Dear Teerachai,
We are writing to provide updates about our Contributor Tax Center and actions you may need to take.
If you anticipate that you'll receive your first payout during our December pay cycle, you should go to the Tax Center now and submit the appropriate tax form. Please do this now because the Contributor Tax Center will be unavailable starting November 17th while we update the tax forms for 2017. We expect the new site to be available in early December.
The action required by you is as follows:
If you are a US citizen or resident alien, you must submit a W-9 form in order to receive a payment.
If you are not a US citizen or resident, you should submit a W-8 form before you receive payment, otherwise 30% will be withheld from your earnings.
If you submit a W-8 form now, you will be required to submit a new form after December payouts are processed. The form you give now will only apply to December payouts.
PLEASE NOTE: If you don't anticipate receiving a payment in December, we recommend that you wait for the new tax service to be available (which will be in December) to submit your form.
Please contact us with any questions.
Thanks,
Shutterstock Contributor Support