Lance and All,
CFTFA has compromised their forms of exemptions unlawfully,
I talked to key/sr. staff. They only care about job and retirement, not
deception.
What can we do???
On Mon, May 1, 2023, 05:25 lance hagen <lancehagen15@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Found this California government form page might have it
https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/forms.htm
On Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 10:52 PM Shining Emperor <nrcwinner@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In California,
I tried using usc 31_3124, usc 18_8 and confirmed by use tax collector
that we should not pay any sales tax, but merchants pays them.
yet all merchants deceived us paying so they can please/enrich local
elites.
how can we resolve that??? they took the exemption form away so
consumers cant use it or redesign to be unavailable.....
Shining Emperor
any enforcent ideas???
lance hagen <lancehagen15@xxxxxxxxx> 於 2023年4月30日 週日 22:50 寫道：
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IRS Warns About Fake Form Scam
Kelly Phillips Erb <https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/>
Forbes Staff
I write about tax news, tax policy and tax information.
May 10, 2018,02:57pm EDT
This article is more than 4 years old.
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When in doubt, assume it’s a scam.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning
<https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-warns-of-variation-of-form-w-8ben-scam-crooks-impersonate-irs-to-get-banking-and-other-information>
about
a new identity theft scam targeting international taxpayers and
non-resident aliens. In the scam, criminals use a fake form W-8BEN,
*Certificate
of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and
Reporting* <https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw8ben.pdf> (form downloads
as a pdf) to gain personal and bank identification from taxpayers.
It’s a variation on an old scheme. In fact, some version of this scam
been happening for more than ten years
<https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-news/ir-02-55.pdf> (downloads as a pdf).
The IRS issued similar warnings in 2014
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/03/28/tax-scammers-to-the-left-of-me-tax-schemers-to-the-right-of-me/#396700f54489>,
in 2015
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2016/04/13/thieves-repackage-decades-old-tax-scam-using-fake-forms-email/#1b3ac047186a>
and again in 2017
<https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/fake-form-w-8ben-used-in-irs-tax-scams>.
Apparently, old habits die hard.
Here’s how it works. The scammers send a letter to a taxpayer stating
that they may be exempt from withholding and reporting income tax. However,
the letter advises that the taxpayer needs to authenticate their
information by filling out and returning a form W-8BEN – only the attached
form W-8BEN a fake.
The form W-8BEN is actually a legitimate tax form. The top looks like
this:
[image: W-8BEN][image: W-8BEN]
W-8BEN
KPE
The fake form W-8BEN, however, asks for personal details such as your
mother’s maiden name, your passport number and PIN codes. The letter (or,
in some cases, email or fax) that accompanies the fake form W-8BEN also
refers to form W9095. The catch? The form W9095 does not exist. And, the
IRS doesn’t require recertification of foreign status
On Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 6:11 PM Tyron Cline <tdcline78@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Form W9095 does not exist
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 7:48 AM Bill <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This is the letter I received, after filing a revocation of elections
and a w9 foreign status.
*Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service.*
www.irs.gov
*Application for a not ordinary resident (non-resident) saver to
receive interest without tax taken off or deducted.*
*ATTN ;*
Our records indicate that you are a non-resident alien. As a result,
you are exempted from United States of America Tax reporting and
withholdings, on interest paid you on your account and other financial
dealing to protect your exemption from tax on your account and other
financial benefit in rectifying your exemption status.
Therefore, you are to authenticate the following by completing *W-8BEN
FORM*, and return to us as soon as possible via fax number enclosed
on *W-8BEN FORM*.
If you are a USA Citizen and resident, this *W-8BEN FORM* is not
meant for you, please indicate “USA Citizen/Resident” on the form and
return it to us. We shall then send you a form W9095.
When completing *W-8BEN FORM*, please follow the steps below
1. We need you to provide your permanent address if different from the
current mailing address on your *W-8BEN FORM*, you must indicate if a
non-USA resident, your country of origin to support your non-resident
status (if your bank account or other financial dealing has a USA address
for mailing purpose).
2. If any joint account holder are now USA residents or Citizen, or in
any way subject to USA tax reporting laws, Please check the box in this
section.
3. Please have all account holders sign and date the form separately
and fax it to the above-mentioned number.
Please, complete *W-8BEN FORM* attached” and return to us within 1
(one) week from the receipt of this letter by faxing it, to enable us
update your records immediately if your account or any other financial
benefits are not rectified in a timely manner, it will be subject to USA
tax reporting and back up withholding (if back up withholding applies, we
are required to withhold 30% of the interest paid to you).
What you need to do
Print out the attached notification and complete the attached *W-8BEN
FORM* and Fax same along with a copy of your international passport
to fax number on the form within 7 working days.
*List of required documents:*
1. A copy of filled *W-8BEN FORM*.
2. A photocopy of the photo page of your international passport.
............................................................................................
Keep this notice for your records. If you need assistance, please do
not hesitate to contact us.*If you should receive multiple
notifications, it means previous filled form was not properly filled and
as
such, we need you to refill needed column and re-fax to us*
