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W-8-BEN-E - Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)

IC 209680 under ICR 202007-1545-019 · OMB 1545-1621.

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form W-8-BEN-E W-8-BEN-E - Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities) Form
iw-8ben-e.pdf Instruction
W-8-BEN-E Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United Sta fw-8ben-e.pdf Form

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IC Title:	W-8-BEN-E - Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)	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 1.1446(f)-1 thru -7 26 CFR 1.864(c)(8)-1, -2

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	W-8-BEN-E	Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)	fw-8ben-e.pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Printable
Instruction			iw-8ben-e.pdf		Yes	No	Printable Only

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: 24.030âCustomer Account Data Engine Individual Master File; Treas/IRS IRS 42.017 International Enforcement Program Information File, Treas/IRS 42.021 Compliance Programs and Projects Files	FR Citation: 80 FR 54064

Number of Respondents: 170,000	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	170,000	70,000	100,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	4,496,500	1,851,500	2,645,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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