This is a couple days old, but I'm getting SICK of places requiring tax ID when they aren't required to collect it!

They are only required to when a person earns $600.00 from their company.

Here's what they sent:


Hello Everyone,

Payment time is rolling around, several of you have earned enough to be paid,
yet you have not sent us an IRS form w-9.

Here is the link to print yourself a copy:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-fill/fw9.pdf

<a href="http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-fill/fw9.pdf">HTML Link</a>

This information will be kept private, and shared ONLY with our accountants, for
tax reporting purposes.

After you have printed and filled out IRS form w-9, Please send it to the
following Postal address:

PennE-co Web Services
32 Stoneybrook Suite 12
Searcy, AR
72143

If you are not sure that you have earned enough cash for payment, Just login to
your account by going here:

http://pennesearch.com/cgi-bin/pemsearch/accounts.cgi

<a href="http://pennesearch.com/cgi-bin/pemsearch/accounts.cgi">HTML Link</a>

Enter your username and password, your account balance will be on the main page.

If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email:

SearchAdmin@PennE-co.Com

Thank You and Kind Regards,

PennEsearch Staff

And living within the US...


Also, isnt handing out your Tax ID like handing out your Social Sec #?

Yeah, I got this email as well, so I wrote back to them asking what about non-US members.

I also asked whether non-US members could actually use the search engine (as in being an affilate) and received this reply:

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Brian,

That's a good question, I'll have to ask my accountant about that. I don't see why you couldn't use the Affiliate Program, the UK is considered a "good advertising region".

I'll get back to you sometime in the near future.

Regards,
Curtis

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So what now?

Am I allowed to use the SE? Will I be paid?

I think I'll take the ting down, as I don't fancy getting to the pay out and finding out I don't qualify.

Why can't they just give us STRAIGHT answers?

Just noticed this to the T&C

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We Do Not Accept Affiliates/Advertisers from Non-English Speaking or Communistic Countries!
(If you Cannot Pay US Taxes, You cannot be an Affiliate of PennEsearch)

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Hmm, that wasn't there when I signed up, so I guess I'm not allowed to use the SE and might as well get rid of it .

You should need to have to pay US taxes.....If you live in a country outside of that and make over $600 you do need to fill out a US tax excempt form however they will issue you a forgein tax thingy that you must claim on your taxes within that country

Not here

hehe... USD600 (1000AUD Approx) is nothing, dont have to pay tax on that.

Infact I dont pay tax at all

If someone earns $600.00 from a program, they don't necessarily have to pay taxes on it depending on their income, however the entity that paid it out has to report it to the government.