The Internal Revenue Service has released the new 2014 Form W-8BEN-E (2-2014) that coincides with FATCA (Foreign Tax Compliance Act) and QI entity classification reporting requirements.
The newest version of Form W-8BEN-E must be used by entities that are beneficial owners of a payment, or of another entity that is the beneficial owner. The form has thirty parts, whereas the draft form only had twenty-seven. All filers will complete Parts I and XXIX.
Part I of the form requires general information, the QI status, and the FATCA classification of the filer. Question 4 of Part I requests the QI status. If the filer is a disregarded entity, partnership, simple trust, or grantor trust, then the filer must complete Part III if the entity is Read More
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