How to Update Legal Name or Company Details on Twitch Tax Forms

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The short answer

Before you start

• Legal name on tax documents Use the name and TIN that appear on your Social Security card, CP565 notice, or CP575A notice.Verify: Compare the name in the interview against your official document.
• Business name for an EIN Use the name on the top line of the address header on the CP575A notice.Verify: Check the CP575A notice address header for the exact wording.
• Entity-specific naming For a Trust, use the name as it appears on the trust deed.Verify: Check the trust deed for the exact name.

How Twitch handles this

• Users must use their legal name exactly as it appears on their tax documents and must not alter it to match the form.
• If the tax interview form has trouble accepting a legal name with accents or special characters, contact Twitch support.
• Being a Twitch Partner does not make a creator a 'partnership' for tax purposes.
• The name on the tax forms should agree with the name on the signed legal contract and payment information.

Step by step

1. Open the Monetization section Log into your Twitch account and go to the Monetization section under the Dashboard.Confirm: Check the Dashboard sidebar for the Monetization entry.
2. Find the relevant tax interview Locate the tax interview that needs correction.Confirm: Check that the interview name matches the form with the wrong detail.
3. Click Retake Click the Retake option next to the relevant interview to retake it.Confirm: Check that the Retake flow opens the tax interview form.
4. Authorize Amazon Tax Central You are shown a screen asking you to authorize Amazon Tax Central to access your account before completing the interview.Confirm: Users are shown a screen asking them to authorize Amazon Tax Central to access their account before completing the tax interview.
5. Enter the corrected legal name or company name Use the name of the individual or organization that will report the income on an income tax return.Confirm: Check that the field now shows the corrected name.
6. Submit the interview Once completed, a validation screen confirms the information has been received.Confirm: A validation screen confirms the information has been received.
7. Wait for validation Tax forms typically take 24-48 hours to validate.Confirm: Check the interview status for Incomplete, Pending, or Failed.If this fails: A failed status typically means the information could not be verified.
8. Retake again if failed Retake the tax interview with corrected information to fix a failed form.Confirm: Check that the status changes from Failed after resubmission.

Common mistakes

• You enter a company name where the form wants an individual The name provided should be the individual or organization reporting the income.Why it happens: You see an owner name on the account and assume that is what the form wants.
• You assume Partner status changes your tax classification Being a Partner does not make a creator a 'partnership' for tax purposes.Why it happens: The program name and the tax entity term sound alike.
• You let mismatches reach payout setup Mismatches between Step 2 and the tax interview or payout setup are a common cause of onboarding issues.Why it happens: You fill in each step separately without comparing them first.Already happened: If this already caused a payout problem, see Twitch Support Isn't Helping After Self-Serve Steps Fail.

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