Referral taxes and forms

Approved members may earn a referral reward when someone they referred pays for their first shorter @btc.email address at signup. The reward is ten percent of that payment, rounded down to whole satoshis, forwarded by hand over Lightning after the signup payment is recorded. See Terms Section 20 and Features.

Referral rewards may be taxable where you live. You are solely responsible for your own tax reporting, tax payments, and for correctly completing, keeping, and submitting any tax forms that apply to you. BTC.email does not prepare, review, verify, store, or take responsibility for your tax forms or tax filings unless and until we state otherwise in writing.

The blank IRS forms below are provided only as a convenience. They are not tax or legal advice. Download the current revision from irs.gov if you need to confirm you have the latest version.

• Form W-9 (PDF)

  Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification (US persons)

  Rev. March 2024 (verify current revision at irs.gov)

• Form W-8BEN (PDF)

  Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner (individuals, non-US)

  Rev. October 2021 (verify current revision at irs.gov)

• Instructions for Form W-8BEN (PDF)

  How to complete Form W-8BEN

  Instructions paired with Form W-8BEN (verify at irs.gov)

BTC.email may ask for a completed tax form before your first referral payout and may withhold or delay a payout until we receive a valid form. We may issue tax reports where the law requires, such as Form 1099 in the United States. We do not provide tax advice.

When we ask for a form, we will tell you how to submit it securely. There is no separate tax mailbox; do not email completed W-9 or W-8 forms to support@btc.email unless we explicitly instruct you to do so for that request.

Questions about referrals: Support. Privacy and records: Privacy Policy.

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