Internal Revenue Service · Rev. October 2021
Form W-8BEN
Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals)
Confirm to a US payer that you are not a US person, and claim a tax treaty rate where one applies.
- Free to fill in and free to download. No account, no checkout
- The IRS's own file, unchanged (Rev. October 2021)
- Opens in the editor with its 23 fields ready to type in
- Filled in your browser; nothing is uploaded
Who fills it in
A person who is not a US citizen or resident fills it in for a US business, platform or financial institution that pays them. It goes to whoever asked for it, not to the IRS.
About the file
- Agency
- Internal Revenue Service
- Revision
- Rev. October 2021
- Pages
- One page. The IRS publishes its instructions separately.
- Size
- 1 page, 66 KB, 23 fillable fields
- Checked
- Compared with the agency's copy on October 3, 2026
Where it comes from
Copied unchanged from the IRS's website. For the latest version, the instructions and where to send it, see the agency's own page.
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