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[julesjones]

Not very well today, in spite of which I still managed to get 314 words done on the new New Book this evening. So at the moment it looks like switching project was a good idea.

Did a lot of tidying up of accounts and email today. And tried to look at what tax paperwork is necessary for UK resident receiving royalty income from US (for someone else, because even if we ever move back I'll be under US resident rules for some time afterwards). However, my brain wasn't up to that. mishalak I may bug you about this tomorrow...

Read lots of con reports. Wish I could have been there. Miss you guys. Glad most of you seem to have mostly had a good time, even if there was a minor problem with the obnoxiously unbadged. Happy anniversary, Londo and LoneMagpie. May there be many more.

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[mishalak.livejournal.com]

So did this ever get worked out Jules?

[julesjones]

I think so. Sort of.

Found the relevant forms online. Decided that a UK-resident UK citizen with no connection to the US other than book royalty payments was classed as an Exemption 1 for requesting a TIN. Filled out the one to request a TIN (as much of it as I could) and sent it to her with instructions on what she was to do next. Emailed the relevant person at the publisher and said "I think what you really need from her is a W9-BEN, could you check with the accountant, please." Short of flying over to the UK and physically forcing her to do the rest of what's necessary, there's not a lot more I can do...

I may still come back and ask you to double check on the forms, but that will probably happen after I've managed to get her to actually *do* something with them. Actually, this may explain why she's been reluctant to Skype me for the last week -- I bet she hasn't done anything about it and isn't going to.