TD Waterhouse - Required Documentation

TD Waterhouse requires all new account applicants to provide appropriate documentation indicating the citizenship of the account holder to ensure that the appropriate tax-withholding rate can be applied. Review the documentation required to open an account below, along with a selection of downloadable forms for your convenience.

Identification Required to Open an Account

Canadian and other non-U.S. citizens must provide a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and a copy of one of the following pieces of identification:

Valid Passport
Drivers License
Birth Certificate (if under 21)
Government Issued Age of Majority card

If a SIN number is not provided, the documentation must be certified as true by TD Waterhouse or TD Canada Trust Branch personnel.

U.S. citizens must provide a signed Form W-9 and Waiver of Client Confidentiality to TD Waterhouse along with all other signed new account application documents.

Downloadable Forms for TD Waterhouse Clients

W-8BEN - Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Withholding Tax
Instructions for Form W-8BEN
W-8IMY - Certificate of Foreign Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through Entity, Or Certain U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding
Instructions for Form W-8IMY
W-9 - Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
Instructions for Form W-9
Waiver of Client Confidentiality
Limitation on Benefit Statement
IRS Tax Reporting Change - New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Regulatory Change for Tax Reporting on Registered Plan Accounts

Third Party Information

Third party information includes other persons with:

Trading Authority or Power of Attorney over the account
General Power of Attorney over the account
Guarantee on the account
Financial interest in the account

If you have any questions about these forms or the required documentation, please contact TD Waterhouse.