Tax forms

You will not be able to withdraw your earnings from Upwork until you complete the form. Also, if you do not complete the Statement of source information, we may be required to w...

We need you to confirm your services on Upwork are being physically performed outside the United States. By completing this certification right away, you can help ensure that we...

We need you to confirm your services on Upwork are being physically performed outside the United States. Either this important confirmation is currently missing from your W-8BEN...

For the W-8BEN and Tax Identification sections, you’ll see “Completed” in the label beside the section’s title once you’ve completed and submitted your information. If you haven...

When your client pays you on Upwork, they actually pay Upwork Escrow Inc., which is our licensed escrow subsidiary. Upwork Escrow Inc. acts as a “third-party settlement organiza...

Go to your Tax forms to view your completed forms. 

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We only use the form to confirm that you are not a U.S. Person and that we are not required to withhold taxes from your earnings for the IRS. This includes providing this inform...

No, we send the taxes we withhold from you to the IRS and cannot provide a refund once they are withheld and submitted. 

Any entity other than an individual is required to complete Form W-8BEN-E. You can fill out the W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E on Upwork if you are an individual or corporation — other enti...

You will not be able to withdraw your earnings from Upwork until you complete the form. Also, if you do not complete the required form, we may be required to withhold up to 30% ...

If you have not completed or updated your Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E yet, we urge you to complete a new form as soon as possible. 

Address alone does not confirm that you’re not a U.S. Person. For example, U.S. citizens living abroad are still subject to U.S. income tax (and must provide us a Form W-9).With...

This is the number that your country uses for collecting your tax information and may have a different name, such as PAN in India, for example. Some countries may use a National...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the U.S. government’s national tax collection and enforcement agency. 

Without this form as proof that you are based outside the U.S., we’ll be required to withhold up to 30% of your future earnings on Upwork and send them to the IRS. As long as a ...

All non-U.S. individual taxpayers who receive payments on Upwork must complete the W-8BEN form to verify that they are not a U.S. Person, and are performing services outside of ...

Form W-8BEN is completed by non-U.S. individualsForm W-8BEN-E is a more detailed version of the W-8BEN that is required for non-U.S. entities (i.e. corporations and partnerships...