W-9 and how to avoid

[StarTet]

Greetings all,

I received a w-9 from someone I worked for briefly in 2006. I'm supposed to fill it out an send it to her.

1. How do I want to sign my signature to differentiate between my legal fiction or my real self. Or does it even matter in this case?

2. Can I leave the SSN# blank? If so, can I include any regulations that say I dont have to?

I'm not ready to go to battle yet with the IRS and the amount I made with this person was not more than a 2-3K. But Im wondering if I can stifle tax obligations for this amount by filling it out in an alternative way.

Thanks all,

startet

[SaveUncleSam]

I am new here, but apparently using a SSN, Zip Code and filling out a 1040 puts you under federal citizenship. I do not know the exact law citation, but the Social Security Administration says that you can not be compelled to give out your SSN by anyone except for government when it is necessary to provide services and research on you. Now, take a look at the W-9 form you have. I filled one out last year (before I woke up to all this stuff [police state, federal reserve, IRS, etc etc]) I just glossed over the sheet and filled it out and signed it. I did not really think about the BOLD title of the form. What does it say? Request for taxpayer information. REQUEST! I am in the process of cancelling my form and reissuing a new one without a SSN. Apparently the IRS regulations (regs, not law) state that employers must ASK for the SSN. If they can not get a SSN, they are not obligated to proceed further. The employer simply turns in the form to the IRS. Perhaps the other more experienced people here can comment. David?

[Sharona]

Originally Posted by StarTet

Greetings all,

I received a w-9 from someone I worked for briefly in 2006. I'm supposed to fill it out an send it to her.

1. How do I want to sign my signature to differentiate between my legal fiction or my real self. Or does it even matter in this case?

2. Can I leave the SSN# blank? If so, can I include any regulations that say I dont have to?

I'm not ready to go to battle yet with the IRS and the amount I made with this person was not more than a 2-3K. But Im wondering if I can stifle tax obligations for this amount by filling it out in an alternative way.

Thanks all,

startet

My husband was asked for one of these (it was less than $600, they didn't have to even request one on him at all). They had filled in their own information incorrectly. We asked for a corrected W-9 request form. They never sent it. As a result, we never filled their original request out. Never heard another word about it...

[SaveUncleSam]

Originally Posted by Sharona

My husband was asked for one of these (it was less than $600, they didn't have to even request one on him at all). They had filled in their own information incorrectly. We asked for a corrected W-9 request form. They never sent it. As a result, we never filled their original request out. Never heard another word about it...

Exactly, they requested the information from your husband. He did not provide it. End of story.

That is what "request" means. So simple, yet to complicated!

[Sharona]

Originally Posted by SaveUncleSam

Exactly, they requested the information from your husband. He did not provide it. End of story.

That is what "request" means. So simple, yet to complicated!

Yes and whenever any employer of mine does not send it back, either, that's the last it's ever heard of...