We have received notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) twice within 3 years stating that the combination of the name and taxpayer identification number (Name/TIN combination) on your account with us is incorrect. (Your account number, current name on the account, and current taxpayer identification number (TIN) on the account are shown above.) A Name/TIN combination is incorrect if it does not match a Name/TIN combination shown on the records of the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the IRS. If you do not take appropriate action to help us correct this problem before December 14, 2020 the law requires us to backup withhold on interest, dividends, and certain other payments that we make to your account
You should follow the instructions below to correct this problem and send the corrected information to us before the date shown above. If we do not have the correct information before that date, the law requires us to backup withhold on interest, dividends, and certain other payments that we make to your account. The backup withholding rate is: 24%.
Section 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code requires that we withhold a predetermined percent in tax, called backup withholding, when you do not give us your correct Name/TIN combination. Because of the notices we received from the IRS, we are now required to disregard any future Name/TIN combinations you furnish us for your account (whether or not you certify your TIN under penalties of perjury) unless SSA (or, in the case of an incorrect employer identification number, the IRS) validates your Name/TIN combination. Also, the IRS may charge you a $50 penalty for failing to provide us with your correct Name/TIN combination.
**WHAT YOU NEED TO DO ** Follow the instructions below to correct your account record to avoid backup withholding on your account (or to stop it once it has begun) and to avoid the penalty.
INDIVIDUALS Instructions for Incorrect Social Security Numbers If the incorrect TIN you furnished us is a social security number, you must:
**NON-INDIVIDUALS OR CERTAIN SOLE PROPRIETORS
Instructions for Incorrect Employer Identification Numbers If the incorrect TIN you furnished is an employer identification number, you must: