SECTION 7. TAX RETURN

OBLIGATIONS

Sec. 7.01. Form 1042 Filing Requirement.

(A) In general. QI shall file a return on Form 1042, whether or not QI withheld any amounts under chapter 3 or 4, on or before March 15 of the year following any calendar year in which QI acts as a qualified intermediary and makes a payment of an amount subject to chapter 3 or 4 withholding when acting as a qualified intermediary under this Agreement. A separate Form 1042 must be filed by each legal entity that is a qualified intermediary covered by this Agreement. Form 1042 shall be filed at the address indicated on the form, at the address at which the IRS notifies QI to file the return under the provisions of section 12.06 of this Agreement, or in accordance with the instructions to file Form 1042 electronically. In addition to the information specifically requested on Form 1042 and the accompanying instructions, if QI made any overwithholding or underwithholding adjustments under §§ 1.1461–2 and 1.1474–2 and sections 9.02 and 9.05 of this Agreement, QI must attach a statement setting forth the amounts of any overwithholding or under

withholding adjustments and an explanation of the circumstances that resulted in the over- or underwithholding.

(B) Extensions for Filing Returns. QI may request an extension of the time for filing Form 1042, or any of the information required to be attached to the form, by submitting Form 7004, Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File Certain Business Income Tax, Information, and Other Returns, on or before the due date of the return.

(C) QDD Tax Liability Require- ments for QDDs. In addition to its requirements under section 7.01(A) of this Agreement, a QI that is acting as a QDD (other than a foreign branch of a U.S. financial institution) also must report on Form 1042 its QDD tax liability, including separately identifying each part of the QDD tax liability described in section 3.09(A) through (C) of this Agreement. For its section 871(m) amount, a QDD is also required to separately report the amount of dividends on underlying securities associated with potential section 871(m) amounts and dividend equivalent payments it received in its dealer capacity and the amount of dividend equivalent payments and qualifying dividend equivalent offsetting payments that it makes or is contractually obligated to make in its dealer capacity. A QDD must also report any other information required by Form 1042 with respect to its QDD tax liability (including any part thereof).

A QDD must also maintain, and make available to the IRS upon request, a reconciliation schedule that tracks across calendar years the section 871(m) amount for each dividend with respect to each underlying security associated with potential section 871(m) transactions or underlying security referenced by a potential section 871(m) transaction. The reconciliation schedule must separately state total amounts received as a QDD, as well as the dividends, dividend equivalents, and qualifying dividend equivalent offsetting payments for each dividend with respect to each underlying security associated with potential section 871(m) transactions, each dividend that is not with respect to an underlying security associated with potential section 871(m) transactions, or each dividend with respect to each underlying security referenced by a potential section

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871(m) transaction received as a QDD or payments that the QDD makes or is contractually obligated to make, and any adjustments thereto, separated by payments made as a dealer and as a non-dealer. The reconciliation schedule may be maintained in any manner or format that permits the IRS to reconcile the amount reported by the QDD for the calendar year.

Sec. 7.02. Form 945 Filing Require- ment. QI shall file a return on Form 945 on or before January 31 following the calendar year in which QI backup withheld an amount under section 3406. Separate Forms 945 must be filed by each legal entity that is a qualified intermediary covered by this Agreement. The form must be filed at the address specified in the instructions for Form 945, at the address at which the IRS notifies QI to file the return under the provisions of section 12.06 of this Agreement, or in accordance with the instructions to file Form 945 electronically.

Sec. 7.03. Retention of Returns. QI shall retain Forms 945 and 1042 (including, with respect to QI acting as a QDD, its reconciliation schedule) for the applicable statute of limitations on assessment under section 6501.