Form W-8BEN - Document Skill - ABBYY Documentation

The Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals) skill extracts data from Forms W-8BEN. This form is provided to the withholding agent or payer by foreign persons who receive certain types of income in the United States. Foreign persons must provide a Form W-8BEN to the withholding agent or payer if they are the beneficial owner of an income subject to tax withholding. The W-8BEN, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals) skill is a preview skill. It has been trained on a limited set of documents and is designed to help you quickly get started with processing Forms W-8BEN. For production use, you may need to uptrain the skill with your own document samples. This skill recognizes handwritten text. The option is enabled by default. If you do not import handwritten forms, disable the Handwritten option in the skill settings.

Countries and Languages

Countries	Languages
USA	English

Extracted Fields

Asterisk (*) indicates a required field or field group. Values cannot be empty.

Form Information

Field	Description
Form	Fixed string W-8BEN, if applicable.

Individual Information

Field	Description
Name*	The name of the individual.
Citizenship	The country of citizenship.
Date of Birth	The individual’s date of birth.

Address Information

Permanent Residence Address

Field	Description
Address	The permanent residence address of the individual.
City and State or Province	The permanent residence address of the individual.
Country	The permanent residence address of the individual.

Mailing Address

Field	Description
Address	The address to which correspondence should be sent.
City and State or Province	The address to which correspondence should be sent.
Country	The address to which correspondence should be sent.

Tax Identification

Field	Description
SSN or ITIN	The individual’s Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).
Foreign Tax ID	The foreign Tax Identifying Number (Foreign TIN).
FTIN Not Legally Required	Specifies that FTIN is not legally required.
Reference Number	Any useful referencing information.

Tax Treaty Information

Field	Description
Resident of	The country where the beneficial owner is resident for income tax treaty purposes.

Special Rates and Conditions

Field	Description
Article and Paragraph	Special rates and conditions for individuals who are claiming treaty benefits.
Rate	Special rates and conditions for individuals who are claiming treaty benefits.
Income	Special rates and conditions for individuals who are claiming treaty benefits.
Additional Conditions	Special rates and conditions for individuals who are claiming treaty benefits.

Certification

Field	Description
Capacity to Sign	Specifies that an authorized representative or agent have the capacity to sign for the person identified on the Name of Individual field.
Date	The date of signing.
Printed Name	The printed name of the individual.

Key Fields

Name
Date

Form W-4 - Document Skill

Form W-8BEN-E - Document Skill

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​Countries and Languages

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​Form Information

​Individual Information

​Address Information

​Permanent Residence Address

​Mailing Address

​Tax Identification

​Tax Treaty Information

​Special Rates and Conditions

​Certification

​Key Fields

Countries and Languages

Extracted Fields

Form Information

Individual Information

Address Information

Permanent Residence Address

Mailing Address

Tax Identification

Tax Treaty Information

Special Rates and Conditions

Certification

Key Fields