Vendors
U.S. Tax Information for Foreign Vendors – Services Subject to this Policy
Payments for the following types of services are subject to the policy.
Note: This list is not all-inclusive.
- Consulting
- Engineering
- Repairs and/or maintenance
- Construction
- Fabrication
- Installation
- Site supervision
- Commissioning of equipment
- Electric utility trading
- Training
- Computer software services, including design, development, implementation, support, warranties, maintenance, training, Web site design, Web site hosting and certain software licenses
- Communication services
- Leasing of real or personal property
- Use of intellectual property (patents, copyrights, etc.)
- Media advertising
- Accounting
- Legal
- Licensing
- Transportation
Only payments for services performed in the U.S. are subject to this policy; however, the IRS considers many services
performed in the U.S. if the recipients of those services are located in the U.S. As examples, the following are
subject to this policy:
- Website hosting performed in India where the website's visitors are located in the U.S.
- Use of a Swedish patent in an industrial process located in the U.S.
- Telephone and web-based conferencing services provided by a Canadian vendor where the users are located in the U.S.
Generally, this policy does not apply to the purchase of tangible property; however, if embedded services are
included in the purchase, those services must be valued separately and are subject to this policy. An example of an
embedded service might include the purchase of equipment for use in the U.S. where the vendor's engineers assist
with installation at our U.S. plant.
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