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Hi,
Almost the same situation for me. But I have to travel to the US for business meetings, about 6 times a year (20 days total). Since the meeting days are billable, these 20 days is considered US sourced income. They gave me "1042-S" for this portion of income. (income code: 16) in the form, but ...

Appreciate your reply.

I used to work in the US 10 years ago and therefore had a US tax ID.
I used the tax ID to file 1040NR 6 years ago due to a US contract.
I have not had US contract for 4 years.

1. Should I use the personal US tax ID or Canadian SIN in W8BEN?

2. From nelsona and JGCA's ...

My situation is very similar to leeind3.
Will be <100 days in US, permanent base in Canada, Canadian Corp, etc.
ie. 25% work done in US, 75% work done in Canada.

My potential client in US is asking for w8ben. Just need to understand the tax filing or actual overhead before I start the contract ...