by Kirsty Pitkin | Jan 13, 2017 | BlogPost
Impacts of the 2017 Form W-8 BEN The beginning of 2017 has seen a burst of activity from the IRS. The new QI and FFI agreements are rightly gaining a lot of attention, as the industry adapts to the new challenges faced by the QDD regulations and 871(m). Thus far...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Oct 4, 2016 | BlogPost
Time is running out for the 2014 Form W-8BEN-E Back in April, the IRS issued a revised version of Form W-8BEN-E, which is used by non-US entities to report (among other things) their Identity and IRC Chapter 3 & 4 status to withholding agents. Regulations permit...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Sep 17, 2015 | BlogPost
BEN or IMY That is the Question While everyone is still running around worrying about FATCA and its children, CRS and AEoI, the US Chapter 3 tax regulations still need to be handled. Despite it being 14 years since these regulations came in, problems keep coming out...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Feb 26, 2014 | Podcasts
The Five Problems with Self-Certification In this week’s podcast, Ross McGill will be talking about Self-Certification and why so many W8-BENs are invalid and unfit for purpose. Part of the trouble is that the forms are confusing and written in tax-technical American,...