Instructions for the  Requester of Form W-9 - Introductory Material
                           
                         
                      
                      
                   
                  
This is archived information that pertains only to the 2006 Tax Year. If you
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                     Partnerships subject to withholding under section 1446 may require signed Forms W-9 from its U.S. partners to overcome any
                        presumptions of foreign
                        status and to avoid withholding on the partner's allocable share of the partnership's effectively connected taxable income.
                        For more information, see
                        Regulations section 1.1446-1(c). The final regulations are published as Treasury Decision 9200 on page 1158 of Internal Revenue
                        Bulletin 2005-23 and
                        are available at
                        www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb05-23.pdf.
                        
                     
                   
                  
                     
                     
                        
                     
                     
                        
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                              The backup withholding rate is 28% for reportable payments. 
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                              The IRS website offers TIN Matching e-services for payers to validate name and TIN combinations. See Taxpayer Identification Number
                                       (TIN) Matching 
                                 
 on page 4.