, go to “Edit your
profile”,”Payment Information”. There you can
download the W-8BEN form and also upload it again. Jovoto Inc.
needs to have the original of your W-8BEN form, so please send the
original one to this address:
Jovoto Inc.
42 West 24th Street
New York 10010
United States
Please don’t be frightened by this U.S. government document. It is very easy to fill in the form. This post shows you how.
Here you can download the W8Ben Form.
And if you just can't figure out how to do it, write an email to payment@jovoto.com