> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pvium.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tax forms > How Pvium collects, tracks, and reviews payee tax forms Pvium collects tax forms directly from payees and gives your team one place to review them — the **Tax Forms** page in the dashboard, scoped by payer business profile and organization. Payees complete and e-sign their own forms, so your team never handles blank documents or chases attachments. Your job is reduced to the part that actually needs judgment: reviewing what was submitted and accepting or declining it. ## Supported forms | Form | Who submits it | | ------------ | --------------------------- | | **W-9** | U.S. persons and businesses | | **W-8BEN** | Non-U.S. individuals | | **W-8BEN-E** | Non-U.S. entities | ## Two status tracks Every tax form carries two independent statuses, so "the payee finished the form" and "our team is satisfied with it" are never conflated. ### Collection status The collection status tracks the payee's progress through e-signing: | Status | Meaning | | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | **Requested** | The form has been requested from the payee | | **In progress** | The payee has started but not finished | | **Signed** | The payee has signed the form | | **Completed** | The form is finished and the document is available | | **Expired** | The form is no longer valid and needs to be re-collected | | **Rejected** | The form was not accepted | ### Review status The review status tracks your team's decision: **pending**, **accepted**, or **declined**. * A form can only be accepted or declined once the payee has signed or completed it — you always review a finished document, never a draft. * Declining requires a written reason, which is stored on the form record along with when the review happened. * Once your team accepts or declines a form, that decision becomes the form's effective status. ## What each form record keeps Every tax form record ties the document to the payee and the payer: * The payee, identified by Pvium handle, email, name, or wallet address * The payer business profile and organization the form belongs to * Form type, collection status, and review status * When the form was signed and when it expires * The signed PDF, downloadable at any time * The decline reason and review date, if your team declined it Because expiration is tracked per form, an out-of-date W-8 or W-9 surfaces as **expired** instead of silently staying on file. ## Reviewing forms in the dashboard The Tax Forms page shows all forms across your business profiles, filterable by business profile, organization, payee search, form type, collection status, and review status. For each form your team can: 1. **View the PDF** — download and read exactly what the payee signed. 2. **Accept** — mark the form as reviewed and valid. 3. **Decline** — reject the form with a required reason, which is kept on the record. ## How tax forms fit the payout flow Tax forms are part of the compliance record that travels with your payouts: * In the quick payout flow, choosing **Verified payees only** requires recipients to provide the legal information needed to stay compliant before they can be paid. * Reviewed forms, decline reasons, and review dates become part of the exportable audit record, so reviewers can later confirm documentation was collected and reviewed before money moved. ## Related guides When to collect W-9, W-8BEN, and W-8BEN-E records, and what finance teams need later. Verify recipient identity and account information before payout. How compliance checkpoints run across the payout lifecycle. Export payout records for reconciliation and audit review.