Enclosure 6 - W-8 Form (Foreign).pdf

This is IRS Form W-8 Certificate of Foreign Status, used by foreign persons (nonresident alien individuals, foreign corporations, partnerships, estates, or trusts) to certify their foreign status to payers, mortgage interest recipients, brokers or barter exchanges. The form is required to establish that the foreign person is not subject to certain U.S. information return reporting or backup withholding rules.

The form contains sections for the beneficial owner's identification information, permanent address, mailing address, and account details. It includes certification options for interest payments and broker/barter exchange transactions. The instructions detail who must file, when to file, and specific requirements for different types of foreign persons and payments. This particular version is dated February 1991 and is being included as Enclosure 6 in a Request for Proposal (RFP 457675) from Brookhaven National Laboratory for an X-ray Microscope Instrument procurement.