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31 C.F.R. §1010.605(m): “Private Banking Account”
31 CFR § 1010.605 – Definitions. (m) Private banking account means an account (or any combination of accounts) maintained at a covered financial institution that: (1) Requires a minimum aggregate deposit of funds or other assets of not less than $1,000,000; (2) Is established on behalf of or for the benefit of one or more non-U.S. persons who are direct or beneficial…
Read MoreFinancial Institutions: The Challenge. Compelled “U.S. person” status
1. Background Although the Internal Revenue Code properly recognizes your right to choose a nonresident alien status and be unenumerated, banks and financial institutions are so heavily regulated that they often take a position at odds with this lifestyle. As part of their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance measures, financial institutions…
Read MoreHOW TO: How to deal with banks auditing your status as an Nonresident Alien after opening a foreign account.
1. Introduction Those who previously and successfully opened a bank account as a nonresident alien by using a W-8 rather than a W-9 may subsequently and sometimes repetitively be contacted by the bank because they their status looks suspicious or out of the norm from other account holders, who are almost universally “U.S. persons” who…
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