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

W-8 BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8EIC, W-8EXP, W-8IMY, W-8 MOU Program

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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
Instructions Form W-8 BEN currently approved.pdf Instruction
W-8BEN Draft Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner Form W-8BEN.pdf Form
W-8BEN Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for Un Form W-8 currently approved.pdf Form
Form W-8BEN-brdn(NEW)_busi.pdf 2013 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	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	W-8BEN	Draft Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-8BEN.pdf	Yes	No	Fillable Fileable
Form	W-8BEN	Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	Form W-8 currently approved.pdf	Yes	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Instructions Form W-8 BEN currently approved.pdf	Yes	No	Printable Only

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title:	FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 2,900,000	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	Program Change Due to New Statute	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	2,900,000	-100,000	3,000,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	20,822,000	-20,548,000	41,370,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2013 Burden estimate	Form W-8BEN-brdn(NEW)_busi.pdf	01/30/2014

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