Foreign Account Tax Compliance - Withholding Agents
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (The “Act”) expands withholding rules and additional reporting requirements for foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities.
Under U.S. tax law, a withholding agent must deduct or withhold a tax equal to 30% on any withholdable payment (e.g., interest, dividends, rents, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, compensations, and other fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income from sources within the United States) made to a foreign financial institution or to a non-financial foreign entity (unless specific reporting requirements are met).
For each U.S. account maintained by the foreign financial institution, the institution must provide identifying information for each account holder that is a specified U.S. Person or substantial U.S. owner, the account number, the account balance, and gross receipts and withdrawals from the account.
A non-financial foreign entity that is a beneficial owner of a withholdable payment must certify that it has no substantial U.S. owners or provide identifying information for each substantial U.S. owner.
Every person required to deduct or withhold any tax to enforce reporting on certain foreign accounts is liable for the tax and is indemnified against claims and demands of anyone for the amount of the payments. (IRC §1474(a), as added by the 2010 HIRE Act.)
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