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Internal Revenue Service · Rev. March 2024

Form W-9

Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification

Give your name and taxpayer identification number to a business that pays you.

  • Free to fill in and free to download. No account, no checkout
  • The IRS's own file, unchanged (Rev. March 2024)
  • Opens in the editor with its 23 fields ready to type in
  • Filled in your browser; nothing is uploaded

Who fills it in

A freelancer, contractor or vendor fills it in for a business that pays them, so the business has their correct name, tax classification and SSN or EIN. It goes to the business that asked for it, not to the IRS.

About the file

Agency
Internal Revenue Service
Revision
Rev. March 2024
Pages
Page 1 is the form. Pages 2 to 6 are the IRS's instructions.
Size
6 pages, 138 KB, 23 fillable fields
Checked
Compared with the agency's copy on October 3, 2026

Where it comes from

Copied unchanged from the IRS's website. For the latest version, the instructions and where to send it, see the agency's own page.

Make Creati is not part of, or endorsed by, the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency. This form is free from the IRS too. Nothing here is tax, legal or immigration advice.

Form W-9, page 1