Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 - Landlord Forum thread 359504

Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 by bristolcourtapts@gmail.com on July 17, 2019 @17:29

Have a tenant, an individual, renting an apartment for 4 months currently. They are delinquent and requesting a W-9 from landlord before they can come up with a rent payment. Is this just a stall tactic or could there be any valid reason for the request? I just do not want the denial of a W-9 to be grounds for them not to pay delinquent rent.

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Re: Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 by lpadave on July 17, 2019 @17:59	[ Reply ]

Technically I guess they would be entitled to request a W-9 as they are paying you money. Their follow thru on that would be their filing and sending you a 1099 at the end of the year. I've never had a tenant ask me for a w-9. Is this low or high end rental ?? If you're running your business up and up, give em it. If they continue to be problem tenants then you have to decide if you want to invoke the happiness clause.

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Re: Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 by Kathy on July 19, 2019 @22:59	[ Reply ]

You rented her a residential unit (apartment)? correct? If so you don't have to give her a W-9 which has to do with business rentals. Does a landlord have to fill out a w9? Don't give them the W-9 unless you are sure they will give you a 1099. But the landlords didn't rent a business office, they rented a home. They are under NO obligation to fill out a form about a business expense FOR THE RENTER. They have their own obligations to the IRS about business expenses.Mar 30, 2015

Re: Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 by Robert on August 6, 2019 @13:47	[ Reply ]

What are you waiting for? send them termination of lease for nonpayment. Why would you even want then there? Next time posts notice to quit for non payment @10 days after 1st of month that a tenant doesnt pay. These people will bleed you dry.

Re: Delinquent Tenant requests W-9 by Candace on May 12, 2021 @15:47	[ Reply ]

Seeing as how the tenant is behind in rent, I would assume that they started calling around for assistance to pay off their past due balance. If their past due balance is more than $600, the organization that would be assisting them would need a w9 from the landlord, as required by the IRS. Being behind in rent doesnt automatically make him/her a bad person. Being quick to judge and assume the worst (ie stall tactic) is very preumptive. If i were the landlord, i would simply respond to the tenants request with why. For what purpose does he/she need you to provide a w9? Furthermore, if the request was made due to it being a requirement from an organization, that the w9 must be provided by the landlord before they can assist in paying the tenants past due rent, you can request to be contacted by them directly. You do notnhave to provide the w9 to the tenant, but a simple solution woukd be to work with the organization that the tenant has contacted for assistance directly. Remove tenant as the middle man and voila, win-win all around.