By Roger Chartier

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W8 Form

Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding

Print a free IRS W-8 form

Here, we find a partial overview of the form requirements and instructions for the user and for the requester.

1. Download the Form W-8BEN


2. Download Instructions for the W-8BEN


3. Download the Instructions for the Requester of the Form W-8BEN

Foreign persons are subject to the U.S. tax at a rate of 30% on income that they get for U.S. sources that consist of:

• Interest, including certain original issue discount (OID)
• Dividends
• Rents
• Royalties
• Premiums
• Annuities
• Compensation for or in expectation of services performed
• Substitute payments in a securities lending transaction
• Other fixed or determinable annual or periodic gains, profits or income.

If you are a single foreign person and you are not a resident alien, do not use Form W-9.

Use IRS form W-8 in the place where another would use the form W9.

Further information

If a person has changed their name due to marriage etc., that person should see the instructions on the download able form for what to do in that instance.

For a sole proprietor, enter the individual name just as was done on the name line of the income tax return.

A person may add their business, trade or DBA name on the "Business name/disregarded entity name" line.

Those who are a US citizen or a resident alien would use the Form W-9.