To receive any kind of monetary award, your account must have a completed and valid tax form, an approved identity verification, and a selected payout method. Tax forms must be renewed every three years, and you should update yours if any information changes.
Important: To protect your account’s security, impact, and reputation, the tax form holder cannot be changed once submitted. The name on your tax form and your identity verification must match the original submission. You may not transfer ownership of your profile or send reward payments to a third party.
To complete your tax form:
Select click here on the banner.
In the Sign tax form window that pops open, select one value against each of the two questions:
Whether or not you’re a U.S. citizen or U.S. person.
Whether you are completing the tax form as an individual or as a corporation.
Click Save.
You'll be redirected to the Payments homepage where you can click the link in the banner to sign your tax forms.
If you make a mistake, you can start over. Go to Settings > Rewards and Payments > Preferences, click Abandon this form and start over, then press Save. You’ll receive a confirmation email once the form has been successfully abandoned.
Once you confirm that you’d like to sign the tax form, you’ll receive an email from our partner, HelloSign. Open the email, fill out all required fields, and digitally sign the form. We’ll then review your completed tax form alongside your identity verification (see Step 9) and payout information (see Step 10). You’ll know your tax form is approved when you see the green confirmation banner.
You can refer to these links for instructions on how to fill out your respective tax form.
For the Date of birth field, note the nonstandard custom format: MM-DD-YY. This field is validated, and if submitted backward, it will be rejected, and you will receive an email requesting a change.
If you have not already done so, set up your Payment preferences once you have completed your tax form.
Note: for American citizens living internationally, the instructions will not tell you how to fill out your W-9. If you are living internationally and are non-military, please use commas in the “city/state/zip” box to format your international address
as: “City, Postal Code, Country".
For those in the US military, please use the string “US Military Base”.
HackerOne aims to review and approve each newly submitted tax form within 48 business hours. However, certain scenarios may necessitate additional time for review. These scenarios include, but are not limited to, instances when identity details are incomplete or when identity details are discrepant from previously submitted tax forms. If this occurs, a member of HackerOne’s team may reach out to you to request additional details or request your tax form to be updated with more information.