Articles and Tax Tips
You need to be able to source the income paid to a Non-U.S. Person back to the US to have a 1042-S reportable and withholdable payment. These complicated rules revolve around your ability to identify the type of payment involved, and then know what to do with it in a reporting context. This month let's look at one of the many key payment type's you need to address: royalties.
You hire an independent contractor to do some work. They turn out to be a green card holder. Are they considered a US person subject to 1099-MISC reporting, or are they subject to 1042-S witholding/reporting? This month let's take a look at this commonly confronted issue.
