mm__5
Jun 14, 2010, 01:07 PM
Greetings,
I live in the UK but am spending my summer here in the US.
So in order to avoid crazy conversion fees on my UK debit card (I had to pay £15 on top of a $150 bill) I decided to open a US bank account and transfer money from my UK bank.
Today I received a letter from Bank of America stating that I must fill out the W-9 form or my account will be closed in 30 days. Since I'm staying for a little over 2 months I would like to keep this account open but there is no way that I can this form out.
So I take it the IRS wants to tax my self-to-self transfer or something? What should I do now? I checked online and the only form that I can actually fill out (thought I don't think it fits my situation) would the W-8...
I live in the UK but am spending my summer here in the US.
So in order to avoid crazy conversion fees on my UK debit card (I had to pay £15 on top of a $150 bill) I decided to open a US bank account and transfer money from my UK bank.
Today I received a letter from Bank of America stating that I must fill out the W-9 form or my account will be closed in 30 days. Since I'm staying for a little over 2 months I would like to keep this account open but there is no way that I can this form out.
So I take it the IRS wants to tax my self-to-self transfer or something? What should I do now? I checked online and the only form that I can actually fill out (thought I don't think it fits my situation) would the W-8...