Withholding and Reporting

How to avoid withholding and reporting on foreign persons

Microsoft Copilot: American Nationals are not “individuals” for foreign person withholding purposes

By ftsig-admin / January 2, 2025 / Comments Off on Microsoft Copilot: American Nationals are not “individuals” for foreign person withholding purposes

EDITORIAL: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Edge Browser, version 131. QUESTION 1: Write a legal proof proving that “nationals of the United States” are included in the “nonresident aliens” but not for withholding purposes in 26 C.F.R. 1.1441-1 because the definition of “individual” at 26 C.F.R. 1.1441-1(c)(3 ) is more restrictive. ANSWER 1: Certainly! Here’s a structured…

The Four Types of Foreign Statuses

By ftsig-admin / January 2, 2025 / Comments Off on The Four Types of Foreign Statuses

SOURCE: Proof that American Nationals are Nonresident Aliens, Form #09.081, Section 6.1; https://sedm.org/Forms/09-Procs/ProofAnNRA.pdf The section deals with four types of civil statuses either with “alien” in their name or connected with aliens. # Name Nonresident Alien NATIONAL(State of the Union) Nonresident Alien NATIONAL(Territory/Possession) Non-Resident Alien OR Nonresident Alien ALIEN Resident Alien 1 Name on this…

FAQ: About the Nonresident Alien Position

By ftsig-admin / December 26, 2024 / Comments Off on FAQ: About the Nonresident Alien Position

EDITORIAL: This series of questions comes incorporated into the substitute W-8BEN form below that we provide. They are provided here for your reuse in other circumstances: W-8SUB, Form #04.231https://sedm.org/Forms/04-Tax/2-Withholding/W-8SUB.pdf IMPORTANT NOTE:  The subject of use of the nonresident alien position by American Nationals is a subject of great disinformation and misunderstanding by the public.  If…

Anti-Weaponization Attachment

By ftsig-admin / December 20, 2024 / Comments Off on Anti-Weaponization Attachment

EDITORIAL: Throughout this website, we repeatedly state that THE two major problems we are combatting are: An example of the problems introduced by item #2 above is described in the following AI Discovery: AI DISCOVERY: Abuse of State Driver Licensing Monopoly to effect Unconstitutional Conditions that Destroy Rights, SEDMhttps://sedm.org/ai-discovery-abuse-of-state-driver-licensing-monopoly-to-effect-unconstitutional-conditions-that-destroy-rights/ The purpose of this attachment for…

Using Form W-4 as a Nonresident Alien

By ftsig-admin / August 31, 2024 / Comments Off on Using Form W-4 as a Nonresident Alien

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction This article addresses how to use and not use the W-4 as a nonresident alien. Generally, you should avoid filling out the W-4 and only use it under duress. The correct form to use for withholding instead is the IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8SUB: Another article closely related to this…

The Federal Income Tax Is A Tax Upon Income (investments), Not Upon Capital (employments).

By ftsig-admin / August 30, 2024 / Comments Off on The Federal Income Tax Is A Tax Upon Income (investments), Not Upon Capital (employments).

The following offsite reference deals with this subject: https://capitalvsincome.com/the-federal-income-tax/

Lawfully Avoiding Backup Withholding under 26 U.S.C. §3406

By ftsig-admin / August 12, 2024 /

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction Those American Nationals who claim to be “nonresident aliens” not engaged in a “trade or business” are sometimes subjected to unlawful backup withholding by ignorant financial institutions and private employers who refuse to read and obey the law as written.  This section will provide tools and procedures to fight such…

Foreign Person Reporting and Withholding Summary

By ftsig-admin / August 9, 2024 / Comments Off on Foreign Person Reporting and Withholding Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION This article addresses “foreign person” reporting and withholding, which means anyone who does not CONSENT to the privileged civil status of “U.S. person”, INCLUDING American Nationals wishing to remain foreign. 2. TYPES OF FOREIGN PERSONS # Name Nationality Described but not defined in IdentifyingNumber Type of“Foreign person”? Symbol 1 Nonresident…

Lawfully Avoiding Foreign Person Withholding

By ftsig-admin / July 28, 2024 /

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction Privileged “U.S. persons” are not subject to withholding or reporting under 26 U.S.C. §1441, but “foreignP personsPUB” can be. This is a trick to get you to “elect” the DOMESTIC “U.S. person” status under 26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(30) and to scare you away from being “foreign” but not a “person” status…