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W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income .........

IC 18937 under ICR 200707-1545-009 · OMB 1545-1621.

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form W-8BEN W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income ......... Form
Form W-8BEN.instru.pdf Instruction
Form W-8ECI.Instru.pdf Instruction
Form W-8EXP.Instru.pdf Instruction
Form W-8IMY.Instru.pdf Instruction
W-8BEN Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for Un Form W-BEN.pdf Form
W-8ECI Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Form W-8ECI.pdf Form
W-8EXP Certificste of Foreign Government or Other Foreign Organ Form W-8EXP.pdf Form
W-8IMY Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Throug Form W-8IMY.pdf Form

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IC Title:	W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income .........	Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 1

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	Available Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	W-8BEN	Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-BEN.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Form W-8BEN.instru.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-8ECI	Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States	Form W-8ECI.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Form W-8ECI.Instru.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-8EXP	Certificste of Foreign Government or Other Foreign Organization for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-8EXP.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Form W-8EXP.Instru.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-8IMY	Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-8IMY.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Form W-8IMY.Instru.pdf	No	Fillable Fileable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 3,180,640	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

	Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	3,180,640	3,180,640
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	43,280,135	43,280,135
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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