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The Form W-8BEN-E, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities) skill extracts data from Forms W-8BEN-E. These forms are completed by foreign entities to document their status and provided to the withholding agent. The W-8BEN-E, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities) 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-E. 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.

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Countries and Languages

CountriesLanguages
USAEnglish
French
German
German (New Spelling)

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Extracted Fields

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

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Basic Information

FieldDescription
FormFixed string W-8BEN-E, if applicable.
Box 1 - Name of Beneficial Owner*The name of the organization that is the beneficial owner.
Box 2 - Country of Incorporation or OrganizationThe country of the incorporation or organization.
Box 3 - Entity Receiving the PaymentsThe name of the disregarded entity receiving the payment.

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Chapter 3 Status

FieldDescription
Box 4 - Chapter 3 Status Entity TypeDetermines the classification of the legal entity based on U.S. tax principles.
Possible Entity Types:
  • Simple Trust
  • Central Bank of Issue
  • Grantor Trust
  • Tax-Exempt Organization
  • Private Foundation
  • Disregarded Entity
  • Corporation
  • Complex Trust
  • Estate
  • International Organization
  • Partnership
  • Foreign Government - Controlled Entity
  • Foreign Government - Integral Part
FieldDescription
Box 4 - Hybrid EntitySpecifies whether the entity specified in the Box 1 - Name of Beneficial Owner field is a hybrid entity claiming tax treaty benefits.
Possible values: Yes, No

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Chapter 4 Status (FATCA)

FieldDescription
Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA StatusSpecifies the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) status of the entity.
Possible FATCA Status Values:
  • Nonparticipating FFI
  • Participating FFI
  • Reporting Model 1 FFI
  • Reporting Model 2 FFI
  • Registered Deemed-Compliant FFI
  • Sponsored FFI
  • Certified Deemed-Compliant Nonregistering Local Bank
  • Certified Deemed-Compliant FFI with Only Low-Value Accounts
  • Certified Deemed-Compliant Sponsored Closely Held Investment Vehicle
  • Certified Deemed-Compliant Limited Life Debt Investment Entity
  • Certain Investment Entities That Do Not Maintain Financial Accounts
  • Owner-Documented FFI
  • Restricted Distributor
  • Nonreporting IGA FFI
  • Foreign Government or Government of US Possession or Foreign Central Bank of Issue
  • International Organization
  • Exempt Retirement Plans
  • Entity Wholly Owned By Exempt Beneficial Owners
  • Territory Financial Institution
  • Excepted Nonfinancial Group Entity
  • Excepted Nonfinancial Start-Up Company
  • Excepted Nonfinancial Entity In Liquidation or Bankruptcy
  • 501(c) Organization
  • Nonprofit Organization
  • Publicly Traded NFFE or NFFE Affiliate of Publicly Traded Corporation
  • Excepted Territory NFFE
  • Active NFFE
  • Passive NFFE
  • Excepted Inter-Affiliate FFI
  • Direct Reporting NFFE
  • Sponsored Direct Reporting NFFE
  • Account That Is Not A Financial Account

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Address Information

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Permanent Residence Address

FieldDescription
Box 6 - Permanent Residence AddressThe permanent residence address of the entity.
AddressStreet address
City and State or ProvinceCity and state/province
CountryCountry

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Mailing Address

FieldDescription
Box 7 - Mailing AddressThe address to which correspondence should be sent.
AddressStreet address
City and State or ProvinceCity and state/province
CountryCountry

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Tax Identification

FieldDescription
Box 8 - US Taxpayer Identification NumberThe U.S. taxpayer identification number.
Box 9a - GIINThe Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN) of the entity.
Box 9b - Foreign TINThe Foreign Tax Identification Number (Foreign TIN) of the entity.
Box 9c - FTIN Not Legally RequiredSpecifies that FTIN is not legally required.
Box 10 - Reference NumberAny useful referencing information.

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Disregarded Entity or Branch Information

FieldDescription
Box 11 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status of Disregarded Entity or BranchSpecifies the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) status of the disregarded entity with a GIIN or the branch that is an FFI located in a country other than the country identified in the Box 2 - Country of Incorporation or Organization field.
Possible Status Values:
  • Branch Treated As Nonparticipating FFI
  • Participating FFI
  • Reporting Model 1 FFI
  • Reporting Model 2 FFI
  • US Branch

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Address of Disregarded Entity or Branch

FieldDescription
Box 12 - Address of Disregarded Entity or BranchThe address of the disregarded entity or branch.
AddressStreet address
City and State or ProvinceCity and state/province
CountryCountry
FieldDescription
Box 13 - GIIN of Disregarded EntityThe Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN) of the disregarded entity or branch.

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Treaty Benefits

FieldDescription
Box 14aSpecifies that the entity specified in the Box 1 - Name of Beneficial Owner field is making a claim for reduced withholding under a treaty on certain payments of U.S. source income.
Box 14a - Resident ofThe country for which the beneficial owner is claiming treaty benefits.
Box 14bSpecifies that the entity derives the items of income for which treaty benefits are claimed and meets any applicable limitation on benefits provisions.

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Limitation on Benefits Types

FieldDescription
Box 14b - Limitation TypeSpecifies the types of limitation on benefits provisions that may be included in an applicable tax treaty.
Possible Limitation Types:
  • Government
  • Tax-Exempt Pension Trust or Pension Fund
  • Other Tax-Exempt Organization
  • Publicly Traded Corporation
  • Subsidiary of a Publicly Traded Corporation
  • Company That Meets the Ownership and Base Erosion Test
  • Company That Meets the Derivative Benefits Test
  • Company With an Item of Income That Meets Active Trade or Business Test
  • Favorable Discretionary Determination by the US Competent Authority Received
  • No LOB Article in Treaty
  • Other
FieldDescription
Box 14b - OtherSpecifies that the type of limitation on benefits is not listed above.
Box 14cSpecifies the type of limitation on benefits.

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Special Rates and Conditions

FieldDescription
Box 15 - Special Rates and ConditionsSpecifies that the beneficial owner is claiming treaty benefits.
Article and ParagraphTreaty article and paragraph
RateRate claimed
IncomeType of income
Additional ConditionsAny additional conditions

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Certification Boxes

The following fields are specific certifications relating to the status marked in Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status:
FieldDescription
Box 16 - Name of Sponsoring EntitySpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 17 - Investment EntitySpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 18 through Box 25cSpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.

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Box 26 - IGA FFI Information

FieldDescription
Box 26Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 26 - Name of JurisdictionJurisdiction name for IGA FFI
Box 26 - IGA ModelModel 1 IGA or Model 2 IGA
Box 26 - Category of FFICategory of Foreign Financial Institution
Box 26 - Name of Trustee or SponsorName of trustee or sponsor
Box 26 - US or Foreign TrusteeUS Trustee or Foreign Trustee

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Additional Certification Boxes

FieldDescription
Box 27 through Box 32Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 33Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 33 - DateDate for Box 33 certification
Box 34Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 34 - DateDate for Box 34 certification
Box 35Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 35 - DateDate for Box 35 certification
Box 36Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.

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Box 37 - Publicly Traded Entity Information

FieldDescription
Box 37aSpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 37a - Securities ExchangeSecurities exchange information
Box 37bSpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 37b - Name of EntityName of entity
Box 37b - Name of Securities MarketName of securities market

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Final Certification Boxes

FieldDescription
Box 38 through Box 41Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 42 - Name of Sponsoring EntitySpecific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.
Box 43Specific certifications relating to the status that is marked on the Box 5 - Chapter 4 Status FATCA Status field.

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Substantial US Owners and Signature

FieldDescription
Substantial US Owners of Passive NFFEThe name, address and TIN of each substantial U.S. owner of the NFFE.
Capacity to SignSpecifies that an authorized representative or agent have the capacity to sign for the person identified on the Name of Beneficial Owner field.
Printed NameThe printed name of the beneficial owner.
DateThe date of signing.

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Key Fields

  • Box1 - Name of Beneficial Owner
  • Date