FFI group definition
Examples of FFI group in a sentence
In response to these comments, the final regulations modify the definition of expanded affiliated group to exclude from the group an investment entity owned by an FFI group member when the member’s ownership exists solely to provide a seed capital investment in an entity.
The term participating FFI group also means an expanded affiliated group in which one or more members of the group is a reporting Model 1 FFI and each member of the group that is an FFI is a registered deemed-compli- ant FFI, nonreporting IGA FFI, lim- ited FFI, or retirement fund described in § 1.1471–6(f).
The term participating FFI group means an ex- panded affiliated group that includes one or more participating FFIs and meets the requirements of § 1.1471– 4(e)(1).
The term sponsored FFI group means a group of sponsored FFIs that share the same sponsoring entity.
In addition, to address comments concerning the burden of documenting multiple accounts of a customer generally (regardless of whether any such accounts are preexisting accounts), the final regulations allow a participating FFI, participating FFI group, or a sponsored FFI group to apply the provisions for documentation sharing systems described in §1.1471-3(c)(8).
A participating FFI that is a member of an FFI group that includes one or more limited FFIs must treat such FFIs as nonparticipating FFIs for withholding and reporting purposes.
The proposed regulations provide that, until January 1, 2016, a nonparticipating FFI or branch that is subject to foreign laws that prohibit that FFI or branch from complying with the requirements of section 1471(b) will not disqualify an otherwise participating FFI group with which it is affiliated, as long as the FFI or branch complies with the due diligence procedures required of participating FFIs for identifying U.S. accounts and maintains records of the account holder documentation it collects.
The Lead FFI that assumes this role must enter the system to register itself and, as part of that process, identify each FFI that is a member of the FFI group (FFI Member) that will register for participating, limited, or registered deemed-compliant FFI status.
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Each member of an FFI group must designate a lead FFI (Lead FFI) to initiate and manage the online registration process for the FFI group.