J.P. Morgan Tax Self-Certification Forms

• IRS U.S. Tax forms may be downloaded from www.irs.gov
• Affidavit of Unchanged Status
• FATCA – Useful information to assist completion of W-8 and W-9 tax forms

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a U.S. law designed primarily to identify, and disclose the identity of, specified U.S. persons—both individuals and entities—who hold financial assets and accounts outside of the U.S. through foreign financial institutions, nonfinancial entities or other investment structures. Since the income from such assets may be subject to U.S. taxation, FATCA generally requires foreign financial institutions and other entities to identify and subsequently report the accounts of specified U.S. persons.

Intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) between the U.S. and many foreign jurisdictions facilitate the exchange of this information, and address local bank secrecy and privacy issues that may exist. Failure to comply with FATCA can lead to the implementation of a 30% withholding tax on payments made to noncompliant parties.

When opening a new account, J.P. Morgan may request additional information and documentation from clients to determine the account holder’s FATCA status, and for purposes of identifying specified U.S. persons that may have an ownership interest in the account.

J.P. Morgan is also reviewing all existing client account records to ensure that they are properly documented for FATCA purposes. In some cases this may require J.P. Morgan to request additional tax documentation from clients.

Useful information to assist completion of W-8 and W-9 tax forms

The purpose of this document is to provide a checklist of some of the IRS’s basic requirements for completing IRS tax forms (Forms W-8 and W-9) and reduce on-boarding delays. This document does not constitute tax advice, and clients should consult with their own tax advisors to identify and complete the appropriate tax form.

• CRS – Useful information to assist completion of CRS self-certification forms
• Combined CRS and FATCA IGA Self Certification Form - Entity
• CRS – Individual Self-Certification form
  • CRS - Spanish/English - Individual Self-Certification
  • CRS - French Canadian - Quebec Individual
• CRS – Entities Self-Certification form
  • CRS - Spanish/English - Entity Self-Certification
  • Indonesia - Local Self-Certification
  • Japan - Local Self-Certification for Clients Booking Out of Tokyo Branch
    • Japan - Local Self-Certification for Clients Booking Out of Tokyo Branch - Japanese translation
  • Japan - Local Self-Certification for Clients Booking Out of JPMSJ
    • Japan - Local Self-Certification for Clients Booking Out of JPMSJ  - Japanese translation
• CRS – Controlling Persons Self-Certification form
  • CRS - Spanish/English - Controlling Person Self-Certification
  • Indonesia - Controlling Person Self-Certification

The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) was developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at the request of many countries to implement automatic exchange of information between tax authorities in order to reduce offshore tax evasion. Under the Standard, CRS participating jurisdictions introduce local laws to obtain financial information from their local financial institutions on the holders of financial accounts and automatically exchange that information with other CRS countries on an annual basis.

CRS shares commonality of operating principles with some EU directives and conventions, but draws most heavily on FATCA (being based upon the principles of FATCA Model 1 IGAs), albeit in a broader, more global sense.

Over 100 countries have adopted the legislation since 1 January 2016.

J.P. Morgan entities and branches located in countries that have adopted the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) under local laws are required to collect and report certain information about an Account Holder’s tax residence status, and where applicable, the tax residence status of each natural person that is a Controlling Person. In order to obtain the required information, self-certification forms were developed which are very closely based upon the OECD BIAC (Business and Industry Advisory Committee) template forms.

Please complete the ‘Entity Self-Certification’ form if you represent an Entity Account Holder. If the Account Holder has indicated on the ‘Entity Self-Certification’ form that it is a Passive NFE or an Investment Entity located in a Non-Participating Jurisdiction managed by another Financial Institution, please complete the ‘Controlling Person Self-Certification’ in respect of each Controlling Person which is a natural person. The ‘Controlling Persons’ form is required for each natural person indicated in part 2, section 2 of the ‘Entity Account Holders’ form. Individuals who are account holders should complete the “Individual form”.

Useful information to assist completion of Common Reporting Standard self-certification forms

The purpose of this document is to provide certain information to support customers who are required to complete Common Reporting Standard ('CRS') self certification forms. This document is not an alternative to clients reviewing, ascertaining and self-certifying their tax status under CRS rules. Responsibility for completing the CRS tax forms remains the sole responsibility of the person submitting the form. This document does not provide tax advice – please consult your tax advisor if you require advice regarding your tax status. Definitions provided in this document have been taken from publicly available OECD published materials including the CRS commentaries.

Which CRS tax residency self-certification forms are available? The types of form and who should complete each type is summarised below:

Who completes the form? The form should be completed by the "Account Holder" - the person who holds the Financial Account, regardless of whether such person is a flow-through Entity. By way of example, the OECD CRS rules state that if a trust or an estate is listed as the holder or owner of a Financial Account, the trust or estate is the Account Holder, rather than the trustee or the trust's owners or beneficiaries. Similarly, if a partnership is listed as the holder or owner of a Financial Account, the partnership is the Account Holder, rather than the partners in the partnership. However, a person, other than a Financial Institution, holding a Financial Account for the benefit or account of another person as agent, custodian, nominee, signatory, investment advisor, or intermediary, is not treated as holding the account, and such other person is treated as holding the account.

For joint or multiple account holders please complete a separate form for each account holder.