Do you have a link to confirm the requirement for non resident companies and trusts to file annually with the IRS?

Quote Originally Posted by SBQ View Post
I would say opening a US online discount broker account would be quite the hassle. Even more so now in 2019 that NZ adopted the new Common Reporting Standard with the OECD nations and FACTA. If I recall correctly, accounts such as foreign trusts and corporate accounts opened at these US brokerages by non-residents still require full annual filing to the IRS. The WEN-B8 alone does not exclude filing to the IRS that a single non-resident US alien can avoid.