W-8BEN-E: Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner For United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)
W-8BEN-E: Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner For United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)
W-8BEN-E: Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner For United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)
3 Name of disregarded entity receiving the payment (if applicable, see instructions)
4 Chapter 3 Status (entity type) (Must check one box only): Corporation Disregarded entity Partnership
Simple trust Grantor trust Complex trust Estate Government
Central Bank of Issue Tax-exempt organization Private foundation International organization
If you entered disregarded entity, partnership, simple trust, or grantor trust above, is the entity a hybrid making a treaty
claim? If "Yes" complete Part III. Yes No
5 Chapter 4 Status (FATCA status) (See instructions for details and complete the certification below for the entity's applicable status.)
Nonparticipating FFI (including an FFI related to a Reporting IGA Nonreporting IGA FFI. Complete Part XII.
FFI other than a deemed-compliant FFI, participating FFI, or Foreign government, government of a U.S. possession, or foreign
exempt beneficial owner). central bank of issue. Complete Part XIII.
Participating FFI. International organization. Complete Part XIV.
Reporting Model 1 FFI. Exempt retirement plans. Complete Part XV.
Reporting Model 2 FFI. Entity wholly owned by exempt beneficial owners. Complete Part XVI.
Registered deemed-compliant FFI (other than a reporting Model 1 Territory financial institution. Complete Part XVII.
FFI, sponsored FFI, or nonreporting IGA FFI covered in Part XII). Excepted nonfinancial group entity. Complete Part XVIII.
See instructions.
Excepted nonfinancial start-up company. Complete Part XIX.
Sponsored FFI. Complete Part IV. Excepted nonfinancial entity in liquidation or bankruptcy.
Certified deemed-compliant nonregistering local bank. Complete Complete Part XX.
Part V. 501(c) organization. Complete Part XXI.
Certified deemed-compliant FFI with only low-value accounts. Nonprofit organization. Complete Part XXII.
Complete Part VI. Publicly traded NFFE or NFFE affiliate of a publicly traded
Certified deemed-compliant sponsored, closely held investment corporation. Complete Part XXIII.
vehicle. Complete Part VII. Excepted territory NFFE. Complete Part XXIV.
Certified deemed-compliant limited life debt investment entity. Active NFFE. Complete Part XXV.
Complete Part VIII. Passive NFFE. Complete Part XXVI.
Certain investment entities that do not maintain financial accounts. Excepted inter-affiliate FFI. Complete Part XXVII.
Complete Part IX. Direct reporting NFFE.
Owner-documented FFI. Complete Part X. Sponsored direct reporting NFFE. Complete Part XXVIII.
Restricted distributor. Complete Part XI. Account that is not a financial account.
6 Permanent residence address (street, apt. or suite no., or rural route). Do not use a P.O. box or in-care-of address (other than a registered address).
City or town, state or province. Include postal code where appropriate. Country
City or town, state or province. Include postal code where appropriate. Country
Note: Please complete remainder of the form including signing the form in Part XXX.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 59689N Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. 7-2017)
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Part II Disregarded Entity or Branch Receiving Payment. (Complete only if a disregarded entity with a GIIN or a
branch of an FFI in a country other than the FFI's country of residence. See instructions.)
11 Chapter 4 Status (FATCA status) of disregarded entity or branch receiving payment
Branch treated as nonparticipating FFI. Reporting Model 1 FFI. U.S. Branch.
Participating FFI. Reporting Model 2 FFI.
12 Address of disregarded entity or branch (street, apt. or suite no., or rural route). Do not use a P.O. box or in-care-of address (other than a
registered address).
Country
Part III Claim of Tax Treaty Benefits (if applicable). (For chapter 3 purposes only.)
14 I certify that (check all that apply):
a The beneficial owner is a resident of within the meaning of the income tax
treaty between the United States and that country.
b The beneficial owner derives the item (or items) of income for which the treaty benefits are claimed, and, if applicable, meets the
requirements of the treaty provision dealing with limitation on benefits. The following are types of limitation on benefits provisions that may
be included in an applicable tax treaty (check only one; see instructions):
Government Company that meets the ownership and base erosion test
Tax exempt pension trust or pension fund Company that meets the derivative benefits test
Other tax exempt organization Company with an item of income that meets active trade or business test
Publicly traded corporation Favorable discretionary determination by the U.S. competent authority received
Subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation Other (specify Article and paragraph):
c The beneficial owner is claiming treaty benefits for U.S. source dividends received from a foreign corporation or interest from a U.S. trade
or business of a foreign corporation and meets qualified resident status (see instructions).
15 Special rates and conditions (if applicable—see instructions):
The beneficial owner is claiming the provisions of Article and paragraph
of the treaty identified on line 14a above to claim a % rate of withholding on (specify type of income):
Explain the additional conditions in the Article the beneficial owner meets to be eligible for the rate of withholding:
c Is currently bound by a distribution agreement that contains a prohibition on the sale of debt or securities to any specified U.S. person,
passive NFFE with one or more substantial U.S. owners, or nonparticipating FFI and, for all sales made prior to the time that such a
restriction was included in its distribution agreement, has reviewed all accounts related to such sales in accordance with the procedures
identified in Regulations section 1.1471-4(c) applicable to preexisting accounts and has redeemed or retired any, or caused the restricted
fund to transfer the securities to a distributor that is a participating FFI or reporting Model 1 FFI securities which were sold to specified U.S.
persons, passive NFFEs with one or more substantial U.S. owners, or nonparticipating FFIs.
Part XIII Foreign Government, Government of a U.S. Possession, or Foreign Central Bank of Issue
27 I certify that the entity identified in Part I is the beneficial owner of the payment, and is not engaged in commercial financial activities of a
type engaged in by an insurance company, custodial institution, or depository institution with respect to the payments, accounts, or
obligations for which this form is submitted (except as permitted in Regulations section 1.1471-6(h)(2)).
Part XIV International Organization
Check box 28a or 28b, whichever applies.
28a I certify that the entity identified in Part I is an international organization described in section 7701(a)(18).
b I certify that the entity identified in Part I:
• Is comprised primarily of foreign governments;
• Is recognized as an intergovernmental or supranational organization under a foreign law similar to the International Organizations Immunities
Act or that has in effect a headquarters agreement with a foreign government;
• The benefit of the entity's income does not inure to any private person; and
• Is the beneficial owner of the payment and is not engaged in commercial financial activities of a type engaged in by an insurance company,
custodial institution, or depository institution with respect to the payments, accounts, or obligations for which this form is submitted (except as
permitted in Regulations section 1.1471-6(h)(2)).
Part XV Exempt Retirement Plans
Check box 29a, b, c, d, e, or f, whichever applies.
29a I certify that the entity identified in Part I:
• Is established in a country with which the United States has an income tax treaty in force (see Part III if claiming treaty benefits);
• Is operated principally to administer or provide pension or retirement benefits; and
• Is entitled to treaty benefits on income that the fund derives from U.S. sources (or would be entitled to benefits if it derived any such income)
as a resident of the other country which satisfies any applicable limitation on benefits requirement.
b I certify that the entity identified in Part I:
• Is organized for the provision of retirement, disability, or death benefits (or any combination thereof) to beneficiaries that are former
employees of one or more employers in consideration for services rendered;
• No single beneficiary has a right to more than 5% of the FFI's assets;
• Is subject to government regulation and provides annual information reporting about its beneficiaries to the relevant tax authorities in the
country in which the fund is established or operated; and
(i) Is generally exempt from tax on investment income under the laws of the country in which it is established or operates due to its status
as a retirement or pension plan;
(ii) Receives at least 50% of its total contributions from sponsoring employers (disregarding transfers of assets from other plans described
in this part, retirement and pension accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA, other retirement funds described in
an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA, or accounts described in Regulations section 1.1471-5(b)(2)(i)(A));
(iii) Either does not permit or penalizes distributions or withdrawals made before the occurrence of specified events related to retirement,
disability, or death (except rollover distributions to accounts described in Regulations section 1.1471-5(b)(2)(i)(A) (referring to retirement
and pension accounts), to retirement and pension accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA, or to other retirement
funds described in this part or in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA); or
(iv) Limits contributions by employees to the fund by reference to earned income of the employee or may not exceed $50,000 annually.
c I certify that the entity identified in Part I:
• Is organized for the provision of retirement, disability, or death benefits (or any combination thereof) to beneficiaries that are former
employees of one or more employers in consideration for services rendered;
• Has fewer than 50 participants;
• Is sponsored by one or more employers each of which is not an investment entity or passive NFFE;
• Employee and employer contributions to the fund (disregarding transfers of assets from other plans described in this part, retirement and
pension accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA, or accounts described in Regulations section 1.1471-5(b)(2)(i)(A)) are
limited by reference to earned income and compensation of the employee, respectively;
• Participants that are not residents of the country in which the fund is established or operated are not entitled to more than 20% of the fund's assets; and
• Is subject to government regulation and provides annual information reporting about its beneficiaries to the relevant tax authorities in the
country in which the fund is established or operates.
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Part XV Exempt Retirement Plans (continued)
d I certify that the entity identified in Part I is formed pursuant to a pension plan that would meet the requirements of section 401(a), other
than the requirement that the plan be funded by a trust created or organized in the United States.
e I certify that the entity identified in Part I is established exclusively to earn income for the benefit of one or more retirement funds
described in this part or in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA, or accounts described in Regulations section 1.1471-5(b)(2)(i)(A) (referring to
retirement and pension accounts), or retirement and pension accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA.
f I certify that the entity identified in Part I:
• Is established and sponsored by a foreign government, international organization, central bank of issue, or government of a U.S. possession
(each as defined in Regulations section 1.1471-6) or an exempt beneficial owner described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA to provide
retirement, disability, or death benefits to beneficiaries or participants that are current or former employees of the sponsor (or persons
designated by such employees); or
• Is established and sponsored by a foreign government, international organization, central bank of issue, or government of a U.S. possession
(each as defined in Regulations section 1.1471-6) or an exempt beneficial owner described in an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 IGA to provide
retirement, disability, or death benefits to beneficiaries or participants that are not current or former employees of such sponsor, but are in
consideration of personal services performed for the sponsor.
• Neither the applicable laws of the entity's country of residence nor the entity's formation documents permit any income or assets of the entity
to be distributed to, or applied for the benefit of, a private person or noncharitable entity other than pursuant to the conduct of the entity's
charitable activities or as payment of reasonable compensation for services rendered or payment representing the fair market value of property
which the entity has purchased; and
• The applicable laws of the entity's country of residence or the entity's formation documents require that, upon the entity's liquidation or
dissolution, all of its assets be distributed to an entity that is a foreign government, an integral part of a foreign government, a controlled entity
of a foreign government, or another organization that is described in this part or escheats to the government of the entity's country of
residence or any political subdivision thereof.
Part XXIII Publicly Traded NFFE or NFFE Affiliate of a Publicly Traded Corporation
Check box 37a or 37b, whichever applies.
37a I certify that:
• The entity identified in Part I is a foreign corporation that is not a financial institution; and
• The stock of such corporation is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, including
(name one securities exchange upon which the stock is regularly traded).
b I certify that:
• The entity identified in Part I is a foreign corporation that is not a financial institution;
• The entity identified in Part I is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as an entity the stock of which is regularly traded on an
established securities market;
• The name of the entity, the stock of which is regularly traded on an established securities market, is ; and
• The name of the securities market on which the stock is regularly traded is .
Part XXIV Excepted Territory NFFE
38 I certify that:
• The entity identified in Part I is an entity that is organized in a possession of the United States;
• The entity identified in Part I:
(i) Does not accept deposits in the ordinary course of a banking or similar business;
(ii) Does not hold, as a substantial portion of its business, financial assets for the account of others; or
(iii) Is not an insurance company (or the holding company of an insurance company) that issues or is obligated to make payments with
respect to a financial account; and
• All of the owners of the entity identified in Part I are bona fide residents of the possession in which the NFFE is organized or incorporated.
Part XXV Active NFFE
39 I certify that:
• The entity identified in Part I is a foreign entity that is not a financial institution;
• Less than 50% of such entity's gross income for the preceding calendar year is passive income; and
• Less than 50% of the assets held by such entity are assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income (calculated as a
weighted average of the percentage of passive assets measured quarterly) (see instructions for the definition of passive income).
Part XXVI Passive NFFE
40a I certify that the entity identified in Part I is a foreign entity that is not a financial institution (other than an investment entity organized in a
possession of the United States) and is not certifying its status as a publicly traded NFFE (or affiliate), excepted territory NFFE, active
NFFE, direct reporting NFFE, or sponsored direct reporting NFFE.
Sign Here
Signature of individual authorized to sign for beneficial owner Print Name Date (MM-DD-YYYY)
I certify that I have the capacity to sign for the entity identified on line 1 of this form.