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Announcement 98–51, page 7. The Service is requesting comments from the public on the following proposed new forms and instructions; Form W–8, Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding; Form W–8A, Foreign Persons’ Claim of Income Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States; Form W–8B, Certification for United States Tax Withholding for Foreign Governments and Other Foreign Organizations; and Form W–8C, Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Partnership, and Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding. Prior versions of the forms, without instructions, were issued in Announcement 98–15, 1998–10 I.R.B. 36.

Finding Lists begin on page 44. Announcement of the Consent Voluntary Suspension of Attorneys, Certified Public Accounts, Enrolled Agents, etc., begins on page 40. Announcement of the Expedited Suspension of Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents, and Enrolled Actuaries From Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service begins on page 41. Announcement of Declaratory Judgment Proceedings Under Section 7428 begins on page 39.

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