If you are not a U.S. resident, you must complete the W-8BEN form.

Complete your full name.

Provide your country of citizenship. If you have dual citizenship, use the country where you currently reside.

In the first address line, enter your street address, apartment or suite number, or rural route. On the next line, list the city or town, followed by the state or province, and the postal code. Next to this, indicate the country.

For the mailing address, enter the address where you physically receive mail (not your email). If your mailing address is the same as your residence address, leave this section blank. If needed, provide the city or town, state or province, postal code, and country for your mailing address.

If you have a U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), enter it. If not, leave this section blank.

This field is for your local taxpayer identification number, which is assigned by your country of residence. It is used for tax reporting in your home country and is not a U.S. number.

Examples of FTINs include:

Argentina: CUIT (Clave Única de Identificación Tributaria)

Brazil: CPF (Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas)

United Kingdom: UTR (Unique Taxpayer Reference)

Germany: Steuer-ID (Tax Identification Number)

If your country does not require an FTIN for foreign tax purposes or reporting, mark the checkbox in 6b.

When could this apply?

Some countries don’t issue FTINs for individuals not involved in domestic or international tax filings.

For example:

A citizen of a country with simplified tax rules might not have a taxpayer ID unless they are self-employed or file taxes regularly.

Certain countries may waive the requirement for an FTIN in cases where individuals are not earning taxable income locally.

If your country does not require you to have an FTIN, check the box in 6b and leave 6a blank. Otherwise, fill in 6a with your local tax ID.

Leave it blank.

Remember to fill your birth date using the american date form, this being, month/day/year.

If your country has income tax treaties, write the country name. If not, leave it blank.

To check if your country has income tax treaties, click here.

If your country has income tax treaties, click here, select your country, then select the most recent income tax treaty. This opens a pdf, in its guide search for royalties, in royalties search for artistic work or copyright royalties.

In the first section, add the name of the royalties articles, and its number.

In the second section, add the percentage of withholding stated in the income tax treaty.

In the third section, add artistic work or copyright royalties, depending on how it's called in the income tax treaty.

In the fourth section, if the treaty has any special conditions related to royalties of copyright or artistic work, write them.

Add your signature here, it has to be a handmade signature, as it would be in a paper or a contract. And mark the box to certificate that it's your sign.

Use this line to clarify your signature, write the name of the signer.

Write down the date in which the form was completed, remember using month/day/year.