Treasury released new Model agreements on June 6, 2014. Using document compare on the Reciprocal Model 1, Model 2 with TIEA / DTC and the Annex 1 to Model 1, the modifications to the June 6, 2014 versions are minor.
The material addition is the new Section VI(G), VI(H). The most significant deletion is the elimination of the reference to the development by the OECD of a Common Reporting Standard ("CRS") (which has now occurred).
G. Alternative Procedures for New Accounts Opened Prior to Entry Into Force of this Agreement.
1. Applicability. If [FATCA Partner] has provided a written notice to the United States prior to entry into force of this Agreement that, as of July 1, 2014, [FATCA Partner] lacked the legal authority to require Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions either: (i) to require Account Holders of New Individual Accounts to provide the self-certification specified in section III of this Annex I, or (ii) to perform all the due diligence procedures related to New Entity Accounts specified in section V of this Annex I, then Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions may apply the alternative procedures described in subparagraph G(2) of this section, as applicable, to such New Accounts, in lieu of the procedures otherwise required under this Annex I. The alternative procedures described in subparagraph G(2) of this section shall be available only for those New Individual Accounts or New Entity Accounts, as applicable, opened prior to the earlier of: (i) the date [FATCA Partner] has the ability to compel Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions to comply with the due diligence procedures described in section III or section V of this Annex I, as applicable, which date [FATCA Partner] shall inform the United States of in writing by the date of entry into force of this Agreement, or (ii) the date of entry into force of this Agreement. If the alternative procedures for New Entity Accounts opened on or after July 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2015, described in paragraph H of this section are applied with respect to all New Entity Accounts or a clearly identified group of such accounts, the alternative procedures described in this paragraph G may not be applied with respect to such New Entity Accounts. For all other New Accounts, Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions must apply the due diligence procedures described in section III or section V of this Annex I, as applicable, to determine if the account is a U.S. Reportable Account or an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution.
2. Alternative Procedures.
a) Within one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions must: (i) with respect to a New Individual Account described in subparagraph G(1) of this section, request the self-certification specified in section III of this Annex I and confirm the reasonableness of such self-certification consistent with the procedures described in section III of this Annex I, and (ii) with respect to a New Entity Account described in subparagraph G(1) of this section, perform the due diligence procedures specified in section V of this Annex I and request information as necessary to document the account, including any self-certification, required by section V of this Annex I.
b) [FATCA Partner] must report on any New Account that is identified pursuant to subparagraph G(2)(a) of this section as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, by the date that is the later of: (i) September 30 next following the date that the account is identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, or (ii) 90 days after the account is identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable. The information required to be reported with respect to such a New Account is any information that would have been reportable under this Agreement if the New Account had been identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, as of the date the account was opened.
c) By the date that is one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions must close any New Account described in subparagraph G(1) of this section for which it was unable to collect the required self-certification or other documentation pursuant to the procedures described in subparagraph G(2)(a) of this section. In addition, by the date that is one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions must: (i) with respect to such closed accounts that prior to such closure were New Individual Accounts (without regard to whether such accounts were High Value Accounts), perform the due diligence procedures specified in paragraph D of section II of this Annex I, or (ii) with respect to such closed accounts that prior to such closure were New Entity Accounts, perform the due diligence procedures specified in section IV of this Annex I.
d) [FATCA Partner] must report on any closed account that is identified pursuant to subparagraph G(2)(c) of this section as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, by the date that is the later of: (i) September 30 next following the date that the account is identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, or (ii) 90 days after the account is identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable. The information required to be reported for such a closed account is any information that would have been reportable under this Agreement if the account had been identified as a U.S. Reportable Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, as of the date the account was opened.
H. Alternative Procedures for New Entity Accounts Opened on or after July 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2015.
For New Entity Accounts opened on or after July 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2015, either with respect to all New Entity Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified group of such accounts, [FATCA Partner] may permit Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institutions to treat such accounts as Preexisting Entity Accounts and apply the due diligence procedures related to Preexisting Entity Accounts specified in section IV of this Annex I in lieu of the due diligence procedures specified in section V of this Annex I. In this case, the due diligence procedures of section IV of this Annex I must be applied without regard to the account balance or value threshold specified in paragraph A of section IV of this Annex I.
Model Intergovernmental Agreements (Model Agreements)
Following the enactment of FATCA, Treasury published the Model Intergovernmental Agreement to Improve Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA. Use the links here to find the current version of the agreement you need.
- Reciprocal Model 1A Agreement, Preexisting TIEA or DTC (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Nonreciprocal Model 1B Agreement, Preexisting TIEA or DTC (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Nonreciprocal Model 1B Agreement, No TIEA or DTC (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Model 2 Agreement, Preexisting TIEA or DTC (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Model 2 Agreement, No TIEA or DTC (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Annex I to Model 1 Agreement (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Annex I to Model 2 Agreement (Updated 6-6-2014) <--Updated
- Annex II to Model 1 Agreement (Updated 11-4-2013)
- Annex II to Model 2 Agreement (Updated 11-4-2013)
Practical Compliance Aspects of FATCA and GATCA
The LexisNexis® Guide to FATCA Compliance (2nd Edition) comprises 34 Chapters by 50 industry experts grouped in three parts: compliance program (Chapters 1–4), analysis of FATCA regulations (Chapters 5–16) and analysis of Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) and local law compliance challenges (Chapters 17–34), including intergovernmental agreements as well as the OECD’s TRACE initiative for global automatic information exchange protocols and systems. A free download of the first of the 34 chapters is available at http://www.lexisnexis.com/store/images/samples/9780769853734.pdf
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