Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution definition
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Competent Authority shall notify The Bahamas Competent Authority when the U.S. Competent Authority has determined that there is significant non-compliance with the obligations under this Agreement with respect to a Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution.
In addition to the electronic and paper record searches described above, the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution must treat as a U.S. Reportable Account any High Value Account assigned to a relationship manager (including any Financial Accounts aggregated with such High Value Account) if the relationship manager has actual knowledge that the Account Holder is a Specified U.S. Person.
A “Preexisting Account” means a Financial Account maintained by a Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution as of June 30, 2014.
For purposes of determining the balance or value of Financial Accounts denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, a Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution must convert the U.S. dollar threshold amounts described in this Annex I into such currency using a published spot rate determined as of the last day of the calendar year preceding the year in which the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution is determining the balance or value.
With respect to U.S. Reportable Accounts maintained by a Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution as of June 30, 2014, The Bahamas commits to establish, by January 1, 2017, for reporting with respect to 2017 and subsequent years, rules requiring Reporting Bahamas Financial Institutions to obtain the U.S. TIN of each Specified U.S. Person as required pursuant to subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2 of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution with respect to which the conditions of this paragraph 1 are not satisfied shall not be subject to withholding under section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code unless such Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution is treated by the IRS as a Nonparticipating Financial Institution pursuant to subparagraph 2(b) of Article 5 of this Agreement.
With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) a Bahamas Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.
The Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution must review electronically searchable data maintained by the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution for any of the U.S. indicia described in subparagraph B(1) of this section.
A Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution may not rely on a self-certification or documentary evidence if the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution knows or has reason to know that the self-certification or documentary evidence is incorrect or unreliable.
For example, if a relationship manager is notified that the Account Holder has a new mailing address in the United States, the Reporting Bahamas Financial Institution is required to treat the new address as a change in circumstances and, if it elects to apply subparagraph B(4) of this section, is required to obtain the appropriate documentation from the Account Holder.