Notice 2017-46 provides guidance for financial institutions required to collect taxpayer identification numbers (TINs) and dates of birth under temporary regulations under Chapter 3 or a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) as follows:

            (1) With respect to foreign financial institutions (FFIs), this notice provides that FFIs in Model 1 IGA jurisdictions will not be in significant non-compliance with an applicable IGA during 2017, 2018, and 2019 solely as a result of a failure to report U.S. TINs for preexisting accounts, provided the FFI reports the account holder’s date of birth, makes annual requests for the TIN, and searches its electronic records for missing U.S. TINs before reporting information on 2017.

            (2) With respect to U.S. financial institutions, this notice delays the start date of the requirement to collect foreign TINs for account holders to January 1, 2018, provides a phase-in period for obtaining foreign TINs from account holders documented prior to January 1, 2018, and narrows the circumstances in which a foreign TIN is required. 

Taxpayers may rely on the provisions of this notice prior to the issuance of amendments to the temporary Chapter 3 regulations reflecting the notice.

 
 
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