QUESTION 5: What is a QI-EIN?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 5: A QI-EIN is a special Employer Identification Number assigned by the IRS to a QI. The QI-EIN must be used on every Form W-8IMY provided by the QI to the withholding agent from which it receives payments as a QI, and must be used on Forms 1042, 1042-S, 1042-T, 1099, 945, and 1096 filed with the IRS as a QI. A QI-EIN may be used only when the QI is acting in its capacity as a QI. Therefore, a QI may need an additional Employer Identification Number when it is acting in a non-QI capacity.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 6: A QI applicant must include in its application a Form SS-4 requesting a QI-EIN. After the IRS receives the application, it will issue a QI-EIN to the applicant.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 5: The QI Agreement requires that, for a foreign account holder, a QI must obtain a Form W-8 or documentary evidence and, for a U.S. account holder, a QI must obtain a Form W-9 (or documentary evidence if the account holder is a U.S. exempt recipient). ANSWER 6: A QI may use substitute Forms W-8 and W-9. See the instructions accompanying Forms W-8 and W-9 for further information about substitute forms.
Related QuestionsQUESTION 5: Do the rules applicable to branches described in Q&A 4 also apply to affiliates of a QI?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 5: The rules described in Q&A 4 apply only to branches. Because an affiliate is a separate legal person, an affiliate may not act as a QI in any jurisdiction unless it enters into a QI Agreement with the IRS and becomes a QI in its own right. ANSWER 1: No. The QI Agreement requires the QI only to obtain documentation from any account holders to which the QI pays reportable amounts or reportable payments from a designated QI account.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 8: The execution of a QI Agreement with the IRS authorizes the QI to act as a QI but does not obligate it to do so. Whether or not the QI chooses to act as a QI, it must file an annual tax return on Form 1042 using its QI-EIN. If the QI has not acted in its capacity as a QI for a taxable year, it should file a return for that year on Form 1042, and write in zeros where appropriate.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 1: A QI can operate as a QI in any jurisdiction whose know-your-customer (KYC) rules have been approved by the IRS. Because the IRS regards KYC rules as a vital component of the QI system, the IRS will not extend the QI system to any jurisdiction that does not have KYC rules or has unacceptable KYC rules. The IRS will not allow a QI to operate as a QI in a jurisdiction that does not have KYC rules or that has unacceptable KYC rules. (There are special rules for branches discussed below.
Related QuestionsQUESTION 1: How does a QI renew its QI Agreement?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 1: The renewal of the QI agreement continues the QI agreement for a succeeding term. The renewal of a QI Agreement will not be dependent on a review of the QI's audit report from the last audit under the previous term of its QI Agreement. However, the IRS' renewal of the QI agreement is in no way a waiver of a QI's default discovered in that audit. For purposes of Section 11.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 3: To apply for QI status, an eligible entity must submit an application in accordance with section 3 of Rev. Proc. 2000-12.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 2: A designated QI account is an account with a withholding agent that the QI has designated as an account for which it acts as a QI.
Related QuestionsQUESTION 2: What kinds of entities are eligible to enter into a QI Agreement?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsA foreign financial institution or foreign clearing organization (other than a U.S. branch or office),
Related QuestionsQUESTION 7: What can an applicant do to expedite its application for a QI Agreement?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 7: Rev. Proc. 2000-12, 2000-4 I.R.B. 387, outlines the process of applying for and executing a QI Agreement, and provides the text of the QI Agreement. To expedite the application and execution of its QI Agreement, an applicant should send its application to the following address: The application must contain all of the information required in section 3.02 (1) through (9) of Rev. Proc. 2000-12.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 7: A QI may use a substitute Form W-8 that is not in English provided that the substitute form contains an English translation.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 2: The QI can obtain a summary of amounts it has deposited by calling (215) 516-2000, selecting option 4, and requesting a summary from the IRS representative. ANSWER 1: The external auditor may include in the footnotes any information that will help the IRS to analyze the audit report, including explanations of information reported, additional information produced by any additional procedures or fact finding, or any proposals to perform additional procedures or fact finding.
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Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 5: For purposes of Section 10.03(A)(5) of the Audit Guidance, the external auditor should report such cases as undocumented. The external auditor's report should footnote instances where the account holder's file contains organizational documents for the entity supporting the claim of foreign status. The external auditor need not select for the Phase 1 Spot Check, under section 10.04.7 of the Audit Guidance, any account that has been so footnoted.
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Related QuestionsQUESTION 3: What efforts must a QI undertake to obtain documentation from account holders?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 3: The QI Agreement provides that a QI must use its best efforts to obtain documentation from account holders.
Related QuestionsQUESTION 11: What type of documentary evidence may a QI obtain from its account holders?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 11: From its direct account holders, a QI must obtain one of the types of documentary evidence listed in the applicable Attachment to its QI Agreement. From its indirect account holders, a QI must obtain documentary evidence in accordance with Treas. Reg. ?1.1441-6(c) or ?1.6059-5(c)(4). For purposes of Section 10.03(A)(5) of the Audit Guidance, Rev. Proc. 2002-55, 2002-35 I.R.B.
Related QuestionsQUESTION 15: How long does documentary evidence remain valid for purposes of the QI Agreement?
Qualified Intermediary Frequently Asked QuestionsANSWER 15: Documentary evidence listed in the applicable Attachment to its QI Agreement obtained from direct account holders remains valid for as long as such documentary evidence remains valid under the applicable KYC rules, or until the QI knows or has reason to know that the information contained in it is incorrect. Documentary evidence described in Treas. Reg. ?1.
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