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Who should sign a W-8?
September 5, 2023
Q. Who is the proper person to sign for the Form W-8? Can the Program Manager sign? Is the form W-8 purely for information, or is this legally binding?
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(Answered by IOFM's third-party tax experts)
The signer must be an officer or director of the foreign entity OR a partner if it's a partnership, OR a trustee if it's a trust, OR an executor if it's an estate, OR any foreign equivalent of these various titles, OR an individual authorized, in writing, by the foreign entity to sign the W-8BEN-E…
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