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for as long as i've used a computer it's been like this. it was embarrassing in the 90's, it's triply embarrassing in 2026. somehow the google backend can handle tax stuff for the entire world and yet, a little umlaut makes it uncomfortable? boo!

anyway, it's apparently W-8BEN-E season 💀

LOL i just ran into the same thing with our company name in this exact form: it has dots in it, which are not allowed? lol fuck that form