How to Complete the W-8BEN Form?

Part I: Identification of Beneficial Owner Fill in the following fields:

  • Name of Individual or prganization that is the beneficial owner – Your full name.
  • Country of incorporation or organization – Your Country
  • Type of beneficial owner – tick “Individual”
  • Permanent residence address… – Your mailing address, with city/town, state, postal code, and country
  • SSN (Social Security Number) is not mandatory.
  • If you are using CJ (Commission Junction) for this form, you’d need to fill in line 8 with your CJ account number. Likewise it is the place to write your account number if you are on other networks.

Part II: Claim of Tax Treaty Benefits On line no.9 “I certify that (check all that apply):”, tick “a The beneficial owner is a resident of …” and fill in your country in the blank field.

Part III: Notional Principal Contracts Tick line no.11, “ have provided or will provide a statement that identifies those notional principal contracts from which the income is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. I agree to update this statement as required.”

Part IV: Certification Sign your signature at “Sign Here” and fill in the Date. Note that it is in the MM-DD-YY format, month comes first before date. Example: 06-29-06.

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