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    Feb 22, 2011, 02:58 PM
    w-8BEN or w-8ECI??
    I export vegetables from mexico to the us, I will start selling to a chain of stores that ask me to fill up a w-8 form and I don't know which one I should fill.
    I make an invoice in mexico deliver the goods and receive a check that I bring back to mexico exchange it to pesos and buy again. The money does not stays in the us
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    Feb 22, 2011, 08:10 PM

    Are you present in US to do this business?
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    Feb 23, 2011, 10:52 AM
    No I have a warehouse in tijuana mexico, from there we ship to California almost every day, we close the business most of the times by phone , we deliver and after the term we pick up the checks and bring them to mexico and exchange the checks to pesos in mexican banks, thanks for your help.
    We don´t have a corporation in the us and no IRS number or similar
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    Feb 23, 2011, 10:52 AM
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    No I have a warehouse in tijuana mexico, from there we ship to California almost every day, we close the business most of the times by phone , we deliver and after the term we pick up the checks and bring them to mexico and exchange the checks to pesos in mexican banks, thanks for your help.
    We don´t have a corporation in the us and no IRS number or similar
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    Feb 23, 2011, 12:06 PM

    You will file Form W-8BEN.
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    Aug 4, 2015, 08:16 PM
    Thanks for the info. Does anyone know where I can find a blank "2014 IRS W-8ECI" to fill out?
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    Aug 5, 2015, 09:21 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by luelanford View Post
    Thanks for the info. Does anyone know where I can find a blank "2014 IRS W-8ECI" to fill out?
    Google it and you will get your answer!
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    Aug 5, 2015, 07:28 PM
    You can download the Form from Internal Revenue Service.
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    Aug 5, 2015, 08:13 PM
    Just in case anyone needs a blank W-8eci form, I found a fillable form here: http://pdf.ac/2p4SdG
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    Aug 6, 2015, 08:18 AM
    All PDF Forms from the IRS website are fillable.
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