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IRS Rules- US Citizen Must be Primary Tax Reporter

Question: 
Where may I direct a customer in the IRS rules that if an NRA and a US citizen are joint owners of an account, that the US citizen must be the primary tax reporter?
Answer: 

by Randy Carey:

The instructions to the W-8BEN.

Answer: 

by John Burnett:

Also page 4 of the instructions for Form W-9

First published on 02/23/2020

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