Which form
Choose your form under Payout details. The card links to the official form on the IRS website.
- Creators in the United States, and US citizens living abroad: a W-9.
- Everyone else: a W-8BEN.
How to upload it
- 1Fill in the form with the same legal name you gave in your payout details.
- 2Sign and date it.
- 3Under Payout details on your dashboard, upload it as a PDF, or a clear photo or scan (up to 5 MB).
- 4Type the last 4 characters of your tax ID next to it, so we can match the form. Never type the whole number anywhere on the site.
How we keep it safe
Your form is encrypted before it is stored, and only our payments team can open it. Every time someone opens it, it is recorded with their name. Apart from the form itself, we keep only the last 4 characters of your tax ID.
We keep your form for 4 years after your last payment, for our tax records, then delete it. Please don't email your form: email isn't a safe place for a document with your tax ID on it.
Received, then verified
Your form shows as received as soon as it is uploaded. We check it and mark it verified. If something needs fixing, we return it with a note you can see on your dashboard, and you upload a corrected one. No payment of any kind is sent until the form is verified.
If you later change your form type, legal name or country, the form is checked again. A new form type needs a new upload.