How long is a W-8BEN-E valid?

The wider picture

The key points from the guide this answer comes from:

1. Give US customers a US account number and routing number, and they can pay you by ACH or domestic wire, like any US supplier.
2. Sending SWIFT details instead means an international wire: another approval for their finance team, a higher fee, and intermediary deductions of 15 to 50 USD.
3. Send a completed Form W-8BEN-E with your first invoice. A foreign company with no US business usually doesn't need an EIN.
4. A W-8BEN-E is generally valid until the end of the third calendar year after you sign it, unless your circumstances change.

More questions on this

• Do I need an EIN to invoice US customers?
• Can a US customer pay my non-US bank account by ACH?
• Can US customers pay me in USDC?

The full guide

Give US customers a US account number and routing number and they can pay you the way they pay any domestic supplier. Send a completed Form W-8BEN-E with your first invoice so their finance team can record you as a foreign company.

Read How to get paid by US customers without a US entity, with its sources.

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules and providers' terms change; check the sources in the guide and take advice on your own situation.