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

IC 18937 under ICR 202104-1545-003 · OMB 1545-1621.

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2023-09-20 - Revision of a currently approved collection

Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form W-8BEN W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding	Form
iw8ben (2021).pdf	Instruction
W-8BEN Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for Un fw8ben (2021).pdf	Form
2021-W-8BEN-Burden-2021-09-24 12-27-21.pdf W-8BEN (Burden) (2021)	IC Document

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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 1.864(c)(8)-1 26 CFR 1.864(c)(8)-2 26 CFR 1.1446(f)-1 thru -7

Information Collection Instruments:

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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	fw8ben (2021).pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			iw8ben (2021).pdf		Yes	No	Printable Only

Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module

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: 2,970,000

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector

Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 0 %

table that charts list of burden
	Requested	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	2,970,000	0	2,970,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	22,037,400	712,800	21,324,600
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

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Title	Document	Date Uploaded
W-8BEN (Burden) (2021)	2021-W-8BEN-Burden-2021-09-24 12-27-21.pdf	10/20/2021

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