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The question is regarding the W8-BEN tax form and a VDHG portfolio.
Checking Computershare it doesn't look like I need to complete the form but I'd rather be safe than sorry and ask the pearler community if it's required. 
I believe that VDHG is domiciled in Australia so even though it has US companies in the ETF I don't need to submit one. is this correct?

W8-BEN & VDHG

Hello Fellow Pearlers,

Under Transactions -> Reports -> "US broker statements and documents" section, the W8-BEN Tax Form 1 has been automatically created by the US brokerage partner, DriveWealth. What do I need to do with this form? Does it need to be sent to the US IRS to reduce the withholding tax or the ATO?

Thanks for your support here.

W8-BEN Tax Form

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Hi, I’m fairly new to investing and this is a dumb question but what is the difference when investing in the AU shares vs US shares tab? 
Is it that the AU shares are funds held by brokers in Aus and the US one is US brokers? Is there a better option for an Aus investor? What are the tax implications of investing in US EFTs over Aus ones? 
Thanks, Molly

AU vs US shares

I currently hold shares in various Australian ETFs including VDHG, NDQ, ETHI, etc. My question is whether I should also be investing in US ETFs such as VOO. If these ETFs are made up of mostly the same/similar companies, are there any other benefits in choosing to go with US and AUS ETFs? Thanks!

Aus v US shares - smart to invest in both?

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IVV.AX was created on 2000-05-15 by iShares. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on large cap equity. The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of an index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the performance of large capitalisation US equities.

The iShares S&P 500 ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large-capitalisation U.S. equities.

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VDHG.AX was created on 2017-11-20 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on target outcome asset allocation. Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF seeks to track the weighted average return of the various indices of the underlying funds in which it invests, in proportion to the Strategic Asset Allocation, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF seeks to track the weighted average return of the various indices of the underlying funds in which it invests, in proportion to the Strategic Asset Allocation, before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS) seeks to track the performance of the ASX 300 index before account fees, expenses, and taxes. The index tracks the top 300 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). These are mostly large and established Australian companies. It is a popular choice among passive individual investors who don't have the time or the expertise to actively invest in stocks.

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Bloom Energy Corporation is a provider of commercially viable solid oxide fuel- cell based power generation platform that provides power to businesses, essential services, critical infrastructure and communities. The Company's technology primarily produces electricity and hydrogen. The Company's fuel-flexible Bloom Energy Server uses biogas, hydrogen, natural gas, or a blend of fuels, to create sustainable power. In addition, the solid oxide platform powers its fuel cells, which is used for creating hydrogen. The Company's Bloom Electrolyzer is designed to produce hydrogen solutions and is ideal for applications across gas, utilities, nuclear, concentrated solar, ammonia and heavy industries. Its Bloom Electrolyzer is designed to require less energy to break up water molecules and produce hydrogen. The Company has also adapted its energy servers to advance the decarbonization of the marine industry through the design and development of fuel cell-powered ships.

Bloom Energy, Corp.

Shopify Inc. (Shopify) provides a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. The Company offers subscription solutions and merchant solutions. The Company's software is used by merchants to run their business across all of their sales channels, including Web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, social media storefronts and marketplaces. The Shopify platform provides merchants with a single view of their business and customers across all of their sales channels and enables them to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, ship orders, build customer relationships and leverage analytics and reporting all from one integrated back office. The Shopify platform includes a mobile-optimized checkout system, which is designed to enable merchants' consumers to buy products over mobile Websites.

Shopify Inc.

Snowflake Inc. is a Data Cloud company. The Company’s platform is the technology that powers the Data Cloud, enabling customers to consolidate data into a single source of truth to drive meaningful business insights, build data applications, and share data and data products. Its platform unifies data and supports a variety of workloads, including data warehousing, data lakes, and Unistore, as well as collaboration, data engineering, cybersecurity, data science and machine learning, and application development. The Company has developed technology across its platform, including managed service, storage, query capabilities, compute model, data sharing, global infrastructure, and integrated security. The Company also provides frictionless and governed data access so users can securely share data inside and outside of their organizations, generally without copying or moving the underlying data. 

Snowflake Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation accelerates computing to help solve the computational problems. The Company has two segments. The Compute & Networking segment includes its data center accelerated computing platform; networking; automotive artificial intelligence (AI) cockpit, autonomous driving development agreements and autonomous vehicle solutions; electric vehicle computing platforms; Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms; NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software; and cryptocurrency mining processors (CMP). The Graphics segment includes GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computers (PCs), the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU (vGPU), software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and omniverse enterprise software for building and operating metaverse and three-dimensional Internet applications.

NVIDIA Corporation

Plug Power Inc. is a provider of hydrogen fuel cell turnkey solutions. The Company provide electrolyzers that allow customers, such as refineries, producers of chemicals, steel, fertilizer and commercial refueling stations, to generate hydrogen on-site. It focuses on industrial mobility applications, including electric forklifts and electric industrial vehicles, at multi-shift high volume manufacturing and high throughput distribution sites and environmental benefits; stationary power systems that supports critical operations, such as data centers, microgrids and generation facilities, in either a backup power or continuous power role and replace batteries, diesel generators or the grid for telecommunication logistics, transportation, and utility customers; and production of hydrogen. Its products include GenDrive, GenFuel, GenCare, GenSure, GenKey, ProGen, Electrolyzers, Liquefaction Systems and Cryogenic Equipment. It serves the North American and European material handling markets.

Plug Power Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc. builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. The Company's products enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality (VR) headsets, and wearables. The Company operates through two segments: Family of Apps (FoA) and Reality Labs (RL). FoA segment includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and other services. RL segment includes augmented and VR-related consumer hardware, software, and content. Facebook enables people to connect, share, discover and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers. Instagram is a place where people can express themselves through photos, videos, and private messaging, and connect with and shop from their favorite businesses. Its RL products include Meta Quest virtual reality devices, as well as software and content available through the Meta Quest Store, which enable a range of social experiences.

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