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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am the administrator of a probate case where the decedent named his brothers, who are all Irish citizens, as beneficiaries on his Fidelity brokerage and IRA accounts.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The beneficiaries would like to prevent Fidelity from automatically withholding 30% of the money for taxes. Is there anyone who is familiar with the US Ireland Tax Treaty and the W8-BEN form (specifically, line 10) that would be willing
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Teresa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Teresa Koza</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Attorney at Law</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Koza Law, PLLC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">1408 140th Place NE, Suite 205-D</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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