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

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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
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

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

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

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: 24.030–Customer 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 %

	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

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

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