FFI List Schema and Test Files
Under FATCA, withholding agents must withhold tax on certain payments to foreign financial institutions (FFIs) that do not agree to report certain information to the IRS about their U.S. accounts or accounts of certain foreign entities with substantial U.S. owners.
An FFI may agree to report certain information about its account holders by registering to be FATCA compliant. An FFI that has registered to be FATCA compliant and that has been issued a global intermediary identification number (GIIN) will appear on a published FFI List. Withholding agents may rely on an FFI’s claim of FATCA status based on checking the payee’s GIIN against the published FFI List. This list is scheduled to be published monthly beginning December 2013.
Additional information on FATCA registration and GIIN composition will be provided soon.
If you plan to download the full FFI list, these tools will help you prepare. Note: The published list will contain significantly more records than the test files.
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FFI List Schema and Test File (XML)
The FFI List schema contains information about the FFI List that will be published. The XML test file contains dummy data records to illustrate the format and data that will be included in the FFI List.
FATCA-FFILIST-1.0.XSD (6KB) | FFIListEXAMPLE.XML (4KB)
FFI List Test File (CSV)
The CSV test file contains example dummy data to illustrate the format and data that will be included in the FFI List.
FFIListEXAMPLE.CSV (1KB)
Find out more about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
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