Form W-8BEN: Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for US Tax Withholding (Individuals)
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Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner, is the IRS form a non-US individual gives to a US payer or financial institution to certify they are not a US person and, where a tax treaty applies, to claim a reduced rate of withholding on US-source income. You give it to the withholding agent — not to the IRS. With JustFill you upload the blank IRS W-8BEN PDF, the AI maps each field, and you complete and download it free.
Form W-8BEN establishes that the beneficial owner of US-source income (interest, dividends, royalties, certain service payments) is a foreign individual, so the payer applies the correct withholding — often reduced under an income-tax treaty between the US and your country of residence. It is the foreign-person counterpart to Form W-9. You hand it to the bank, broker, or payer that requested it; it is not filed with the IRS. JustFill lets you complete the W-8BEN online so your name, country, and treaty claim are clear.
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Your name, country of citizenship, permanent residence address, and foreign tax identifying number (or US SSN/ITIN if you have one).
The treaty country and the article/rate you claim for reduced withholding, if applicable.
You sign under penalties of perjury that you are the beneficial owner and a foreign person.
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