Self Certication - Individual (09-2018) Page 4
Self-Certication – Individual
Denitions
The following is a non-exhaustive list of selected terms that is intended as a
guide to assist you in completing this Self-Certification. Should you have any
questions, please contact your tax, legal, and/or other professional advisor.
• Account Holder: The term ‘Account Holder’ means the person listed or
identied as the holder of a Financial Account. A person, other than a Financial
Institution, holding a Financial Account for the benet of another person as
an agent, a custodian, a nominee, a signatory, an investment advisor, an
intermediary, or as a legal guardian, is not treated as the Account Holder. In
these circumstances that other person is the Account Holder. For example in
the case of a parent/child relationship where the parent is acting as a legal
guardian, the child is regarded as the Account Holder. With respect to a jointly
held account, each joint holder is treated as an Account Holder.
Subject to applicable regulations and guidance, an Account Holder may
include an individual who is a settlor, beneciary, protector, or other person
holding an equity or debt interest of a trust administered by a professional
corporate trustee or a trust company, i.e., a trustee that, as its primary business,
invests, administers, or manages the assets for trusts (or other customers). An
‘equity interest’ may be considered to be held in the case of a trust that is a
Financial Institution, by any person treated as a settlor or beneciary of all or
a portion of the trust, or any other natural person exercising ultimate eective
control over the trust.
• Financial Account: A Financial Account is an account maintained by a
Financial Institution and is either a depository account, a custodial account, an
equity and debt interest in certain investment entities, a cash value insurance
contract, or an annuity contract.
• Participating Jurisdiction:
A jurisdiction –
(i) with which an agreement is in place pursuant to which it will provide the
specied information under CRS as required on the automatic exchange
of nancial account information, and
(ii) which is identied in a published list.
• Reportable Account: A Reportable Account is a Financial Account that is
maintained by a Reporting Financial Institution and that, pursuant to due diligence
procedures consistent with CRS, FATCA and any applicable IGA, has been
identied as an account that is held by one or more persons that are U.S. Persons
or Reportable Persons with respect to another Jurisdiction or by a Passive NFE with
one or more Controlling Persons that are U.S. Persons or Reportable Persons with
respect to another Jurisdiction.
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Reportable Jurisdiction: A Reportable Jurisdiction is a Participating
Jurisdiction with which an obligation to provide nancial account information
is in place and that is identied in a published list.
•
Reportable Person: A Reportable Person is an Individual who is tax resident in
a Reportable Jurisdiction under the laws of that jurisdiction. A Reportable Person
may include a beneciary of a trust if such Reportable Person has the right to
receive directly or indirectly (for example, through a nominee), a mandatory
distribution or may receive, directly or indirectly, a discretionary distribution from a
trust that is a Financial Institution. Dual resident individuals may rely on tiebreaker
rules contained in tax conventions (if applicable) to solve cases of double
residence for purposes of determining their residence for tax purposes.
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Resident for tax purposes: Each country/jurisdiction has its own rules for
dening tax residence, and certain countries/jurisdictions have provided
information on how to determine whether an individual is tax resident in the
country/jurisdiction on the OECD automatic exchange of information portal.
For additional information on tax residence, please talk to your legal, tax,
or other professional advisor or refer to the OECD automatic exchange of
information portal on tax residency: http://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-
exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-residency/#d.en.347760.
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Taxpayer Identication Number (TIN): TIN or a functional equivalent in
the absence of a TIN. A TIN is a unique combination of letters or numbers
assigned by a jurisdiction to an Individual or an Entity and used to identify
the Individual or Entity for the purposes of administering the tax laws of such
jurisdiction. Further details of acceptable TINs can be found at: http://www.
oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-
identication-numbers/#d.en.347759. Some jurisdictions do not issue a TIN.
However, these jurisdictions often utilise some other high integrity number
with an equivalent level of identication (a ‘functional equivalent’). Examples
of that type of number include, for individuals, a social security/insurance
number, citizen/personal identication/service code/number, and resident
registration number.
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U.S. Person: A U.S. Person is dened in section 7701(a) (30) of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code and includes an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S.
Instructions
Part 1 Identication of Individual Account Holder
A) Name of the Individual who is the Account Holder
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:
Enter the
full name of the individual identified as the Account Holder
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. This is a
mandatory eld.
B) Date of Birth: Enter the Account Holder’s date of birth. Use the following
format to input the Account Holder’s information DD-MM-YYYY. This is a
mandatory eld.
C) Place of Birth: Enter the Account Holder’s place of birth by including the
town, city, and country or jurisdiction of birth, where applicable.This is a
mandatory eld.
D) Current Residence Address: Enter the Account Holder’s current
residence address. This is a mandatory eld.
E) Mailing Address: Enter the Account Holder’s mailing address only if it is
dierent from the Current Residence Address.
F) Gender*: Check the relevant box indicating the Account Holder’s gender.
G) Country(ies)/Jurisdiction(s) of Citizenship*: Enter the Account
Holder’s country(ies) or jurisdiction(s) of citizenship. In the case of multiple
countries or jurisdictions of citizenship, all citizenships must be listed.
If the Account Holder is a U.S. citizen, a Form W-9 must be provided in
addition to this Self Certication.
H) Identication Number*: Enter the Account Holder's identication number.
*Complete elds F, G, and H only if the Account Holder maintains a Financial Account in India.
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Please refer to the Denitions provided in this Self-Certication for an explanation of an Account Holder.
Part 2 Tax Residence Information
Please complete the table indicating (i) the country(ies)/jurisdiction(s) where
the Account Holder is/are Resident for tax purposes and (ii) the Account
Holder’s TIN for each country/jurisdiction indicated. Please refer to the
Denitions provided in this Self-Certication for an explanation on “Resident
for tax purposes”.
The requirement to pay tax in a particular country/jurisdiction does not
necessarily signify tax residence in that country/jurisdiction; it is possible to
have to pay tax in a country/jurisdiction in which one is not tax resident, and
not to have to pay tax in a country in which one is tax resident. Whether a
person is tax resident in a particular country/jurisdiction depends on whether
that person meets the denition of a tax resident under the tax laws of that
country/jurisdiction. For more information on tax residence, please consult
your tax advisor or refer to the information at OECD automatic exchange
of information portal at http://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-
implementation-and-assistance/tax-residency/#d.en.347760.
If a TIN is unavailable, please indicate only one of the following reasons:
Reason (A): Country/Jurisdiction does not issue TINs.
Reason (B): Country/Jurisdiction issues TINs and requires Financial
Institutions to collect TINs, but the Account Holder is unable or not required to
obtain a TIN. Please provide an explanation as to why the Account Holder is
unable or not required to obtain a TIN in the table.
Reason (C): No TIN is required. Country/Jurisdiction issues TINs but the
country/jurisdiction does not require Financial Institutions to collect TINs from
its residents. This is a mandatory eld.
Part 3 Declaration and Signature
Declaration and Signature: The Self-Certication must be signed and dated
by the Account Holder. If this Self-Certication is completed by an Individual
authorised to sign on behalf of the Account Holder, please indicate the
capacity in which the authorised Individual is signing the Self-Certication.
This is a mandatory eld.
Capacity: An Individual authorised to sign on behalf of the Account Holder
must state the capacity in which they are signing. If this Self-Certication is
completed by an agent acting under a duly authorised power of attorney,
the Form must be accompanied by the power of attorney in proper Form
specically authorising the agent to represent the Account Holder in making,
executing and presenting the Self-Certification. If the Self-Certification is
completed by the Account Holder, leave the eld blank.