Marketplace wants a W-8BEN-E, but I am not even sure which entity should be signing it
I live in the UAE and use a Delaware LLC for marketplace sales and some direct consulting. The marketplace asked for Form W-8BEN-E, but I have a foreign parent company too, and I suddenly realized I am not even sure which entity is supposed to be the beneficial owner for this income.
The contract is messy because the account started personally, then moved to the foreign company, and now most payments are going to the U.S. LLC. I do not want to upload the wrong W-8 form and create a bigger year-end mess.
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