{"id":14955,"date":"2019-11-05T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/?p=14955"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:08:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:08:15","slug":"tax-info-pending-verification-ssn-rejected-how-to-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/tax-info-pending-verification-ssn-rejected-how-to-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Adsense Tax Info is Pending Verification, SSN is Rejected &#8211; How I Solved It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You probably know that our business has just moved to the United States and the first thing I had to change was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/change-country-adsense-account-after-moving-new-country\/\">payment address in my Adsense account<\/a>. Everything went smoothly and I successfully changed the country in a few days. Google doesn&#8217;t require me to verify my new address by sending a new PIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I changed the country in early October and the earnings have started generating in my new profile since then. That means I could start receiving payments in the US from November. In early November, I saw the October&#8217;s earnings in my account balance and they reached the payment threshold, so I would receive the payment in November. As soon as this happened, Google Adsense put a hold on the monthly payments and required me to update the payment method and tax information. While adding a bank account to the Adsense account was easy and could be changed instantly, I had some trouble with the tax info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, I had to fill in a Google&#8217;s form and they would generate the form W-9 automatically for me. When entering info for the new W-9 form, make sure the name and permanent residence address match the legal name and address in your Payments Profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14958\" width=\"713\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/w-9-form-google-adsense-1024x874.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When I entered my social security number (SSN), there was a message like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Uh oh. There was a problem. Your info will be manually verified.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I saw a red bar on top of my Adsense account saying my payout wouldn&#8217;t be released until Google can verify my tax info. I did some research and many people had the same issue and they had to wait even weeks to resolve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>We&#8217;re unable to process your payout because your tax info wasn&#8217;t accepted by the IRS<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That terrified me because the majority of my earnings come from Adsense. Fortunately, I remembered that I also have an Employer Identification Number (EIN) and it could be use in place of the SSN. The EIN is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/apply-for-an-employer-identification-number-ein-online\">free to apply<\/a> and you can get it even if you&#8217;re self-employed\/sole proprietor. Notice that you might have to wait up to 2 weeks before entering it into your Adsense account or any IRS&#8217;s taxpayer identification number (TIN) matching program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I went to the Payment Settings and update with the EIN. The hold was immediately removed and there was only a line saying &#8220;<em>Tax Info is Pending Verification<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tax-info-pending-verification.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tax-info-pending-verification.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14959\" width=\"591\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tax-info-pending-verification.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tax-info-pending-verification-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tax-info-pending-verification-768x351.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just 1 business day later, I received an email from Google saying my tax info had been verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Your tax information was recently verified. As long as there&#8217;s no other hold on your account and your balance is above the payment threshold, you will get paid in the next payment cycle.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>An Adsense&#8217;s support staff also confirmed that there is no hold in my account and I will receive payments in new country starting this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably know that our business has just moved to the United States and the first thing I had to change was the payment address in my Adsense account. Everything went smoothly and I successfully changed the country in a few days. 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