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How to Fill Out Form W-8BEN for a Foreign Freelancer
Form W-8BEN lets a non-U.S. individual document foreign status to a payer and, where eligible, claim treaty benefits. For a freelancer, the first decisions are who owns the income, where the services were performed, and whether this is the right certificate. A U.S. client does not by itself make your work U.S.-source income.
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