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IC Title:
W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, W-8ECI, Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income .........
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
URL
Available Electronically?
Can Be Submitted Electronically?
Electronic Capability
Form
W-8BEN
Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding
Form W-BEN.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Instruction
Form W-8BEN.instru.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Form
W-8ECI
Certificate of Foreign Person's Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States
Form W-8ECI.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Instruction
Form W-8ECI.Instru.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Form
W-8EXP
Certificste of Foreign Government or Other Foreign Organization for United States Tax Withholding
Form W-8EXP.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Instruction
Form W-8EXP.Instru.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Form
W-8IMY
Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding
Form W-8IMY.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
Instruction
Form W-8IMY.Instru.pdf
No
Fillable Fileable
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Line of Business:
General Government
Subfunction:
Taxation Management
Privacy Act System of Records
Title:
FR Citation:
Number of Respondents:
3,180,640
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
Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC
3,180,640
0
0
0
0
3,180,640
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)
43,280,135
0
0
0
0
43,280,135
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Title
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Date Uploaded
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Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.