Sections 1.6049-4(b)(5) and 1.6049-8 of the Income Tax Regulations, as revised by T.D. 9584, require the reporting of certain deposit interest paid to nonresident alien individuals on or after January 1, 2013. The purpose of this revenue procedure is to list, in Section 3, the countries with which the United States has in effect an income tax or other convention or bilateral agreement relating to the exchange of information within the meaning of section 6103(k)(4) pursuant to which the United States agrees to provide, as well as receive, information and under which the competent authority is the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, as described in §1.6049-8(a). As discussed in the preamble to the regulations, even when such an agreement exists, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not compelled to exchange information, including information collected pursuant to the regulations, if there is concern regarding the use of the information or other factors exist that would make exchange inappropriate. This revenue procedure also identifies in Section 4 the countries with which the Treasury Department and the IRS have determined that it is appropriate to have an automatic exchange relationship with respect to the information collected under the regulations. This revenue procedure will be updated as appropriate.
The regulations provide that in the case of reportable interest aggregating $10 or more paid to a nonresident alien individual (as defined in section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code), the payor shall make an information return on Form 1042-S for the calendar year in which the interest is paid. Reportable interest is interest described in section 871(i)(2)(A) that relates to a deposit maintained at an office within the United States, and that is paid to a nonresident alien individual who is a resident of a country identified, in an applicable revenue procedure (see §601.601(d)(2) of this chapter) as of December 31 prior to the calendar year in which the interest is paid, as a country with which the United States has in effect an income tax or other convention or bilateral agreement relating to the exchange of information within the meaning of section 6103(k)(4) pursuant to which United States agrees to provide, as well as receive, information and under which the competent authority is the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. This revenue procedure constitutes the revenue procedure referenced in §1.6049-8(a) and will be updated by subsequent revenue procedures as appropriate.
The following are countries with which the United States has in effect an income tax or other convention or bilateral agreement relating to the exchange of tax information within the meaning of section 6103(k)(4) pursuant to which the United States agrees to provide, as well as receive, information and under which the competent authority is the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate:
Antigua & Barbuda |
Aruba |
Australia |
Austria |
Azerbaijan |
Bangladesh |
Barbados |
Belgium |
Bermuda |
British Virgin Islands |
Bulgaria |
Canada |
China |
Costa Rica |
Cyprus |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
Dominica |
Dominican Republic |
Egypt |
Estonia |
Finland |
France |
Germany |
Gibraltar |
Greece |
Grenada |
Guernsey |
Guyana |
Honduras |
Hungary |
Iceland |
India |
Indonesia |
Ireland |
Isle of Man |
Israel |
Italy |
Jamaica |
Japan |
Jersey |
Kazakhstan |
Korea (South) |
Latvia |
Liechtenstein |
Lithuania |
Luxembourg |
Malta |
Marshall Islands |
Mexico |
Monaco |
Morocco |
Netherlands |
Netherlands island territories: Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten (Dutch part) |
New Zealand |
Norway |
Pakistan |
Panama |
Peru |
Philippines |
Poland |
Portugal |
Romania |
Russian Federation |
Slovak Rep. |
Slovenia |
South Africa |
Spain |
Sri Lanka |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Thailand |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Tunisia |
Turkey |
Ukraine |
United Kingdom |
Venezuela |
The following list identifies the countries with which the automatic exchange of the information collected under §§1.6049-4(b)(5) and 1.6049-8 has been determined by the Treasury Department and the IRS to be appropriate:
Canada |
This revenue procedure is effective for interest paid on or after January 1, 2013.
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