1042S Easdxplanation of Codes 2020
1042S Easdxplanation of Codes 2020
1042S Easdxplanation of Codes 2020
Explanation of Codes
Box 1. Income code
Code Types of Income
Interest 01 Interest paid by U.S. obligors‐general
02 Interest paid on real property mortgages
03 Interest paid to controlling foreign corporations
04 Interest paid by foreign corporations
05 Interest on tax‐free covenant bonds
22 Interest paid on deposit with a foreign branch of a domestic corporation or partnership
29 Deposit interest
30 Original issue discount (OID)
31 Short‐term OID
33 Substitute payment‐‐interest
51 Interest paid on certain actively traded or publicly offered securities1
54 Substitute payments‐interest from certain actively traded or publicly offered securities1
Dividend 06 Dividends paid by U.S. corporations‐general
07 Dividends qualifying for direct dividend rate
08 Dividends paid by foreign corporations
34 Substitute payment‐‐dividends
40 Other dividend equivalents under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 871(m) (formerly 87(l))
52 Dividends paid on certain actively traded or publicly offered securities1
53 Substitute payments‐dividends from certain actively traded or publicly offered securities1
Other
09 Capital gains
10 Industrial royalties
11 Motion picture or television copyright royalties
12 Other royalties (for example, copyright, software, broadcasting, endorsement payments)
13 Royalties paid on certain publicly offered securities1
14 Real property income and natural resources royalties
15 Pensions, annuities, alimony, and/or insurance premiums
16 Scholarship or fellowship grants
17 Compensation for independent personal services2
18 Compensation for dependent personal services2
19 Compensation for teaching2
20 Compensation during studying and training2
23 Other income
24 Qualified investment entity (QIE) distributions of capital gains
25 Trust distributions subject to IRC section 1445
26 Unsevered growing crops and timber distributions by a trust subject to IRC section 1445
27 Publicly traded partnership distributions subject to IRC section 1446
28 Gambling winnings3
32 Notional principal contract income4
35 Substitute payment‐‐ other
36 Capital gains distributions
37 Return of capital
38 Eligible deferred compensation items subject to IRC section 877A(d)(1)
39 Distributions from a nongrantor trust subject to IRC section 877A(f)(1)
41 Guarantee of indebtedness
42 Earnings as an artist or athlete‐‐no central withholding agreement5
43 Earnings as an artist or athlete‐‐central withholding agreement5
44 Specified Federal procurement payments
50 Income previously reported under escrow procedure6
55 Taxable death benefits on life insurance contracts
Code Boxes 3a and 4a. Exemption Code (applies if the tax rate entered in box 3b or 4b is 00.00)
Chapter 3
Authority for Exemption
01 Effectively connected income
02 Exempt under IRC7
03 Income is not from U.S. sources
04 Exempt under tax treaty
05 Portfolio interest exempt under IRC
06 Qualified intermediary that assumes primary withholding responsibility
07 Withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign trust
08 U.S. branch treated as U.S. person
09 Territory financial institution treated as U.S. person
10 Qualified intermediary represents that income is exempt
11 Qualified securities lender that assumes primary withholding responsibility
12 Payee subjected to chapter 4 withholding
22 Qualified Derivatives Dealers that assumes primary withholding responsibilities
23 Exempt under section 897(l)
24 Exempt under section 892
Chapter 4
13 Grandfathered payment
14 Effectively connected income
15 Payee not subject to chapter 4 withholding
16 Excluded nonfinancial payment
17 Foreign Entity that assumes primary withholding responsibility
18 U.S. Payees‐of participating FFI or registered deemed‐compliant FFI
19 Exempt from withholding under Inter‐Governmental Agreement (IGA)8
20 Dormant account9
21 Other‐payment not subject to chapter 4 withholding
Boxes 12b, 12c, 13f, 13g, 15b, 15c, 16d, & 16e. Withholding Agent, Recipient, Intermediary, & Payer Chapter 3 & Chapter 4 Status Codes
Code
Chapter 3
Type of Recipient, Withholding Agent, Payer of Intermediary Code
03 Territory Financial Institution (FI) ‐ treated as U.S. person
04 Territory FI ‐ not treated as U.S. person
05 U.S. branch ‐ treated as U.S. person
06 U.S. branch ‐ not treated as U.S. person
07 U.S. branch ‐ Effectively Connected Income (ECI) presumption applied
08 Partnership other than Withholding Foreign Partnership
09 Withholding Foreign Partnership
10 Trust other than Withholding Foreign Trust
11 Withholding Foreign Trust
12 Qualified Intermediary
13 Qualified Securities Lender—Qualified Intermediary
14 Qualified Securities Lender—Other
15 Corporation
16 Individual
17 Estate
18 Private Foundation
19 International Organization
20 Tax Exempt Organization (Section 501(c) entities)
21 Unknown Recipient
22 Artist or Athlete
23 Pension
24 Foreign Central Bank of Issue
25 Nonqualified Intermediary
26 Hybrid entity making Treaty Claim
35 Qualified Derivatives Dealers
36 Foreign Government – Integral Part
37 Foreign Government – Controlled Entity
Pooled Reporting Codes10
27 Withholding Rate Pool – General
28 Withholding Rate Pool – Exempt Organization
29 Private Arrangement Intermediary Withholding Rate Pool—General
30 Private Arrangement Intermediary Withholding Rate Pool—Exempt Organization
31 Agency Withholding Rate Pool—General
32 Agency Withholding Rate Pool—Exempt Organization
Chapter 4 Status Codes
01 U.S. Withholding Agent ‐ FI
02 U.S. Withholding Agent ‐ Other
03 Territory FI ‐ not treated as U.S. person
04 Territory FI ‐ treated as U.S. person
05 Participating Foreign Financial Institution (FFI) ‐ Other
06 Participating FFI ‐ Reporting Model 2 FFI
07 Registered Deemed‐Compliant FFI ‐ Reporting Model 1 FFI
08 Registered Deemed‐Compliant FFI ‐ Sponsored Entity
09 Registered Deemed‐Compliant FFI ‐ Other
10 Certified Deemed‐Compliant FFI—Other
11 Certified Deemed‐Compliant FFI— FFI with Low Value Accounts
12 Certified Deemed‐Compliant FFI—Non‐Registering Local Bank
13 Certified Deemed‐Compliant FFI—Sponsored Entity
14 Certified Deemed‐Compliant FFI—Investment entity that does not maintain financial accounts
15 Nonparticipating FFI
16 Owner‐Documented FFI
17 U.S. Branch ‐ treated as a U.S. person
18 U.S. Branch ‐ not treated as a U.S. person (reporting under section 1471)
19 Passive Non‐Financial Foreign Entity (NFFE) identifying Substantial US Owners
20 Passive NFFE with no Substantial US Owners
21 Publicly Traded NFFE or Affiliate of Publicly Traded NFFE
22 Active Non‐Financial Foreign Entity
23 Individual
24 Section 501(c ) Entities
25 Excepted Territory NFFE
26 Excepted NFFE‐ Other
27 Exempt Beneficial Owner
28 Entity Wholly Owned by Exempt Beneficial Owners
29 Unknown Recipient
30 Recalcitrant Account Holder
31 Nonreporting IGA FFI
32 Direct reporting NFFE
33 U.S. reportable account
34 Nonconsenting U.S. account
35 Sponsored direct reporting NFFE
36 Excepted Inter‐affiliate FFI
37 Undocumented Preexisting Obligation
38 U.S. Branch—ECI presumption applied
39 Account Holder of Excluded Financial Account11
40 Passive NFFE reported by FFI12
41 NFFE subject to 1472 withholding
50 U.S. Withholding Agent‐Foreign branch of FI
Pooled Reporting Codes
42 Recalcitrant Pool ‐ No U.S. Indicia
43 Recalcitrant Pool ‐ U.S. Indicia
44 Recalcitrant Pool – Dormant Account
45 Recalcitrant Pool ‐ U.S. Persons
46 Recalcitrant Pool ‐ Passive NFFEs
47 Nonparticipating FFI Pool
48 U.S. Payees Pool
49 Qualified Intermediary‐Recalcitrant Pool—GeneraI13
Box 13j LOB Code (enter the code that best describes the applicable limitation on benefits (LOB) category that qualifies the
taxpayer for the requested treaty benefits).
Code LOB Treaty Category
02 Government – contracting state/political subdivision/local authority
03 Tax exempt pension trust/Pension fund
04 Tax exempt/Charitable organization
05 Publicly traded corporation
06 Subsidiary of publicly traded corporation
07 Company that meets the ownership and base erosion test
08 Company that meets the derivative benefits test
09 Company with an item of income that meets the active trade or business test
10 Discretionary determination
11 Other
1
This code should only be used if the income paid is described in Regulations section 1.1441‐6(c)(2) and withholding agent has reduced the rate of withholding
under an income tax treaty without the recipient providing a U.S. or foreign TIN.
2
If compensation that otherwise would be covered under Income Codes 17 through 20 is directly attributable to the recipient’s occupation as an artist or
athlete, use Income Code 42 or 43 instead.
3
Subject to 30% withholding rate unless the recipient is from one of the treaty countries listed under Gambling winnings (Income Code 28) in Pub. 515.
4
Use appropriate Interest Income Code for embedded interest in a notional principal contract.
5
Income Code 43 should only be used if Letter 4492, Venue Notification, has been issued by the Internal Revenue Service (otherwise use Income Code 42 for
earnings as an artist or athlete). If Income Code 42 or 43 is used, Recipient Code 22 (artist or athlete) should be used instead of Recipient Code 16 (individual), 15
(corporation), or 08 (partnership other than withholding foreign partnership).
6
Use only to report gross income the tax for which is being deposited in the current year because such tax was previously escrowed for chapters 3 and 4 and the
withholding agent previously reported the gross income in a prior year and checked the box to report the tax as not deposited under the escrow procedure. See
the instructions to this form for further explanation.
7
This code should only be used if no other specific chapter 3 exemption code applies
8
Use only to report a U.S. reportable account or nonconsenting U.S. account that is receiving a payment subject to chapter 3 withholding.
9
Use only if applying the escrow procedure for dormant accounts under Regulations section 1.1471‐4(b)(6). If tax was withheld and deposited under chapter 3,
do not check box 7b (“tax not deposited with the IRS pursuant to escrow procedure”). You must instead enter “3” in box 3 and complete box 3b.
10
Codes 27 through 32 should only be used by a QI, QSL, WP, or WT. a QI acting as a QDD may use code 27 or 28.
11
This code should only be used if income is paid to an account that is excluded from the definition of financial account under Regulations section 1.1471‐5(b)(2)
or under Annex II of the applicable Model 1 IGA or Model 2 IGA.
12
This code should only be used when the withholding agent has received a certification on the FFI withholding statement of a participating FFI or registered
deemed compliant FFI that maintains the account that the FFI has reported the account held by the passive NFFE as a U.S. account (or U.S. reportable account)
under its FATCA requirements. The withholding agent must report the name and GIIN of such FFI in boxes 15d and 15e.
13
This code should only be used by a withholding agent that is reporting a payment (or portion of a payment) made to a QI with respect to the QI’s recalcitrant
account holders.