I started doing U.S. implementation work in person. Does that mean my old W-8BEN-E may no longer fit?
I am based in Germany and originally ran everything remotely, so W-8BEN-E made sense to me. This year I spent a few weeks in the U.S. doing implementation workshops for two customers and I may do that again next quarter.
Now I am wondering whether my withholding paperwork needs to change too, or whether the deeper change only happens on the return side. I want to know whether in-person U.S. services are the kind of fact that can make a W-8ECI discussion real.
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