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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 202104-1545-003 · 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
iw8bene (2021).pdf Instruction
W-8-BEN-E Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United Sta fw8bene (2021).pdf Form
2021-W-8BEN-E-Burden-2021-10-20 17-35-21.pdf 2021 Burden (W-8BEN-E) IC Document

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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 1.864(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-8-BEN-E	Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)	fw8bene (2021).pdf		Yes	No	Fillable Printable
Instruction			iw8bene (2021).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 %

	Requested	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	170,000	0	170,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	4,578,100	81,600	4,496,500
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2021 Burden (W-8BEN-E)	2021-W-8BEN-E-Burden-2021-10-20 17-35-21.pdf	10/20/2021

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