USA W-9 Form for a C corporation with non resident aliens as shareholders

[rgonv]

Hi, I just incorporated a new company in the US. My first customer asked me to send him the w-9 form. the thing is that I am a non resident alien and in the section "2. Certification" it is required to be signed as a US person, this meaning, that I cannot do it because I am a NRA. Is it Ok to just put the corporation name in the signature line? or shoud I sign it specifying that I am a NRA? whar is the procedure. It seems that this case is not defined as part of the standard procedures that the IRS describe.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[kirby]

If the W9 form is for your company, then your company name goes in line 1, per the form.
The certification line 3 asks if the entity in line 1 is a US citizen or PERSON.
The form instructions define a US person as -among other things - a corporation organized in the US.

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