As mentioned in the October 2020 e-News article: Supplier Onboarding Deactivation Process for Non-US Based Foreign Entities, the NRA Tax and Supplier Onboarding Teams pulled data for all active foreign entities who do not have a valid W-8 form on file with Harvard as part of the foreign entity supplier clean-up process.
Suppliers who did not update their supplier portal record and submit a valid W-8 form as part of completing their registration process were inactivated in the B2P Supplier Portal on December 18.
Please Note:
- Starting in 2021, certain foreign entities may begin to incur tax withholding on payments that historically did not trigger taxes. A valid W-8 can possibly reduce or exempt tax withholdings, if eligible, and the valid claim was made with Harvard before payment has been processed.
- Schools can send supplier invitations at any time to kick off the reactivation process.
You can find additional information about W-8 forms on the Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance website.
For tax questions, please contact the Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance Team at 617-495-8500 option 5 or send an email to nratax_ufs@harvard.edu.
For any supplier registration questions, please email the Supplier Onboarding Team at AP_SupplierOnboarding@harvard.edu.