U.S.A.: FATCA: IRS publishes updated instructions for the requester of Forms W-8BEN, W-8BENE, W-8ECI, W8-EXP and W-8IMY

10.10.2014

On 7 October 2014, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published updated instructions for the requester of  Forms W-8BEN, W-8BENE, W-8ECI, W8-EXP and W-8IMY on their website.

The update to the instructions can be viewed on the IRS website along with the original instructions.

We continue to monitor the implementation of FATCA and will provide more information as it becomes available.

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