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Request for Taxpayer
Form W-9 given to the requesting
(Massachusetts Substitute W-9 Form) Identification Number and Certification department or the department
Rev. April 2009 you are currently doing
business with.
Name ( List legal name, if joint names, list first & circle the name of the person whose TIN you enter in Part I-See Specific Instruction on page 2)

Business name, if different from above. (See Specific Instruction on page 2)

Check the appropriate box: □ Individual/Sole proprietor □ Corporation □ Partnership □ Other ►-----------------------------------------------
Legal Address: number, street, and apt. or suite no. Remittance Address: if different from legal address number, street, and apt. or
suite no.
City,state and ZIP code City, state and ZIP code
Please print or type

Phone # ( ) Fax # ( ) Email address:
Part I Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. For individuals, this is your social Social security number
security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or
disregarded entity, see the Part Iinstruction on --
page 2. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If OR
you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 2.
Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 2 for Employer identification number
guidelines on whose number to enter.
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Vendors: DUNS
Dunn and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS))

Part II Certification

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and
2. I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue
Services (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that
I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and
3. I am an U.S. person (including an U.S. resident alien).
4. I am currently a Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s state employee: (check one): No____ Yes _____ If yes, in compliance with the State Ethics
Commission requirements.
Certification instructions: You must cross out item 2above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding
because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2does not apply.
Sign
Here Authorized Signature ► Date ►

Purpose of Form conditions. This is called “backup withholding.” 5. You do not certify to the requester that you are
A person who is required to file an information Payments that may be subject to backup not subject to backup withholding under 4 above
return with the IRS must get your correct withholding include interest, dividends, broker and (for reportable interest and dividend accounts
taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, opened after 1983 only).
example, income paid to you, real estate nonemployee pay, and certain payments from
transactions, mortgage interest you paid, fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions Certain payees and payments are exempt from
acquisition or debt, or contributions you made to are not subject to backup withholding. backup withholding. See the Part II instructions
an IRA. on page 2.
If you give the requester your correct TIN, make
Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person the proper certifications, and report all your Penalties
(including a resident alien), to give your correct taxable interest and dividends on your tax return,
TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) payments you receive will not be subject to Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your
and , when applicable, to: backup withholding. Payments you receive will correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a
be subject to backup withholding if: penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your
1. Certify the TIN you are giving is correct (or failure is due to reasonable cause and not to
you are waiting for a number to be issued). 1. You do not furnish your TIN to the willful neglect.
requester, or
2. Certify you are not subject to backup Civil penalty for false information with respect
withholding 2. You do not certify your TIN when required to withholding. If you make a false statement
(see the Part II instructions on page 2 for with no reasonable basis that results in no backup
If you are a foreign person, use the details), or withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.
appropriate Form W-8. See Pub 515,
Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and 3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished Criminal penalty for falsifying information.
Foreign Corporations. an incorrect TIN, or Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations
may subject you to criminal penalties including
What is backup withholding? Persons making 4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to fines and/or imprisonment.
certain payments to you must withhold a backup withholding because you did not
designated percentage, currently 28% and pay to report all your interest and dividends only), or Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses
the IRS of such payments under certain TINs in violation of Federal law, the requester may
be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
Form MA- W-9 (Rev. April 2009)

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Specific Instructions What Name and Number to
How to get a TIN. If you do not have a
Name. If you are an individual, you must TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an Give the Requester
generally enter the name shown on your social SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social
security card. However, if you have changed Security Card, from your local Social Security For this type of account: Give name and SSN of:
your last name, for instance, due to marriage Administration office. Get Form W-7, Application 1. Individual The individual
without informing the Social Security for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, 2. Two or more The actual owner of the
Administration of the name change, enter your to apply for an ITIN or Form SS-4, Application for individuals (joint account or, if combined
first name, the last name shown on your social Employer Identification Number, to apply for an account) funds, the first
security card, and your new last name.
EIN. You can get Forms W-7 and SS-4 from the individual1 on the
If the account is in joint names, list first and IRS by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829- account 2
then circle the name of the person or entity 3676) or from the IRS’s Internet Web Site 3. Custodian account of The minor
whose number you enter in Part I of the form. www.irs.gov. a minor (Uniform Gift
to Minors Act) 1
Sole proprietor. Enter your individual name If you do not have a TIN, write “Applied For” in 4. a. The usual The grantor-trustee
as shown on your social security card on the the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and revocable savings
“Name” line. You may enter your business, give it to the requester. For interest and dividend trust (grantor is
trade, or “doing business as (DBA)” name on payments, and certain payments made with also trustee) 1
the “Business name” line. respect to readily tradable instruments, generally b. So-called trust The actual owner
you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to
Limited liability company (LLC). If you are a the requester before you are subject to backup account that is not
a legal or valid
single-member LLC (including a foreign LLC withholding on payments. trust under state
with a domestic owner) that is disregarded as
an entity separate from its owner under The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of law 3
5. Sole proprietorship The owner
Treasury regulations section 301.7701-3, enter payments. You will be subject to backup
the owner’s name on the “Name” line. Enter withholding on all such payments until you
the LLC’s name on the “Business name” line. provide your TIN to the requester. For this type of account: Give name and EIN of:
6. Sole proprietorship The owner 3
Caution: A disregarded domestic entity that Note: Writing “Applied For” means that you have 7. A valid trust, estate, or Legal entity 4
has a foreign owner must use the appropriate already applied for a TIN or that you intend to pension trust
Form W-8. apply for one soon.
8. Corporate The corporation
Other entities. Enter your business name as Part II - Certification 9. Association, club, The organization
shown on required Federal tax documents on religious, charitable,
the “Name” line. This name should match the To establish to the paying agent that your TIN is educational, or other
name shown on the charter or other legal correct or you are a U.S. person, or resident tax-exempt organization
document creating the entity. You may enter alien, sign Form W-9. 10. Partnership The partnership
any business, trade, or DBA name on the 11. A broker or registered The broker or nominee
“Business name” line. For a joint account, only the person whole TIN is nominee
shown in Part I should sign (when required). 12. Account with the The public entity

Part I - Taxpayer Identification Real estate transactions.You must sign the Department of
Number (TIN) certification. You may cross out item 2 of the Agriculture in the name
certification. of a public entity (such
Enter your TIN in the appropriate as a state or local
box. Dunn and Bradstreet Universal Numbering government, school
System (DUNS) number requirement – district, or prison) that
If you are a resident alien and you do not The United States Office of Management and receives agricultural
have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your Budget (OMB) requires all vendors that receive program payments
TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer federal grant funds have their DUNS number
identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the recorded with and subsequently reported to the
social security number box. If you do not have granting agency. If a contractor has multiple 1 List first and circle the name of the person whose
an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below. DUNS numbers the contractor should provide the number you furnish. If only one person on a joint
primary number listed with the Federal account has an SSN, that person’s number must be
If you are a sole proprietor and you have an government’s Central Contractor Registration furnished.
EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN. (CCR) at /www.ccr.gov . Any entity that does not 2 Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN.
SSN. at www.DNB.com under the DNB D-U-N Number

However, the IRS prefers that you use your have a DUNS number can apply for one on-line 3 You must show your individual name, but you may
If you are an LLC that is disregarded as an Tab. also enter your business or “DBA” name. You may
entity separate from its owner (see Limited use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one).
owned by an individual, enter your SSN (or
liability company (LLC) above), and are Privacy Act Notice 4. List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate,
“pre-LLC” EIN, if desired). If the owner of a Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the
disregarded LLC is a corporation, partnership, requires you to give your correct TIN to persons personal representative or trustee unless the legal
etc., enter the owner’s EIN. who must file information returns with the IRS to entity itself is not designated in the account title.)
report interest, dividends, and certain other
Note: See the chart on this page for further income paid to you, mortgage interest you paid, Note: If no name is circled when more than one name
clarification of name and TIN combinations. the acquisition or abandonment of secured is listed, the number will be considered to be that of
property, cancellation of debt, or contributions the first name listed.
you made to an IRA or MSA. The IRS uses the
numbers for identification purposes and to help If you have questions on completing this form,
verify the accuracy of your tax return. The IRS please contact the Office of the State Comptroller.
may also provide this information to the (617) 973-2468.
Department of Justice for civil and criminal
litigation, and to cities, states, and the District of Upon completion of this form, please
Columbia to carry out their tax laws send it to the Commonwealth of

You must provide your TIN whether or not you Massachusetts Department you are
are required to file a tax return. Payers must doing business with.
generally withhold a designated percentage,
currently 28% of taxable interest, dividend, and
certain other payments to a payee who does not
give a TIN to a payer. Certain penalties may also
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