W-8BEN-E Guide - Deceased Estates

The W8-BEN-E form is valid for Estates only, who are not US persons

PART I – Identification of Beneficial Owner

• X Box 1: Super Fund or Trust name in full. Client’s should not populate “A/C” as this will be automatically rejected - Mandatory

• X Box 2: Country of incorporation of entity in full, no abbreviations - Mandatory

• Box 3: Name of Disregarded entity – Please leave this section blank unless advised otherwise

• X Box 4: Please tick the ‘ESTATE’ box unless advised otherwise - Mandatory

• X Box 5: Please tick the ‘PASSIVE NFFE’ box unless advised otherwise - Mandatory

• X Box 6: Permanent Residence Address including country code (Has to match clients street address and must not have a C/- or PO BOX address noted) – Mandatory

• Box 7: Mailing Address including country code if different from Box 6 - Optional

• Box 8: Not applicable to a non-US person. Please leave this section blank

• Box 9a: Not applicable to a non-US person. Please leave this section blank

• Box 9b: Clients Australian TFN number – Optional. If section 9b is not completed, the client is required to complete the tick box in section 9c – Mandatory 

• Box 10: Clients FinClear account number - Optional

PART III - Claim of Tax Treaty Benefits

• X Section 14a: Please tick the box and input Country of residence – Mandatory

• X Section 14b: Please tick this box – Mandatory

• X Sub-section 14b: Please tick the relevant box – Mandatory

PART XXVI – Passive NFFE

• X Section 40a and b or c - Mandatory

PART XXX – Certification

• X Signature of beneficial owner – Mandatory

• X Printed name of signer – Mandatory

• X Date signed in US format MM/DD/YYYY – Mandatory

• X Please tick the ‘I certify that I have the capacity…’ box - Mandatory