In March 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the final version of Form W-8BEN-E Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting. This form allows certain non-U.S. retirement plans to claim exemption from the reporting and withholding requirement of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). However, the final version of the Form W-8BEN-E did not include instructions. On June 24, 2014, the IRS published the long-awaited instructions, which address many of the ambiguities inherent in completing the form. For additional information regarding the FATCA exemptions that may be claimed using Form W-8BEN-E, please click here.
IRS Releases Final Instruction for Form W-8BEN-E
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Andrew LiazosAndrew C. Liazos is the global chair of McDermott’s Benefits & Compensation Practice Group and has practiced at McDermott for over 25 years. Andrew focuses his practice on compensation and benefit matters, including related securities, M&A, IPO, private equity, international and litigation matters. Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to compensation committees to individual executives in employment and severance negotiations. Read Andrew Liazos' full bio.
Patrick RyanPatrick D. Ryan focuses his practice on employee benefits & executive compensation matters unique to business transactions as well as generalized qualified plan matters. Patrick also has experience with health and welfare benefits.Read Patrick D. Ryan's full bio.
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Todd SolomonTodd A. Solomon focuses his practice on designing, amending and administering pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership and 403(b) plans, as well as nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. He also counsels privately and publicly held corporations and tax-exempt entities regarding fiduciary issues under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), employee benefits issues involved in corporate transactions, executive compensation matters and the implementation of benefit programs for domestic partners of employees.Read Todd A. Solomon's full bio.
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