Manuals
Step-by-step manuals
The forms and official portals of a cross-border hire, step by step, with annotated screenshots.
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- How to check a Latin American contractor against the OFAC sanctions list, step by step Step-by-step OFAC sanctions screening for Latin American contractors: search fields, name scores, false positives, Cuba and Venezuela rules, records to keep.
- How to check a provider's REPSE registration in Mexico, step by step Before you contract staff through a Mexican provider or employer of record, check its REPSE registration in the public registry. Step by step, with screenshots.
- How to fill out Form W-8BEN for a contractor in Latin America, line by line How a contractor in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil or Argentina fills out Form W-8BEN, and why a US company files no 1099 or 1042-S for work done abroad.
- How to fill out Form W-8BEN-E for a Latin American contractor's company, part by part When a contractor in Latin America invoices through a company: which parts of Form W-8BEN-E to fill in, the boxes on lines 4 and 5, and the tax ID for line 9b.
- How to verify a Mexican contractor's RFC with the SAT, step by step Check a Mexican contractor's RFC, name and postal code with the SAT's free validator, one by one or 5,000 at a time. Step by step, with screenshots.
