W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding

Form 4461, Application for Approval of Master or Prototype Defined Contribution Plan; Form 4461-A, Application for Approval of Master or Prototype Defined Benefit Plan; Form 4461-B,

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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 Form
Form W-8BEN.instru.pdf Instruction
W-8BEN Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for Un Form W-BEN.pdf Form
Form W-8BEN.brdn_busi.pdf 2010 Burden estimate IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	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	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	W-8BEN	Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-BEN.pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Form W-8BEN.instru.pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Printable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 3,000,000	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	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	3,000,000	-180,640	3,180,640
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	41,370,000	-1,910,135	43,280,135
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2010 Burden estimate	Form W-8BEN.brdn_busi.pdf	09/23/2010

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.