Originally Posted by RocHard

I'm not an attorney or an accountant, but I'll take a guess.

First off, some sponsors aren't from the US and just don't care.

Then you have different kinds of sponsors. Some allow the credit card processing companies send you checks directly, where as some other sponsors take the checks from the credit card processing companies and then the sponsor cuts you a check. Lightspeed Cash does the latter and our accountant / attorney tells us we have to get w9 forms from you.