WITHHOLDING AGENT’S name, street address, city or town, state or 1 Date of transfer OMB No. 1545-0902 province, country, ZIP or foreign postal code, and phone no. (mm/dd/yyyy) Statement of / / Withholding on 2 Gain recognized by Form 8288-A foreign corporation Certain Dispositions $ (Rev. January 2023) by Foreign Persons WITHHOLDING AGENT’S U.S. TIN U.S. TIN of FOREIGN PERSON subject 3 Amount realized 4 Federal income tax to withholding (see instructions) withheld Copy A $ $ For Internal FOREIGN PERSON’S name subject to withholding 5 Withholding under 6 FOREIGN PERSON section: subject to withholding: Revenue a 1445 a Individual Service Center Foreign address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) b 1446(f)(1) b Corporation City or town, state or province, country (not U.S.), and ZIP or foreign postal code 7 Country code of FOREIGN c Partnership PERSON subject to withholding d Other (specify) For Privacy Act and Paperwork Mailing address of FOREIGN PERSON subject to withholding (if different) 8 Description of property transferred Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 8288. Form 8288-A (Rev. 1-2023) Cat. No. 62261L Attach Copies A and B to Form 8288 Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service |
WITHHOLDING AGENT’S name, street address, city or town, state or 1 Date of transfer OMB No. 1545-0902 province, country, ZIP or foreign postal code, and phone no. (mm/dd/yyyy) Statement of / / Withholding on 2 Gain recognized by Form 8288-A foreign corporation Certain Dispositions $ (Rev. January 2023) by Foreign Persons WITHHOLDING AGENT’S U.S. TIN U.S. TIN of FOREIGN PERSON subject 3 Amount realized 4 Federal income tax to withholding (see instructions) withheld Copy B $ $ Send to FOREIGN PERSON’S name subject to withholding 5 Withholding under 6 FOREIGN PERSON section: subject to withholding: Internal Revenue a 1445 a Individual Service Center Foreign address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) b 1446(f)(1) b Corporation (For Use by Foreign City or town, state or province, country (not U.S.), and ZIP or foreign postal code to Withholding) 7 Country code of FOREIGN c Partnership Person Subject PERSON subject to withholding d Other (specify) This information Mailing address of FOREIGN PERSON subject to withholding (if different) 8 Description of property transferred is being furnished to the Internal Revenue Service. Form 8288-A (Rev. 1-2023) Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service |
Instructions for the Foreign Person Subject If box 5a is checked and the amount shown in box 4 is greater than your maximum tax liability, you may apply for an early refund. to Withholding However, you must still file your tax return when due. To apply for an Generally, if you are a foreign person that disposes of real property early refund, you must first apply for and receive a withholding located in the United States as seller or transferor, the buyer or other certificate from the IRS. After you have received your withholding transferee must withhold 15% of the amount realized under section certificate, you may apply for an early refund by sending a statement 1445. Certain foreign interest holders that are beneficiaries or that must include the following information in separate paragraphs shareholders are subject to federal income tax withholding at a rate of numbered as shown below. 21%. If you are a foreign person that transfers an interest in a 1. Your name, address, and U.S. taxpayer identification number (TIN); partnership that is engaged in a trade or business in the United The amount required to be withheld as stated in the withholding States, the buyer or transferee must withhold 10% of the amount 2. realized under section 1446(f)(1). certificate issued by the IRS; How to report. You must file a U.S. tax return (Form 1040-NR, 1041, 3. The amount withheld shown in box 4 (attach a copy of this Form 1065, or 1120-F) to report the sale or other disposition as effectively 8288-A); and connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United 4. The amount to be refunded. States. To receive credit for any federal income tax withheld shown in Where to apply. Send your application for a withholding certificate box 4, attach Form 8288-A to your tax return, unless you make a and/or application for early refund to: request for early refund. Foreign partnerships should report the credit for withholding on Form 8804 and attach Form 8288-A. See Pub. 515 Ogden Service Center and Pub. 519 for more information. P.O. Box 409101 Ogden, UT 84409 Applying for an early refund. See Pub. 515 and Form 8288-B for information about withholding Caution: The early refund procedures discussed next are not certificates. available for withholding under section 1446(f)(1) or 1446(f)(4). |
WITHHOLDING AGENT’S name, street address, city or town, state or 1 Date of transfer OMB No. 1545-0902 province, country, ZIP or foreign postal code, and phone no. (mm/dd/yyyy) Statement of / / Withholding on 2 Gain recognized by Form 8288-A foreign corporation Certain Dispositions $ (Rev. January 2023) by Foreign Persons WITHHOLDING AGENT’S U.S. TIN U.S. TIN of FOREIGN PERSON subject 3 Amount realized 4 Federal income tax to withholding (see instructions) withheld Copy C $ $ For Withholding FOREIGN PERSON’S name subject to withholding 5 Withholding under 6 FOREIGN PERSON section: subject to withholding: Agent Foreign address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) a 1445 a Individual b 1446(f)(1) b Corporation City or town, state or province, country (not U.S.), and ZIP or foreign postal code 7 Country code of FOREIGN c Partnership PERSON subject to withholding d Other (specify) For Privacy Act and Paperwork Mailing address of FOREIGN PERSON subject to withholding (if different) 8 Description of property transferred Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 8288. Form 8288-A (Rev. 1-2023) Keep for your records Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service |
Instructions for the Withholding Agent person does not have an address outside the United States, enter the country of residence of the foreign person in this section and provide a Prepare Form 8288-A for each foreign person subject to withholding complete mailing address. under section 1445 or 1446(f)(1). PTPs and their nominees should use Box 1. Enter the date of transfer. However, enter the date of distribution Forms 1042 and 1042-S to report the withholding. Attach Copies A and if you withheld under section 1445(e)(2), (e)(3), or (e)(6), or section B to Form 8288, U.S. Withholding Tax Return for Certain Dispositions by 1446(f)(1), or if you made the large trust election to withhold at the date Foreign Persons. Copy B will be stamped by the IRS and sent to the of distribution. foreign person subject to withholding if the form is complete, including the transferor’s taxpayer identification number (TIN). Retain Copy C for Box 2. Complete only if you are a foreign corporation required to your records. You do not have to give a copy of this form to the foreign withhold under section 1445(e)(2). person subject to withholding. Box 3. Enter the amount realized by the foreign person whose name U.S. taxpayer identification number (TIN). A U.S. TIN is a(n) social appears on this form. security number (SSN), employer identification number (EIN), or Box 4. Enter the federal income tax you withheld for the foreign person individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). For more information, whose name appears on this form. see Forms 8288-A Must Be Attached and Transferor’s taxpayer Box 5. Check the applicable box to indicate the section under which identification number (TIN) missing in the Instructions for Form 8288. withholding was made. Address. You must enter the foreign home address (for an individual) or Box 6. Check the applicable box to indicate whether the foreign person the foreign office address (for other than an individual) of the foreign subject to withholding is an individual, a corporation, a partnership, or person subject to withholding. You may enter a separate mailing other. If “Other,” specify whether the foreign person is a trust or estate. address in the space provided. If provided, the IRS will use the separate mailing address to forward Copy B to the foreign person subject to Box 7. Enter the applicable two-letter code from the list at www.irs.gov/ withholding. countrycodes for the foreign home address or foreign office address of Note: The home or office address of the foreign person subject to the foreign person subject to withholding. withholding must be an address outside the United States. If the foreign See the Instructions for Form 8288 for more information. |