# Form W-8BEN

> Form W-8BEN — The certificate a foreign individual gives a US payer, in place of a Form W-9, to establish foreign status. Entities use Form W-8BEN-E. Generally in effect until the last day of the third calendar year after the year it is signed.

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**What is form w-8ben?** In accounting, form W-8BEN means the certificate a foreign individual gives a US payer, in place of a Form W-9, to establish foreign status. Entities use Form W-8BEN-E. Generally in effect until the last day of the third calendar year after the year it is signed.

## Words this system refuses for it

- foreign W-9
- W-8 unqualified

- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** form-w-9, payer