New Entity Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply to accounts held by entities and opened on or after January 1, 2014 (“New Entity Accounts”). A. The Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must determine whether the account holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) a [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution or Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, an exempt beneficial owner, or an excepted FFI, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE. B. A Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution may determine that an account holder is an Active NFFE, a [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution, or a Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution if the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution reasonably determines that the entity has such status on the basis of information that is publicly available or in the possession of the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution. C. In all other cases, a Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must obtain a self-certification from the account holder to establish the account holder’s status. 1. If the entity account holder is a Specified U.S. Person, the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. Reportable Account. 2. If the entity account holder is a Passive NFFE, the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must identify the Controlling Persons as determined under AML/KYC Procedures, and must determine whether any such person is a citizen or resident of the United States on the basis of a self- certification from the account holder or such person. If any such person is a citizen or resident of the United States, the account shall be treated as a U.S.
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New Entity Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply to accounts held by entities and opened on or after January 1, 2014 (“New Entity Accounts”).
A. The Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must determine whether the account holder Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) a [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, an exempt beneficial owner, or an excepted FFI, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.
B. A Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution may determine that an account holder Ac- count Holder is an Active NFFE, a [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution, or a another Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution if the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution reasonably determines that the entity has such status on the basis of information infor- mation that is publicly available or in the possession of the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution.
C. In all other cases, a Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must obtain ob- tain a self-certification from the account holder Account Holder to establish the account holderAccount Holder’s statussta- tus.
1. If the entity account holder Account Holder is a Specified U.S. Person, the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. Reportable Account.
2. If the entity account holder Account Holder is a Passive NFFE, the Reporting [FATCA Partner] Financial Institution must identify the Controlling Persons as determined deter- mined under AML/KYC Procedures, and must determine whether any such person is a citizen or resident of the United States on the basis of a self- certification from the account holder Account Holder or such person. If any such person is a citizen or resident of the United States, the account shall be treated as a U.S.U.S. Account.
3. If the entity Account Holder is: (i) a U.S. Person that is not a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) subject to subparagraph C (4) of this section, a [FATCA Part- ner] Financial Institution or another Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution;
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