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Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of 

China for Cooperation to Facilitate the Implementation of FATCA

Whereas, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Macao 

Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (each, a “Party,” and 

together, the “Parties”) desire to conclude an agreement to improve their cooperation in 

combating international tax evasion;

Whereas, the United States of America enacted provisions commonly known as the Foreign 

Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), which introduce a reporting regime for financial 

institutions with respect to certain accounts;

Whereas, the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s 

Republic of China is supportive of the underlying policy goal of FATCA to improve tax 

compliance;

Whereas, FATCA has raised a number of issues, including that the financial institutions of the 

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China may not be able to 

comply with certain aspects of FATCA due to domestic legal impediments;

Whereas, intergovernmental cooperation to facilitate FATCA implementation would address 

these issues and reduce burdens for the financial institutions of the Macao Special 

Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;

Whereas, the Parties desire to conclude an agreement to provide for cooperation to facilitate 

the implementation of FATCA based on direct reporting by the financial institutions of the 

Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China to the U.S. Internal 

Revenue Service, supplemented by the exchange of information upon request, subject to the

confidentiality and other protections provided for herein, including the provisions limiting the 

use of the information exchanged;

Now, therefore, the Parties have agreed as follows:

Article 1

Definitions

1. For purposes of this agreement and any annexes thereto (“Agreement”), the following 

terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) The term “United States” means the United States of America, including the 

States thereof, but does not include the U.S. Territories. Any reference to a 

“State” of the United States includes the District of Columbia. 

(b) The term “U.S. Territory” means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the 

U.S. Virgin Islands.
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(c) The term “IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

(d) The term “Macao SAR” means the Macao Special Administrative Region of 

the People’s Republic of China.

(e) The term “Partner Jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction that has in effect an 

agreement with the United States to facilitate the implementation of FATCA. 

The IRS shall publish a list identifying all Partner Jurisdictions.

(f) The term “Competent Authority” means:

1) in the case of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury or his 

delegate; and

2) in the case of the Macao SAR, the Chief Executive or his authorized 

representative.

(g) The term “Financial Institution” means a Custodial Institution, a Depository 

Institution, an Investment Entity, or a Specified Insurance Company.

(h) The term “Foreign Reportable Amount” means, in accordance with relevant 

U.S. Treasury Regulations, a payment of fixed or determinable annual or 

periodical income that would be a withholdable payment if it were from 

sources within the United States.

(i) The term “Custodial Institution” means any Entity that holds, as a substantial 

portion of its business, financial assets for the account of others. An entity 

holds financial assets for the account of others as a substantial portion of its 

business if the entity’s gross income attributable to the holding of financial 

assets and related financial services equals or exceeds 20 percent of the entity’s 

gross income during the shorter of: (i) the three-year period that ends on 

December 31 (or the final day of a non-calendar year accounting period) prior 

to the year in which the determination is being made; or (ii) the period during 

which the entity has been in existence.

(j) The term “Depository Institution” means any Entity that accepts deposits in 

the ordinary course of a banking or similar business. 

(k) The term “Investment Entity” means any Entity that conducts as a business 

(or is managed by an entity that conducts as a business) one or more of the 

following activities or operations for or on behalf of a customer:

1) trading in money market instruments (cheques, bills, certificates of 

deposit, derivatives, etc.); foreign exchange; exchange, interest rate and 

index instruments; transferable securities; or commodity futures

trading;

2) individual and collective portfolio management; or

3) otherwise investing, administering, or managing funds or money on 
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behalf of other persons.

This subparagraph 1(k) shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with similar 

language set forth in the definition of “financial institution” in the Financial 

Action Task Force Recommendations.

(l) The term “Specified Insurance Company” means any Entity that is an 

insurance company (or the holding company of an insurance company) that 

issues, or is obligated to make payments with respect to, a Cash Value 

Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract.

(m) The term “Macao SAR Financial Institution” means (i) any Financial 

Institution resident in the Macao SAR, but excluding any branch of such 

Financial Institution that is located outside the Macao SAR, and (ii) any branch 

of a Financial Institution not resident in the Macao SAR, if such branch is 

located in the Macao SAR.

(n) The term “Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution” means (i) any 

Financial Institution established in a Partner Jurisdiction, but excluding any 

branch of such Financial Institution that is located outside the Partner 

Jurisdiction, and (ii) any branch of a Financial Institution not established in the 

Partner Jurisdiction, if such branch is located in the Partner Jurisdiction.

(o) The term “Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution” means any Macao 

SAR Financial Institution that is not a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution.

(p) The term “Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution” means any 

Macao SAR Financial Institution, or other Entity resident in the Macao SAR, 

that is described in Annex II as a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution or that otherwise qualifies as a deemed-compliant FFI or an exempt 

beneficial owner under relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

(q) The term “Nonparticipating Financial Institution” means a nonparticipating 

FFI, as that term is defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations, but does not 

include a Macao SAR Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction 

Financial Institution other than a Financial Institution treated as a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 4 of 

this Agreement or the corresponding provision in an agreement between the 

United States and a Partner Jurisdiction.

(r) The term “New Account” means a Financial Account opened by a Reporting

Macao SAR Financial Institution after the Determination Date.

(s) The term “U.S. Account” means a Financial Account maintained by a 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution and held by one or more Specified 

U.S. Persons or by a Non-U.S. Entity with one or more Controlling Persons 

that is a Specified U.S. Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an account 

shall not be treated as a U.S. Account if such account is not identified as a U.S. 

Account after application of the due diligence procedures in Annex I.
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(t) The term “Non-Consenting U.S. Account” means a Financial Account 

maintained by a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution as of the 

Determination Date with respect to which (i) a Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution has determined that it is a U.S. Account in accordance 

with the due diligence procedures in Annex I, (ii) the laws of the Macao SAR

prohibit the reporting required under an FFI Agreement absent consent of the 

Account Holder, (iii) the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution has 

sought, but was unable to obtain, the required consent to report or the Account 

Holder’s U.S. TIN; and (iv) the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

has reported, or was required to report, aggregate account information to the 

IRS as prescribed under sections 1471 to 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue 

Code and relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

(u) The term “Financial Account” has the meaning set forth in relevant U.S. 

Treasury Regulations, but does not include any account that is excluded from 

the definition of Financial Account in Annex II.

(v) The term “FFI Agreement” means an agreement that sets forth the 

requirements, consistent with this Agreement, for the Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution to be treated as complying with the requirements of 

section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. 

(w) The term “Account Holder” means the person listed or identified as the holder 

of a Financial Account by the Financial Institution that maintains the account. 

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 for purposes of this Agreement, and such other person is treated as 

holding the account. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the 

term “Financial Institution” does not include a Financial Institution organized 

or incorporated in a U.S. Territory. In the case of a Cash Value Insurance 

Contract or an Annuity Contract, the Account Holder is any person entitled to 

access the Cash Value or change the beneficiary of the contract. If no person 

can access the Cash Value or change the beneficiary, the Account Holder is any 

person named as the owner in the contract and any person with a vested 

entitlement to payment under the terms of the contract. Upon the maturity of a 

Cash Value Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract, each person entitled to 

receive a payment under the contract is treated as an Account Holder.

(x) The terms “Cash Value Insurance Contract” and “Annuity Contract” have 

the meanings set forth in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

(y) The term “U.S. Person” means a U.S. citizen or resident individual, a 

partnership or corporation organized in the United States or under the laws of 

the United States or any State thereof, a trust if (i) a court within the United 

States would have authority under applicable law to render orders or judgments 

concerning substantially all issues regarding administration of the trust, and (ii) 

one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions 

of the trust, or an estate of a decedent that is a citizen or resident of the United 
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States. This subparagraph 1(y) shall be interpreted in accordance with the U.S. 

Internal Revenue Code.

(z) The term “Specified U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person, other than: (i) a 

corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established 

securities markets; (ii) any corporation that is a member of the same expanded 

affiliated group, as defined in section 1471(e)(2) of the U.S. Internal Revenue 

Code, as a corporation described in clause (i); (iii) the United States or any 

wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof; (iv) any State of the United 

States, any U.S. Territory, any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or 

any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the 

foregoing; (v) any organization exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or an individual retirement plan as defined in 

section 7701(a)(37) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; (vi) any bank as 

defined in section 581 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; (vii) any real estate 

investment trust as defined in section 856 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; 

(viii) any regulated investment company as defined in section 851 of the U.S. 

Internal Revenue Code or any entity registered with the U.S. Securities and 

Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 

80a-64); (ix) any common trust fund as defined in section 584(a) of the U.S. 

Internal Revenue Code; (x) any trust that is exempt from tax under section 

664(c) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or that is described in section 

4947(a)(1) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; (xi) a dealer in securities, 

commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal 

contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the 

laws of the United States or any State; (xii) a broker as defined in section 

6045(c) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code; or (xiii) any tax-exempt trust under 

a plan that is described in section 403(b) or section 457(g) of the U.S. Internal 

Revenue Code. 

(aa) The term “Entity” means a legal person or a legal arrangement such as a trust. 

(bb) The term “Non-U.S. Entity” means an Entity that is not a U.S. Person.

(cc) An Entity is a “Related Entity” of another Entity if either Entity controls the 

other Entity, or the two Entities are under common control. For this purpose, 

control includes direct or indirect ownership of more than 50 percent of the 

vote or value in an Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Macao SAR

may treat an Entity as not a Related Entity of another Entity if the two Entities 

are not members of the same expanded affiliated group as defined in section 

1471(e)(2) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

(dd) The term “U.S. TIN” means a U.S. federal taxpayer identifying number.

(ee) The term “Controlling Persons” means the natural persons who exercise 

control over an Entity. In the case of a trust, such term means the settlor, the 

trustees, the protector (if any), the beneficiaries or class of beneficiaries, and 

any other natural person exercising ultimate effective control over the trust, 

and in the case of a legal arrangement other than a trust, such term means 

persons in equivalent or similar positions. The term “Controlling Persons” 
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shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the Financial Action Task 

Force Recommendations.

2. Any term not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise 

requires or the Competent Authorities agree to a common meaning (as permitted by domestic 

law), have the meaning that it has at that time under the law of the Party applying this

Agreement, any meaning under the applicable tax laws of that Party prevailing over a 

meaning given to the term under other laws of that Party.

Article 2

Reporting and Exchange of Information

1. Directive to Macao SAR Financial Institutions. The Macao SAR shall direct and 

enable all Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions to:

a) register on the IRS FATCA registration website with the IRS, and comply with the 

requirements of an FFI Agreement, including with respect to due diligence, 

reporting, and withholding;

b) with respect to Financial Accounts maintained by Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institutions as of the Determination Date identified as U.S. Accounts,

(i) request from each Account Holder the Account Holder’s U.S. TIN and 

consent to report and simultaneously inform the Account Holder in writing

that, if the U.S. TIN and consent are not given, (1) aggregate information 

about the account shall be reported to the IRS, (2) information about the 

account may give rise to a group request by the IRS for specific 

information about the account, (3) in such case, the account information 

shall be transmitted to the Macao SAR tax administration, and (4) the 

Macao SAR tax administration may exchange this information with the 

IRS in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article;

(ii) report annually to the IRS, in the time and manner required by an FFI 

Agreement and relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations, the aggregate 

information required with respect to Non-Consenting U.S. Accounts;

c) with respect to accounts of, or obligations to, Nonparticipating Financial 

Institutions that exist as of the Determination Date, and in connection with which 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution expects to pay a Foreign 

Reportable Amount,

(i) with respect to calendar years 2015 and 2016, request from each such 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution the Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution’s consent to report and simultaneously inform the 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution in writing that, if such consent is not 

given, (1) aggregate information about Foreign Reportable Amounts paid 

to the Nonparticipating Financial Institution shall be reported to the IRS, 

(2) such information may give rise to a group request by the IRS for 

specific information about the account or obligation, (3) in such case, the 

information about the account or obligation shall be transmitted to the 
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Macao SAR tax administration, and (4) the Macao SAR tax administration 

may exchange this information with the IRS in accordance with paragraph 

2 of this Article;

(ii) with respect to calendar years 2015 and 2016, report to the IRS the number 

of non-consenting Nonparticipating Financial Institutions to which Foreign 

Reportable Amounts were paid during the year and the aggregate value of 

all such payments no later than March 15 of the year following the year to 

which the information relates;

d) with respect to New Accounts identified as U.S. Accounts, obtain from each 

Account Holder consent to report, consistent with the requirements of an FFI 

Agreement, as a condition of account opening; and

e) with respect to new accounts opened by, or obligations entered into with, a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution after the Determination Date, and in 

connection with which the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution expects to 

pay a Foreign Reportable Amount, obtain from each such Nonparticipating 

Financial Institution consent to report, consistent with the requirements of an FFI 

Agreement, as a condition of opening the account, or entering into the obligation.

2. Exchange of Information.

a) In the context of FATCA implementation, the U.S. Competent Authority may make 

group requests to the Macao SAR Competent Authority based on the aggregate 

information reported to the IRS pursuant to the directive described in 

subparagraphs 1(b)(ii) and 1(c)(ii) of this Article, for all the information about 

Non-Consenting U.S. Accounts and Foreign Reportable Amounts paid to

Nonparticipating Financial Institutions that the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution would have had to report under an FFI Agreement had it obtained 

consent.

b) The U.S. Competent Authority may also make follow-up requests to the Macao

SAR Competent Authority for additional information with respect to a NonConsenting U.S. Account, including the account statements prepared in the 

ordinary course of the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution’s business that 

summarize the activity (including withdrawals, transfer, and closures) of the 

account.

c) The Macao SAR Competent Authority shall provide to the U.S. Competent 

Authority the information requested by the U.S. Competent Authority pursuant to 

subparagraphs 2(a) and 2(b) of this Article without regard to whether the Macao

SAR Competent Authority needs such information for its own tax purposes or 

whether the information relates to the investigation of conduct that would 

constitute a crime under the laws of the Macao SAR if such conduct occurred in 

the Macao SAR. If the information in the possession of the Macao SAR

Competent Authority is not sufficient to enable it to comply with the request for 

information, the Macao SAR Competent Authority shall use all relevant 

information gathering measures to provide the U.S. Competent Authority with the 

information requested. Privileges under the laws and practices of the United States 
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shall not apply in the execution of a request by the Macao SAR Competent 

Authority and the availability and application of any such privileges shall be solely 

the responsibility of the United States.

d) With respect to a group request from the U.S. Competent Authority described in 

subparagraph 2(a) of this Article, the Macao SAR Competent Authority shall, 

within six months of the receipt of the group request, provide the U.S. Competent 

Authority with all such requested information in the same format in which the 

information would have been reported if it had been reported directly to the IRS by 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution. The Macao SAR Competent 

Authority shall notify the U.S. Competent Authority and the relevant Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution if there will be any delay in the exchange of the 

requested information. In such case, the provisions of subparagraph 2(b) of Article 

3 of this Agreement shall apply with respect to the Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution, and the Macao SAR Competent Authority must exchange the 

requested information with the U.S. Competent Authority as soon as possible.

e) Notwithstanding subparagraph 2(a) of this Article, the Macao SAR Competent 

Authority is not required to obtain and exchange the U.S. TIN of the Account 

Holder of a Non-Consenting U.S. Account if such U.S. TIN is not in the

records of the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution. In such a case, the 

Macao SAR Competent Authority shall obtain and include in the exchanged 

information the date of birth of the relevant person, if the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution has such date of birth in its records.

f) Requests pursuant to subparagraphs 2(a) and 2(b) of this Article shall apply to 

information for the time period beginning on or after the date of signature of 

this Agreement.

Article 3

Application of FATCA to Macao SAR Financial Institutions

1. Treatment of Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions. Subject to the 

provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 4 of this Agreement, each Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution that registers with the IRS on the IRS FATCA registration website and 

complies with the terms of an FFI Agreement shall be treated as complying with the 

requirements of, and as not subject to withholding under, section 1471 of the U.S. Internal 

Revenue Code.

2. Suspension of Rules Relating to Non-Consenting U.S. Accounts. 

a) Subject to subparagraph 2(b) of this Article, the United States shall not require a 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution to withhold tax under section 1471 or 

1472 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code with respect to an account held by a 

recalcitrant account holder (as defined in section 1471(d)(6) of the U.S. Internal 

Revenue Code), or to close such account, if:

(i) the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution complies with the 

directives in paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Agreement with respect to the 
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account; and

(ii) the Macao SAR Competent Authority exchanges with the U.S. Competent 

Authority the requested information described in subparagraph 2(a) of 

Article 2 of this Agreement within six months from the date of the receipt 

of such request.

b) If the condition of subparagraph 2(a)(ii) of this Article is not fulfilled, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution shall be required to treat the account 

as held by a recalcitrant account holder as defined in relevant U.S. Treasury 

Regulations, including by withholding tax where required by those U.S. Treasury 

Regulations, beginning on the date that is six months after the date of the receipt of 

the request described in subparagraph 2(a) of Article 2 of this Agreement and 

ending on the date on which the Macao SAR Competent Authority exchanges the 

requested information with the U.S. Competent Authority.

3. Specific Treatment of Macao SAR Retirement Plans. The United States shall treat 

as deemed-compliant FFIs or exempt beneficial owners, as appropriate, for purposes of 

sections 1471 and 1472 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Macao SAR retirement plans 

described in Annex II. For this purpose, a Macao SAR retirement plan includes an Entity 

established or located in, and regulated by, the Macao SAR, or a predetermined contractual or 

legal arrangement, operated to provide pension or retirement benefits or earn income for 

providing such benefits under the laws of the Macao SAR and regulated with respect to 

contributions, distributions, reporting, sponsorship, and taxation. 

4. Identification and Treatment of Other Deemed Compliant FFIs and Exempt 

Beneficial Owners. The United States shall treat each Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution as a deemed-compliant FFI or as an exempt beneficial owner, as appropriate, for 

purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

5. Special Rules Regarding Related Entities and Branches That Are 

Nonparticipating Financial Institutions. If a Macao SAR Financial Institution, that 

otherwise meets the requirements described in Article 2 of this Agreement or is described in 

paragraph 3 or 4 of this Article, has a Related Entity or branch that operates in a jurisdiction 

that prevents such Related Entity or branch from fulfilling the requirements of a participating 

FFI or deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code

or has a Related Entity or branch that is treated as a Nonparticipating Financial Institution 

solely due to the expiration of the transitional rule for limited FFIs and limited branches under 

relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations, such Macao SAR Financial Institution shall continue to 

be treated as a participating FFI, deemed-compliant FFI, or exempt beneficial owner, as 

appropriate, for purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, provided that:

a) the Macao SAR Financial Institution treats each such Related Entity or branch as a 

separate Nonparticipating Financial Institution and each such Related Entity or 

branch identifies itself to withholding agents as a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution;

b) each such Related Entity or branch identifies its U.S. accounts and reports to the 

IRS the information with respect to those accounts as required under section 1471 

of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code to the extent permitted under the relevant laws 
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pertaining to the Related Entity or branch; and

c) such Related Entity or branch does not specifically solicit U.S. accounts held by 

persons that are not resident in the jurisdiction where such Related Entity or

branch is located or accounts held by Nonparticipating Financial Institutions that 

are not established in the jurisdiction where such Related Entity or branch is 

located, and such Related Entity or branch is not used by the Macao SAR 

Financial Institution or any other Related Entity to circumvent the obligations 

under this Agreement or under section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as 

appropriate.

6. Coordination of Definitions with U.S. Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding 

Article 1 of this Agreement and the definitions provided in the Annexes to this Agreement, in 

implementing this Agreement, the Macao SAR may use, and may permit Macao SAR 

Financial Institutions to use, a definition in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations in lieu of a 

corresponding definition in this Agreement, provided that such application would not frustrate 

the purposes of this Agreement.

Article 4

Verification and Enforcement

1. Minor and Administrative Errors. Consistent with the terms of an FFI Agreement, 

the U.S. Competent Authority may make an inquiry directly to a Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution where it has reason to believe that administrative errors or other minor 

errors may have led to incorrect or incomplete information reporting inconsistent with the 

requirements of an FFI Agreement. The competent authority agreement or arrangement may

provide that the U.S. CompetentAuthority would notify the Macao SAR CompetentAuthority

when the U.S. CompetentAuthority makes such an inquiry of a Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution regarding the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution’s compliance

with the conditions set forth in thisAgreement.

2. Significant Non-Compliance. The U.S. Competent Authority shall notify the Macao

SAR Competent Authority when the U.S. Competent Authority has determined that there is 

significant non-compliance with the requirements of an FFI Agreement or this Agreement 

with respect to a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution. If the non-compliance is not 

resolved within a period of 12 months after notification of significant non-compliance is first 

provided by the U.S. Competent Authority, the United States shall treat the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution as a Nonparticipating Financial Institution pursuant to this 

paragraph 2. 

3. Competent Authority Consultation. The Competent Authorities of the Macao SAR

and the United States may consult on notified cases of significant non-compliance pursuant to 

paragraph 2 of this Article.

4. Reliance on Third Party Service Providers. In accordance with the provisions of an

FFI Agreement and relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations, Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institutions may use third party service providers to fulfill the requirements of an FFI 

Agreement, but these requirements shall remain the responsibility of the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institutions.
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Article 5

Mutual Commitment to Continue to Enhance the Effectiveness of Information

Exchange and Transparency

Treatment of Passthru Payments and Gross Proceeds. The Parties are committed 

to work together, along with Partner Jurisdictions, to develop a practical and effective 

alternative approach to achieve the policy objectives of foreign passthru payment and gross 

proceeds withholding that minimizes burden.

Article 6

Consistency in the Application of FATCA to Partner Jurisdictions

1. The Macao SAR shall be granted the benefit of any more favorable terms under 

Article 3 or Annex I of this Agreement relating to the application of FATCA to Macao SAR 

Financial Institutions afforded to another Partner Jurisdiction under a signed bilateral 

agreement pursuant to which the other Partner Jurisdiction commits to undertake the same 

obligations as the Macao SAR described in Article 2 of this Agreement, and subject to the 

same terms and conditions as described therein and in Articles 4, 6, 9, and 10 of this 

Agreement. 

2. The United States shall notify the Macao SAR of any such more favorable terms, and 

such more favorable terms shall apply automatically under this Agreement as if such terms 

were specified in this Agreement and effective as of the date of signing of the agreement incorporating the more favorable terms, unless the Macao SAR declines in writing the application thereof. 

Article 7

Mutual Agreement Procedure

1. Where difficulties or doubts arise between the Parties regarding the implementation, 

application, or interpretation of this Agreement, the Competent Authorities shall endeavor to 

resolve the matter by mutual agreement.

2. The Competent Authorities may adopt and implement procedures to facilitate the 

implementation of this Agreement.

3. The Competent Authorities may communicate with each other directly for purposes of 

reaching a mutual agreement under this Article.

Article 8

Confidentiality

1. The Macao SAR Competent Authority shall treat any information received from the 

United States pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 2 and Article 4 of this Agreement as 

confidential and shall only disclose such information as may be necessary to carry out its 

obligations under this Agreement. Such information may be disclosed in connection with 

court proceedings related to the performance of the obligations of the Macao SAR under this 

Agreement.

2. Information provided to the U.S. Competent Authority pursuant paragraph 2 of Article 
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2 and Article 4 of this Agreement shall be treated as confidential and may be disclosed only to 

persons or authorities (including courts and administrative bodies) of the Government of the 

United States concerned with the assessment, collection, or administration of, the enforcement 

or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, U.S. federal taxes, 

or the oversight of such functions. Such persons or authorities shall use such information 

only for such purposes. Such persons may disclose the information in public court 

proceedings or in judicial decisions. The information may not be disclosed to any other 

person, entity, authority, or jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the Macao

SAR provides prior, written consent, the information may be used for purposes permitted 

under the provisions of a mutual legal assistance treaty in force between the Parties that 

allows for the exchange of tax information.

Article 9

Consultations and Amendments

1. In case any difficulties in the implementation or interpretation of this Agreement arise, 

either Party may, independently of the mutual agreement procedure described in paragraph 1 

of Article 7 of this Agreement, request consultations to develop appropriate measures to 

ensure the fulfillment of this Agreement. 

2. This Agreement may be amended by written mutual agreement of the Parties. Unless 

otherwise agreed upon, such an amendment shall enter into force through the same procedures 

as set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 11 of this Agreement.

Article 10

Annexes

The Annexes form an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 11

Term of Agreement

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the Macao SAR’s written 

notification to the United States that the Macao SAR has completed its necessary internal 

procedures for entry into force of this Agreement. 

2. Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving notice of termination in writing 

to the other Party. Such termination shall become effective on the first day of the month 

following the expiration of a period of 12 months after the date of the notice of termination.

3. If this Agreement is terminated, both Parties shall remain bound by the provisions of 

Article 8 of this Agreement with respect to any information obtained under this Agreement.
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In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto by their respective 

Governments, have signed this Agreement.

Done at Macao, in duplicate, in the English language, this 14th day of December, 2016.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 

MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE 

REGION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 

OF CHINA:
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ANNEX I

DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ON U.S. 

ACCOUNTS AND ON PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN NONPARTICIPATING 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

I. General.

A. Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must identify U.S. Accounts and 

accounts held by Nonparticipating Financial Institutions in accordance with the due 

diligence procedures contained in this Annex I.

B. For purposes of the Agreement,

1. All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars and shall be read to include the 

equivalent in other currencies.

2. Except as otherwise provided herein, the balance or value of an account 

shall be determined as of the last day of the calendar year, or in the case of a 

Cash Value Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract, as of the last day of the 

calendar year or the most recent contract anniversary date.

3. Subject to subparagraph E(1) of section II of this Annex I, an account 

shall be treated as a U.S. Account beginning as of the date it is identified as 

such pursuant to the due diligence procedures in this Annex I.

4. Unless otherwise provided, information with respect to a U.S. Account 

must be reported annually in the calendar year following the year to which the 

information relates.

C. As an alternative to the procedures described in each section of this Annex I, 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions may rely on the procedures described in 

relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations to establish whether an account is a U.S. Account 

or an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, except that if an 

account is treated as held by a recalcitrant account holder under procedures described 

in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations, such account shall be treated as a U.S. Account 

for purposes of this Agreement. Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions may

make such election separately for each section of this Annex I either with respect to all 

relevant Financial Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified group 

of such accounts (such as by line of business or the location of where the account is 

maintained). Except as otherwise provided in an FFI Agreement, once a Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution has chosen to rely on the procedures in relevant U.S. 

Treasury Regulations with respect to any group of accounts, such Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution must continue to apply such procedures consistently in all 

subsequent years, unless there has been a material modification to relevant U.S. 

Treasury Regulations. 

II. Preexisting Individual Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply for 

purposes of identifying U.S. Accounts among Preexisting Accounts held by individuals 

(“Preexisting Individual Accounts”).
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A. Accounts Not Required to Be Reviewed, Identified, or Reported. Unless 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution elects otherwise, either with respect to 

all Preexisting Individual Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified 

group of such accounts, the following Preexisting Individual Accounts are not required 

to be reviewed, identified, or reported as U.S. Accounts:

1. Subject to subparagraph E(2) of this section, a Preexisting Individual 

Account with a balance or value that does not exceed $50,000 as of the 

Determination Date.

2. Subject to subparagraph E(2) of this section, a Preexisting Individual 

Account that is a Cash Value Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract with a 

balance or value of $250,000 or less as of the Determination Date.

3. A Preexisting Individual Account that is a Cash Value Insurance 

Contract or an Annuity Contract, provided the law or regulations of the Macao 

SAR or the United States effectively prevent the sale of such a Cash Value 

Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract to U.S. residents (e.g., if the 

relevant Financial Institution does not have the required registration under U.S. 

law, and the law of the Macao SAR requires reporting or withholding with 

respect to insurance products held by residents of the Macao SAR).

4. A Depository Account with a balance of $50,000 or less.

B. Review Procedures for Preexisting Individual Accounts With a Balance or 

Value as of the Determination Date, that Exceeds $50,000 ($250,000 for a Cash 

Value Insurance Contract or Annuity Contract), But Does Not Exceed $1,000,000 

(“Lower Value Accounts”).

1. Electronic Record Search. The Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must review electronically searchable data maintained by the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution for any of the following U.S. 

indicia:

a) Identification of the Account Holder as a U.S. citizen or 

resident;

b) Unambiguous indication of a U.S. place of birth;

c) Current U.S. mailing or residence address (including a U.S. post 

office box);

d) Current U.S. telephone number;

e) Standing instructions to transfer funds to an account maintained 

in the United States;

f) Currently effective power of attorney or signatory authority 

granted to a person with a U.S. address; or
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g) An “in-care-of” or “hold mail” address that is the sole address 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution has on file for the 

Account Holder. In the case of a Preexisting Individual Account that is 

a Lower Value Account, an “in-care-of” address outside the United 

States or “hold mail” address shall not be treated as U.S. indicia. 

2. If none of the U.S. indicia listed in subparagraph B(1) of this section are 

discovered in the electronic search, then no further action is required until there 

is a change in circumstances that results in one or more U.S. indicia being 

associated with the account, or the account becomes a High Value Account 

described in paragraph D of this section.

3. If any of the U.S. indicia listed in subparagraph B(1) of this section are 

discovered in the electronic search, or if there is a change in circumstances that 

results in one or more U.S. indicia being associated with the account, then the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. 

Account unless it elects to apply subparagraph B(4) of this section and one of 

the exceptions in such subparagraph applies with respect to that account.

4. Notwithstanding a finding of U.S. indicia under subparagraph B(1) of 

this section, a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is not required to 

treat an account as a U.S. Account if:

a) Where the Account Holder information unambiguously indicates 

a U.S. place of birth, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

obtains, or has previously reviewed and maintains a record of:

(1) A self-certification that the Account Holder is neither a 

U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident for tax purposes (which may be 

on an IRS Form W-8 or other similar agreed form);

(2) A non-U.S. passport or other government-issued 

identification evidencing the Account Holder’s citizenship or 

nationality in a country other than the United States; and

(3) A copy of the Account Holder’s Certificate of Loss of 

Nationality of the United States or a reasonable explanation of: 

(a) The reason the Account Holder does not have such a 

certificate despite relinquishing U.S. citizenship; or

(b) The reason the Account Holder did not obtain U.S. 

citizenship at birth.

b) Where the Account Holder information contains a current U.S. 

mailing or residence address, or one or more U.S. telephone numbers 

that are the only telephone numbers associated with the account, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution obtains, or has previously 

reviewed and maintains a record of:
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(1) A self-certification that the Account Holder is neither a 

U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident for tax purposes (which may be 

on an IRS Form W-8 or other similar agreed form); and

(2) Documentary evidence, as defined in paragraph D of 

section VI of this Annex I, establishing the Account Holder’s 

non-U.S. status.

c) Where the Account Holder information contains standing 

instructions to transfer funds to an account maintained in the United 

States, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution obtains, or has 

previously reviewed and maintains a record of:

(1) A self-certification that the Account Holder is neither a 

U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident for tax purposes (which may be 

on an IRS Form W-8 or other similar agreed form); and

(2) Documentary evidence, as defined in paragraph D of 

section VI of this Annex I, establishing the Account Holder’s 

non-U.S. status.

d) Where the Account Holder information contains a currently 

effective power of attorney or signatory authority granted to a person 

with a U.S. address, has an “in-care-of” address or “hold mail” 

address that is the sole address identified for the Account Holder, or 

has one or more U.S. telephone numbers (if a non-U.S. telephone 

number is also associated with the account), the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution obtains, or has previously reviewed and 

maintains a record of:

(1) A self-certification that the Account Holder is neither a 

U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident for tax purposes (which may be 

on an IRS Form W-8 or other similar agreed form); or

(2) Documentary evidence, as defined in paragraph D of 

section VI of this Annex I, establishing the Account Holder’s 

non-U.S. status.

C. Additional Procedures Applicable to Preexisting Individual Accounts That 

Are Lower Value Accounts.

1. Review of Preexisting Individual Accounts that are Lower Value 

Accounts for U.S. indicia must be completed within two years from the 

Determination Date. 

2. If there is a change of circumstances with respect to a Preexisting 

Individual Account that is a Lower Value Account that results in one or more 

U.S. indicia described in subparagraph B(1) of this section being associated 

with the account, then the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must 
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treat the account as a U.S. Account unless subparagraph B(4) of this section 

applies.

3. Except for Depository Accounts described in subparagraph A(4) of this 

section, any Preexisting Individual Account that has been identified as a U.S. 

Account under this section shall be treated as a U.S. Account in all subsequent 

years, unless the Account Holder ceases to be a Specified U.S. Person.

D. Enhanced Review Procedures for Preexisting Individual Accounts With a 

Balance or Value That Exceeds $1,000,000 as of the Determination Date, or 

December 31 of 2015 or Any Subsequent Year (“High Value Accounts”).

1. Electronic Record Search. The Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must review electronically searchable data maintained by the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution for any of the U.S. indicia 

described in subparagraph B(1) of this section.

2. Paper Record Search. If the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution’s electronically searchable databases include fields for, and capture 

all of the information described in, subparagraph D(3) of this section, then no 

further paper record search is required. If the electronic databases do not 

capture all of this information, then with respect to a High Value Account, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must also review the current 

customer master file and, to the extent not contained in the current customer 

master file, the following documents associated with the account and obtained 

by the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution within the last five years for 

any of the U.S. indicia described in subparagraph B(1) of this section:

a) The most recent documentary evidence collected with respect to 

the account;

b) The most recent account opening contract or documentation;

c) The most recent documentation obtained by the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution pursuant to AML/KYC Procedures or 

for other regulatory purposes;

d) Any power of attorney or signature authority forms currently in 

effect; and

e) Any standing instructions to transfer funds currently in effect.

3. Exception Where Databases Contain Sufficient Information. A 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is not required to perform the 

paper record search described in subparagraph D(2) of this section if the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution’s electronically searchable 

information includes the following:

a) The Account Holder’s nationality or residence status;
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b) The Account Holder’s residence address and mailing address 

currently on file with the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution;

c) The Account Holder’s telephone number(s) currently on file, if 

any, with the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution; 

d) Whether there are standing instructions to transfer funds in the 

account to another account (including an account at another branch of 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution or another Financial 

Institution);

e) Whether there is a current “in-care-of” address or “hold mail” 

address for the Account Holder; and

f) Whether there is any power of attorney or signatory authority for 

the account. 

4. Relationship Manager Inquiry for Actual Knowledge. In addition to 

the electronic and paper record searches described above, the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution must treat as a U.S. Account any High Value 

Account assigned to a relationship manager (including any Financial Accounts 

aggregated with such High Value Account) if the relationship manager has 

actual knowledge that the Account Holder is a Specified U.S. Person.

5. Effect of Finding U.S. Indicia.

a) If none of the U.S. indicia listed in subparagraph B(1) of this 

section are discovered in the enhanced review of High Value Accounts 

described above, and the account is not identified as held by a Specified 

U.S. Person in subparagraph D(4) of this section, then no further action 

is required until there is a change in circumstances that results in one or 

more U.S. indicia being associated with the account.

b) If any of the U.S. indicia listed in subparagraph B(1) of this 

section are discovered in the enhanced review of High Value Accounts 

described above, or if there is a subsequent change in circumstances 

that results in one or more U.S. indicia being associated with the 

account, then the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat 

the account as a U.S. Account unless it elects to apply subparagraph 

B(4) of this section and one of the exceptions in such subparagraph 

applies with respect to that account.

c) Except for Depository Accounts described in subparagraph A(4) 

of this section, any Preexisting Individual Account that has been 

identified as a U.S. Account under this section shall be treated as a U.S. 

Account in all subsequent years, unless the Account Holder ceases to 

be a Specified U.S. Person. 
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E. Additional Procedures Applicable to High Value Accounts.

1. If a Preexisting Individual Account is a High Value Account as of the 

Determination Date, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must 

complete the enhanced review procedures described in paragraph D of this 

section with respect to such account within one year from the Determination 

Date. If based on this review such account is identified as a U.S. Account on or 

before December 31, 2014, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

must report the required information about such account with respect to 2014 

in the first report on the account and on an annual basis thereafter. In the case 

of an account identified as a U.S. Account after December 31, 2014, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is not required to report 

information about such account with respect to 2014, but must report 

information about the account on an annual basis thereafter.

2. If a Preexisting Individual Account is not a High Value Account as of 

the Determination Date, but becomes a High Value Account as of the last day 

of 2015 or any subsequent calendar year, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must complete the enhanced review procedures described in 

paragraph D of this section with respect to such account within six months 

after the last day of the calendar year in which the account becomes a High 

Value Account. If based on this review such account is identified as a U.S. 

Account, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must report the 

required information about such account with respect to the year in which it is 

identified as a U.S. Account and subsequent years on an annual basis, unless 

the Account Holder ceases to be a Specified U.S. Person.

3. Once a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution applies the 

enhanced review procedures described in paragraph D of this section to a High 

Value Account, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is not required 

to re-apply such procedures, other than the relationship manager inquiry 

described in subparagraph D(4) of this section, to the same High Value Account 

in any subsequent year.

4. If there is a change of circumstances with respect to a High Value 

Account that results in one or more U.S. indicia described in subparagraph 

B(1) of this section being associated with the account, then the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. Account 

unless it elects to apply subparagraph B(4) of this section and one of the 

exceptions in such subparagraph applies with respect to that account.

5. A Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must implement 

procedures to ensure that a relationship manager identifies any change in 

circumstances of an account. For example, if a relationship manager is notified 

that the Account Holder has a new mailing address in the United States, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is required to treat the new address 

as a change in circumstances and, if it elects to apply subparagraph B(4) of this 

section, is required to obtain the appropriate documentation from the Account 

Holder.
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F. Preexisting Individual Accounts That Have Been Documented for Certain 

Other Purposes. A Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution that has previously 

obtained documentation from an Account Holder to establish the Account Holder’s 

status as neither a U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident in order to meet its obligations under 

a qualified intermediary, withholding foreign partnership, or withholding foreign trust 

agreement with the IRS, or to fulfill its obligations under chapter 61 of Title 26 of the 

United States Code, is not required to perform the procedures described in 

subparagraph B(1) of this section with respect to Lower Value Accounts or 

subparagraphs D(1) through D(3) of this section with respect to High Value Accounts.

III. New Individual Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply for purposes of

identifying U.S. Accounts among Financial Accounts held by individuals and opened after the 

Determination Date (“New Individual Accounts”).

A. Accounts Not Required to Be Reviewed, Identified, or Reported. Unless 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution elects otherwise, either with respect to 

all New Individual Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified group 

of such accounts, the following New Individual Accounts are not required to be 

reviewed, identified, or reported as U.S. Accounts:

1. A Depository Account unless the account balance exceeds $50,000 at 

the end of any calendar year. 

2. A Cash Value Insurance Contract unless the cash value exceeds $50,000 

at the end of any calendar year. 

B. Other New Individual Accounts. With respect to New Individual Accounts 

not described in paragraph A of this section, upon account opening (or within 90 days 

after the end of the calendar year in which the account ceases to be described in 

paragraph A of this section), the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must 

obtain a self-certification, which may be part of the account opening documentation, 

that allows the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution to determine whether the 

Account Holder is resident in the United States for tax purposes (for this purpose, a 

U.S. citizen is considered to be resident in the United States for tax purposes, even if 

the Account Holder is also a tax resident of another jurisdiction) and confirm the 

reasonableness of such self-certification based on the information obtained by the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution in connection with the opening of the 

account, including any documentation collected pursuant to AML/KYC Procedures.

1. If the self-certification establishes that the Account Holder is resident in 

the United States for tax purposes, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must treat the account as a U.S. Account and obtain a selfcertification that includes the Account Holder’s U.S. TIN (which may be an 

IRS Form W-9 or other similar agreed form).

2. If there is a change of circumstances with respect to a New Individual 

Account that causes the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution to know,

or have reason to know, that the original self-certification is incorrect or 

unreliable, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution cannot rely on the 

original self-certification and must obtain a valid self-certification that 
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establishes whether the Account Holder is a U.S. citizen or resident for U.S. 

tax purposes. If the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is unable to 

obtain a valid self-certification, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

must treat the account as a Non-Consenting U.S. Account.

IV. Preexisting Entity Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply for purposes 

of identifying U.S. Accounts and accounts held by Nonparticipating Financial Institutions 

among Preexisting Accounts held by Entities (“Preexisting Entity Accounts”).

A. Entity Accounts Not Required to Be Reviewed, Identified, or Reported. 

Unless the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution elects otherwise, either with 

respect to all Preexisting Entity Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly 

identified group of such accounts, a Preexisting Entity Account with an account 

balance or value that does not exceed $250,000 as of the Determination Date, is not 

required to be reviewed, identified, or reported as a U.S. Account until the account 

balance or value exceeds $1,000,000. 

B. Entity Accounts Subject to Review. A Preexisting Entity Account that has an 

account balance or value that exceeds $250,000 as of the Determination Date, and a 

Preexisting Entity Account that does not exceed $250,000 as of the Determination 

Date but the account balance or value of which exceeds $1,000,000 as of the last day 

of 2015 or any subsequent calendar year, must be reviewed in accordance with the 

procedures set forth in paragraph D of this section. 

C. Entity Accounts With Respect to Which Reporting Is Required. With 

respect to Preexisting Entity Accounts described in paragraph B of this section, only 

accounts that are held by one or more Entities that are Specified U.S. Persons, or by 

Passive NFFEs with one or more Controlling Persons who are U.S. citizens or 

residents, shall be treated as U.S. Accounts. In addition, accounts held by 

Nonparticipating Financial Institutions shall be treated as accounts for which 

aggregate payments are required to be reported under an FFI Agreement.

D. Review Procedures for Identifying Entity Accounts With Respect to Which 

Reporting Is Required. For Preexisting Entity Accounts described in paragraph B of 

this section, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must apply the following 

review procedures to determine whether the account is held by one or more Specified 

U.S. Persons, by Passive NFFEs with one or more Controlling Persons who are U.S. 

citizens or residents, or by Nonparticipating Financial Institutions:

1. Determine Whether the Entity Is a Specified U.S. Person.

a) Review information maintained for regulatory or customer 

relationship purposes (including information collected pursuant to 

AML/KYC Procedures) to determine whether the information indicates 

that the Account Holder is a U.S. Person. For this purpose, information 

indicating that the Account Holder is a U.S. Person includes a U.S. 

place of incorporation or organization, or a U.S. address.

b) If the information indicates that the Account Holder is a U.S. 

Person, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat the 
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account as a U.S. Account unless it obtains a self-certification from the 

Account Holder (which may be on an IRS Form W-8 or W-9, or a 

similar agreed form), or reasonably determines based on information in 

its possession or that is publicly available, that the Account Holder is 

not a Specified U.S. Person.

2. Determine Whether a Non-U.S. Entity Is a Financial Institution.

a) Review information maintained for regulatory or customer 

relationship purposes (including information collected pursuant to 

AML/KYC Procedures) to determine whether the information indicates 

that the Account Holder is a Financial Institution.

b) If the information indicates that the Account Holder is a 

Financial Institution, or the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

verifies the Account Holder’s Global Intermediary Identification 

Number on the published IRS FFI list, then the account is not a U.S. 

Account. 

3. Determine Whether a Financial Institution Is a Nonparticipating 

Financial Institution Payments to Which Are Subject to Aggregate 

Reporting Consistent with the Requirements of an FFI Agreement.

a) Subject to subparagraph D(3)(b) of this section, a Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution may determine that the Account 

Holder is a Macao SAR Financial Institution or other Partner 

Jurisdiction Financial Institution if the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution reasonably determines that the Account Holder has such 

status on the basis of the Account Holder’s Global Intermediary 

Identification Number on the published IRS FFI list or other 

information that is publicly available or in the possession of the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution, as applicable. In such 

case, no further review, identification, or reporting is required with 

respect to the account.

b) If the Account Holder is a Macao SAR Financial Institution or 

other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution treated by the IRS as a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution, then the account is not a U.S. 

Account, but payments to the Account Holder must be reported 

consistent with the requirements of an FFI Agreement.

c) If the Account Holder is not a Macao SAR Financial Institution

or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution, then the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat the Account Holder as a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution payments to which are reportable 

consistent with the requirements of an FFI Agreement, unless the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution:

(1) Obtains a self-certification (which may be on an IRS 

Form W-8 or similar agreed form) from the Account Holder that 
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it is a certified deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial 

owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury 

Regulations; or

(2) In the case of a participating FFI or registered deemedcompliant FFI, verifies the Account Holder’s Global 

Intermediary Identification Number on the published IRS FFI 

list.

4. Determine Whether an Account Held by an NFFE Is a U.S. 

Account. With respect to an Account Holder of a Preexisting Entity Account 

that is not identified as either a U.S. Person or a Financial Institution, the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must identify (i) whether the 

Account Holder has Controlling Persons, (ii) whether the Account Holder is a 

Passive NFFE, and (iii) whether any of the Controlling Persons of the Account 

Holder is a U.S. citizen or resident. In making these determinations the 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must follow the guidance in 

subparagraphs D(4)(a) through D(4)(d) of this section in the order most 

appropriate under the circumstances.

a) For purposes of determining the Controlling Persons of an 

Account Holder, a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution may 

rely on information collected and maintained pursuant to AML/KYC 

Procedures.

b) For purposes of determining whether the Account Holder is a 

Passive NFFE, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must 

obtain a self-certification (which may be on an IRS Form W-8 or W-9, 

or on a similar agreed form) from the Account Holder to establish its 

status, unless it has information in its possession or that is publicly 

available, based on which it can reasonably determine that the Account 

Holder is an Active NFFE.

c) For purposes of determining whether a Controlling Person of a 

Passive NFFE is a U.S. citizen or resident for tax purposes, a Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution may rely on: 

(1) Information collected and maintained pursuant to 

AML/KYC Procedures in the case of a Preexisting Entity 

Account held by one or more NFFEs with an account balance or 

value that does not exceed $1,000,000; or

(2) A self-certification (which may be on an IRS Form W-8 

or W-9, or on a similar agreed form) from the Account Holder 

or such Controlling Person in the case of a Preexisting Entity 

Account held by one or more NFFEs with an account balance or 

value that exceeds $1,000,000. 

d) If any Controlling Person of a Passive NFFE is a U.S. citizen or 
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resident, the account shall be treated as a U.S. Account.

E. Timing of Review and Additional Procedures Applicable to Preexisting 

Entity Accounts.

1. Review of Preexisting Entity Accounts with an account balance or value 

that exceeds $250,000 as of the Determination Date must be completed within 

two years from the Determination Date.

2. Review of Preexisting Entity Accounts with an account balance or value 

that does not exceed $250,000 as of the Determination Date, but exceeds 

$1,000,000 as of December 31 of 2015 or any subsequent year, must be 

completed within six months after the last day of the calendar year in which the 

account balance or value exceeds $1,000,000.

3. If there is a change of circumstances with respect to a Preexisting Entity 

Account that causes the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution to know,

or have reason to know, that the self-certification or other documentation 

associated with an account is incorrect or unreliable, the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution must redetermine the status of the account in 

accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph D of this section.

V. New Entity Accounts. The following rules and procedures apply for purposes of 

identifying U.S. Accounts and accounts held by Nonparticipating Financial Institutions among

Financial Accounts held by Entities and opened after the Determination Date (“New Entity 

Accounts”). 

A. Entity Accounts Not Required to Be Reviewed, Identified or Reported. 

Unless the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution elects otherwise, either with 

respect to all New Entity Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified 

group of such accounts, a credit card account or a revolving credit facility treated as a 

New Entity Account is not required to be reviewed, identified, or reported, provided 

that the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution maintaining such account 

implements policies and procedures to prevent an account balance owed to the 

Account Holder that exceeds $50,000.

B. Other New Entity Accounts. With respect to New Entity Accounts not 

described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; 

(ii) a Macao SAR Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial 

Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial 

owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an 

Active NFFE or Passive NFFE. 

1. Subject to subparagraph B(2) of this section, a Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution may determine that the Account Holder is an Active 

NFFE, a Macao SAR Financial Institution, or other Partner Jurisdiction 

Financial Institution if the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution

reasonably determines that the Account Holder has such status on the basis of 

the Account Holder’s Global Intermediary Identification Number or other 
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information that is publicly available or in the possession of the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution, as applicable. 

2. If the Account Holder is a Macao SAR Financial Institution or other 

Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution treated by the IRS as a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution, then the account is not a U.S. Account, 

but payments to the Account Holder must be reported consistent with the 

requirements of an FFI Agreement.

3. In all other cases, a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must 

obtain a self-certification from the Account Holder to establish the Account 

Holder’s status. Based on the self-certification, the following rules apply:

a) If the Account Holder is a Specified U.S. Person, the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. 

Account.

b) If the Account Holder is a Passive NFFE, the Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution must identify the Controlling Persons as 

determined under AML/KYC Procedures, and must determine whether 

any such person is a U.S. citizen or resident on the basis of a selfcertification from the Account Holder or such person. If any such 

person is a U.S. citizen or resident, the Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution must treat the account as a U.S. Account.

c) If the Account Holder is: (i) a U.S. Person that is not a Specified 

U.S. Person; (ii) subject to subparagraph B(3)(d) of this section, a 

Macao SAR Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial 

Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an 

exempt beneficial owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. 

Treasury Regulations; (iv) an Active NFFE; or (v) a Passive NFFE 

none of the Controlling Persons of which is a U.S. citizen or resident, 

then the account is not a U.S. Account, and no reporting is required 

with respect to the account.

d) If the Account Holder is a Nonparticipating Financial Institution 

(including a Macao SAR Financial Institution or other Partner 

Jurisdiction Financial Institution treated by the IRS as a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution), then the account is not a U.S. 

Account, but payments to the Account Holder must be reported 

consistent with the requirements of an FFI Agreement.

VI. Special Rules and Definitions. The following additional rules and definitions apply 

in implementing the due diligence procedures described above:

A. Reliance on Self-Certifications and Documentary Evidence. A Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution may not rely on a self-certification or documentary 

evidence if the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution knows or has reason to 

know that the self-certification or documentary evidence is incorrect or unreliable.
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B. Definitions. The following definitions apply for purposes of this Annex I.

1. AML/KYC Procedures. “AML/KYC Procedures” means the 

customer due diligence procedures of a Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution pursuant to the anti-money laundering or similar requirements of the 

Macao SAR to which such Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is 

subject.

2. NFFE. An “NFFE” means any Non-U.S. Entity that is not an FFI as 

defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations or is an Entity described in 

subparagraph B(4)(j) of this section, and also includes any Non-U.S. Entity that 

is established in the Macao SAR or another Partner Jurisdiction and that is not 

a Financial Institution.

3. Passive NFFE. A “Passive NFFE” means any NFFE that is not (i) an 

Active NFFE, or (ii) a withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign 

trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

4. Active NFFE. An “Active NFFE” means any NFFE that meets any of 

the following criteria:

a) Less than 50 percent of the NFFE’s gross income for the 

preceding calendar year or other appropriate reporting period is passive 

income and less than 50 percent of the assets held by the NFFE during 

the preceding calendar year or other appropriate reporting period are 

assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income;

b) The stock of the NFFE is regularly traded on an established 

securities market or the NFFE is a Related Entity of an Entity the stock 

of which is regularly traded on an established securities market. For 

purposes of this Agreement, interests are “regularly traded” if there is a 

meaningful volume of trading with respect to the interests on an 

ongoing basis, and an “established securities market” means an 

exchange that is officially recognized and supervised by a governmental 

authority in which the market is located and that has a meaningful 

annual value of shares traded on the exchange;

c) The NFFE is organized in a U.S. Territory and all of the owners 

of the payee are bona fide residents of that U.S. Territory;

d) The NFFE is a government (other than the U.S. government), a 

political subdivision of such government (which, for the avoidance of 

doubt, includes a state, province, county, or municipality), or a public 

body performing a function of such government or a political 

subdivision thereof, a government of a U.S. Territory, an international 

organization, a non-U.S. central bank of issue, or an Entity wholly 

owned by one or more of the foregoing; 

e) Substantially all of the activities of the NFFE consist of holding 

(in whole or in part) the outstanding stock of, or providing financing 

and services to, one or more subsidiaries that engage in trades or 
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businesses other than the business of a Financial Institution, except that 

an entity shall not qualify for NFFE status if the entity functions (or 

holds itself out) as an investment fund, such as a private equity fund, 

venture capital fund, leveraged buyout fund, or any investment vehicle 

whose purpose is to acquire or fund companies and then hold interests 

in those companies as capital assets for investment purposes;

f) The NFFE is not yet operating a business and has no prior 

operating history, but is investing capital into assets with the intent to 

operate a business other than that of a Financial Institution, provided 

that the NFFE shall not qualify for this exception after the date that is 

24 months after the date of the initial organization of the NFFE;

g) The NFFE was not a Financial Institution in the past five years, 

and is in the process of liquidating its assets or is reorganizing with the 

intent to continue or recommence operations in a business other than 

that of a Financial Institution;

h) The NFFE primarily engages in financing and hedging 

transactions with, or for, Related Entities that are not Financial 

Institutions, and does not provide financing or hedging services to any 

Entity that is not a Related Entity, provided that the group of any such 

Related Entities is primarily engaged in a business other than that of a 

Financial Institution; 

i) The NFFE is an “excepted NFFE” as described in relevant U.S. 

Treasury Regulations; or 

j) The NFFE meets all of the following requirements:

i. It is established and operated in its jurisdiction of 

residence exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, 

artistic, cultural, athletic, or educational purposes; or it is 

established and operated in its jurisdiction of residence and it is 

a professional organization, business league, chamber of 

commerce, labor organization, agricultural or horticultural 

organization, civic league or an organization operated 

exclusively for the promotion of social welfare;

ii. It is exempt from income tax in its jurisdiction of 

residence; 

iii. It has no shareholders or members who have a proprietary 

or beneficial interest in its income or assets;

iv. The applicable laws of the NFFE’s jurisdiction of 

residence or the NFFE’s formation documents do not permit 

any income or assets of the NFFE to be distributed to, or 

applied for the benefit of, a private person or non-charitable 

Entity other than pursuant to the conduct of the NFFE’s 
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charitable activities, or as payment of reasonable compensation 

for services rendered, or as payment representing the fair 

market value of property which the NFFE has purchased; and

v. The applicable laws of the NFFE’s jurisdiction of 

residence or the NFFE’s formation documents require that, upon 

the NFFE’s liquidation or dissolution, all of its assets be 

distributed to a governmental entity or other non-profit 

organization, or escheat to the government of the NFFE’s 

jurisdiction of residence or any political subdivision thereof.

5. Preexisting Account. A “Preexisting Account” means a Financial Account 

maintained by a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution as of the 

Determination Date.

6. Determination Date. The “Determination Date” means the date, which 

may be prior to entry into force of this Agreement, on which the Treasury 

Department determines not to apply withholding under section 1471 of the 

U.S. Internal Revenue Code to Macao SAR Financial Institutions. That 

date is: (a) June 30, 2014, in the case of (i) a jurisdiction that signed an 

agreement with the United States to implement FATCA or facilitate FATCA 

implementation on or before June 30, 2014, or (ii) a jurisdiction that the 

Treasury Department determined reached such an agreement in substance 

on or before June 30, 2014, and is included on the Treasury Department list 

of such jurisdictions, (b) November 30, 2014, in the case of a jurisdiction 

that the Treasury Department determined reached such an agreement in 

substance on or after July 1, 2014, and on or before November 30, 2014, 

and is included on the Treasury Department list of such jurisdictions, or (c) 

the date of signature of such an agreement, in the case of any other 

jurisdiction. The Determination Date for the Macao SAR is November 30, 

2014. 

C. Account Balance Aggregation and Currency Translation Rules.

1. Aggregation of Individual Accounts. For purposes of determining the 

aggregate balance or value of Financial Accounts held by an individual, a 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is required to aggregate all 

Financial Accounts maintained by the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution, or by a Related Entity, but only to the extent that the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution’s computerized systems link the Financial 

Accounts by reference to a data element such as client number or taxpayer 

identification number, and allow account balances or values to be aggregated. 

Each holder of a jointly held Financial Account shall be attributed the entire 

balance or value of the jointly held Financial Account for purposes of applying 

the aggregation requirements described in this paragraph 1.

2. Aggregation of Entity Accounts. For purposes of determining the 

aggregate balance or value of Financial Accounts held by an Entity, a 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is required to take into account all 

Financial Accounts that are maintained by the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 
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Institution, or by a Related Entity, but only to the extent that the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution’s computerized systems link the Financial 

Accounts by reference to a data element such as client number or taxpayer 

identification number, and allow account balances or values to be aggregated.

3. Special Aggregation Rule Applicable to Relationship Managers. For 

purposes of determining the aggregate balance or value of Financial Accounts 

held by a person to determine whether a Financial Account is a High Value 

Account, a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is also required, in the 

case of any Financial Accounts that a relationship manager knows, or has 

reason to know, are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or established 

(other than in a fiduciary capacity) by the same person, to aggregate all such 

accounts.

4. Currency Translation Rule. For purposes of determining the balance 

or value of Financial Accounts denominated in a currency other than the U.S. 

dollar, a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution must convert the U.S. 

dollar threshold amounts described in this Annex I into such currency using a 

published spot rate determined as of the last day of the calendar year preceding 

the year in which the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution is 

determining the balance or value.

D. Documentary Evidence. For purposes of this Annex I, acceptable 

documentary evidence includes any of the following:

1. A certificate of residence issued by an authorized government body (for 

example, a government or agency thereof, or a municipality) of the jurisdiction

in which the payee claims to be a resident.

2. With respect to an individual, any valid identification issued by an 

authorized government body (for example, a government or agency thereof, or 

a municipality), that includes the individual’s name and is typically used for 

identification purposes.

3. With respect to an Entity, any official documentation issued by an 

authorized government body (for example, a government or agency thereof, or 

a municipality) that includes the name of the Entity and either the address of its 

principal office in the jurisdiction (or U.S. Territory) in which it claims to be a 

resident or the jurisdiction (or U.S. Territory) in which the Entity was 

incorporated or organized.

4. With respect to a Financial Account maintained in a jurisdiction with 

anti-money laundering rules that have been approved by the IRS in connection 

with a QI agreement (as described in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations), any 

of the documents, other than a Form W-8 or W-9, referenced in the 

jurisdiction’s attachment to the QI agreement for identifying individuals or 

Entities.

5. Any financial statement, third-party credit report, bankruptcy filing, or 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report.
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E. Alternative Procedures for Financial Accounts Held by Individual 

Beneficiaries of a Cash Value Insurance Contract. A Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution may presume that an individual beneficiary (other than the 

owner) of a Cash Value Insurance Contract receiving a death benefit is not a Specified 

U.S. Person and may treat such Financial Account as other than a U.S. Account unless 

the Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution has actual knowledge, or reason to 

know, that the beneficiary is a Specified U.S. Person. A Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution has reason to know that a beneficiary of a Cash Value Insurance 

Contract is a Specified U.S. Person if the information collected by the Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution and associated with the beneficiary contains U.S. 

indicia as described in subparagraph (B)(1) of section II of this Annex I. If a 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution has actual knowledge, or reason to know,

that the beneficiary is a Specified U.S. Person, the Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution must follow the procedures in subparagraph B(3) of section II of this Annex

I.

F. Reliance on Third Parties. Regardless of whether an election is made under 

paragraph C of section I of this Annex I, Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions

may rely on due diligence procedures performed by third parties, to the extent 

provided in an FFI Agreement and relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

G. Alternative Procedures for New Accounts Opened Prior to Entry Into 

Force of this Agreement.

1. Applicability. If the Macao SAR has provided a written notice to the 

United States prior to entry into force of this Agreement that, as of the 

Determination Date, the Macao SAR lacked the legal authority to direct 

Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions either: (i) to require Account 

Holders of New Individual Accounts to provide the self-certification specified 

in section III of this Annex I or the consent to report described in subparagraph 

1(d) of Article 2 of the Agreement, or (ii) to perform all the due diligence 

procedures related to New Entity Accounts specified in section V of this Annex 

I or require Account Holders of such accounts to provide the consent to report 

described in subparagraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the Agreement, then Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institutions may apply the alternative procedures 

described in subparagraph G(2) of this section, as applicable, to such New 

Accounts, in lieu of the procedures otherwise required under this Annex I. The 

alternative procedures described in subparagraph G(2) of this section shall be 

available only for those New Individual Accounts or New Entity Accounts, as 

applicable, opened prior to the earlier of: (i) the date the Macao SAR has the 

ability to direct Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions to comply with 

the due diligence procedures described in section III of this Annex I and obtain 

the consent to report described in subparagraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the 

Agreement with respect to New Individual Accounts, or to comply with the 

due diligence procedures described in section V of this Annex I and obtain the 

consent to report described in subparagraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the Agreement 

with respect to New Entity Accounts, which date the Macao SAR shall inform 

the United States of in writing by the date of entry into force of this 

Agreement, or (ii) the date of entry into force of this Agreement. If the 
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alternative procedures for New Entity Accounts opened after the Determination 

Date, and before January 1, 2015, described in paragraph H of this section are 

applied with respect to all New Entity Accounts or a clearly identified group of 

such accounts, the alternative procedures described in this paragraph G may 

not be applied with respect to such New Entity Accounts. For all other New 

Accounts, Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must apply the due 

diligence procedures described in section III or section V of this Annex I, as 

applicable, to determine if the account is a U.S. Account or an account held by 

a Nonparticipating Financial Institution and must obtain the consent to report 

described in subparagraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the Agreement.

2. Alternative Procedures. 

a) Within one year after the date of entry into force of this 

Agreement, Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must: (i) with 

respect to a New Individual Account described in subparagraph G(1) of 

this section, request the self-certification specified in section III of this 

Annex I and the consent to report described in subparagraph 1(d) of 

Article 2 of the Agreement and confirm the reasonableness of such selfcertification consistent with the procedures described in section III of 

this Annex I, and (ii) with respect to a New Entity Account described in 

subparagraph G(1) of this section, perform the due diligence 

procedures specified in section V of this Annex I and request 

information as necessary to document the account, including any selfcertification, required by section V of this Annex I and request the 

consent to report described in subparagraph 1(d) of Article 2 of the 

Agreement. 

b) Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must report on any 

New Account that is identified pursuant to subparagraph G(2)(a) of this 

section as a U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating 

Financial Institution, as applicable, by the date that is the later of: (i) 

September 30 next following the date that the account is identified as a 

U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution, as applicable, or (ii) 90 days after the account is identified 

as a U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution, as applicable. The information required to be reported with 

respect to such a New Account is any information that would have been 

reportable under this Agreement if the New Account had been 

identified as a U.S. Account or as an account held by a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, as of the date the 

account was opened.

c) By the date that is one year after the date of entry into force of 

this Agreement, Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must 

close any New Account described in subparagraph G(1) of this section 

for which it was unable to collect the required self-certification or other 

documentation or consent to report pursuant to the procedures 

described in subparagraph G(2)(a) of this section. In addition, by the 

date that is one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, 
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Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must: (i) with respect to 

such closed accounts that prior to such closure were New Individual 

Accounts (without regard to whether such accounts were High Value 

Accounts), perform the due diligence procedures specified in paragraph 

D of section II of this Annex I, or (ii) with respect to such closed 

accounts that prior to such closure were New Entity Accounts, perform 

the due diligence procedures specified in section IV of this Annex I.

d) Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions must report on any 

closed account that is identified pursuant to subparagraph G(2)(c) of 

this section as a U.S. Account or as an account held by a 

Nonparticipating Financial Institution, as applicable, and for which 

consent to report was obtained, by the date that is the later of: (i) 

September 30 next following the date that the account is identified as a 

U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution, as applicable, or (ii) 90 days after the account is identified 

as a U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution, as applicable. The information required to be reported for 

such a closed account is any information that would have been 

reportable under this Agreement if the account had been identified as a 

U.S. Account or as an account held by a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution, as applicable, as of the date the account was 

opened. Accounts described in this subparagraph G(2)(d) for which 

consent to report was not obtained must be treated as Non-Consenting 

U.S. Accounts and aggregate information on such accounts must be

reported as described in subparagraph 1(b)(ii) of Article 2 of the 

Agreement. 

H. Alternative Procedures for New Entity Accounts Opened after the 

Determination Date, and before January 1, 2015. For New Entity Accounts opened 

after the Determination Date, and before January 1, 2015, either with respect to all 

New Entity Accounts or, separately, with respect to any clearly identified group of 

such accounts, Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions may treat such accounts 

as Preexisting Entity Accounts and apply the due diligence procedures related to 

Preexisting Entity Accounts specified in section IV of this Annex I in lieu of the due 

diligence procedures specified in section V of this Annex I. In this case, the due 

diligence procedures of section IV of this Annex I must be applied without regard to 

the account balance or value threshold specified in paragraph A of section IV of this 

Annex I.
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ANNEX II

The following Entities shall be treated as exempt beneficial owners or deemed-compliant FFIs, 

as the case may be, and the following accounts are excluded from the definition of Financial 

Accounts.

This Annex II may be modified by a mutual written decision entered into between the Competent 

Authorities of the United States and the Macao SAR: (1) to include additional Entities and

accounts that present a low risk of being used by U.S. Persons to evade U.S. tax and that have 

similar characteristics to the Entities and accounts described in this Annex II as of the date of 

signature of the Agreement; or (2) to remove Entities and accounts that, due to changes in 

circumstances, no longer present a low risk of being used by U.S. Persons to evade U.S. tax. 

Any such addition or removal shall be effective on the date of signature of the mutual decision, 

unless otherwise provided therein.

I. Exempt Beneficial Owners other than Funds. The following Entities shall be treated as 

Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions and as exempt beneficial owners for 

purposes of sections 1471 and 1472 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, other than with 

respect to a payment that is derived from an obligation held in connection with a commercial 

financial activity of a type engaged in by a Specified Insurance Company, Custodial 

Institution, or Depository Institution.

A. Governmental Entity. The government of the Macao SAR, or any wholly owned 

agency or instrumentality of the Macao SAR or any one or more of the foregoing (each, a 

“Macao SAR Governmental Entity”). This category is comprised of the integral parts

and controlled entities of the Macao SAR.

1. An integral part of the Macao SAR means any statutory body, organization, agency, 

bureau, fund, or instrumentality, however designated, that constitutes a governing 

authority of the Macao SAR. The net earnings of the governing authority must be 

credited to its own account or to other accounts of the Macao SAR, with no portion 

inuring to the benefit of any private person. An integral part does not include any 

individual who is an official, or administrator acting in a private or personal capacity. 

2. A controlled entity means an Entity that is separate in form from the Macao SAR or 

that otherwise constitutes a separate juridical entity, provided that:

a) The Entity is wholly owned and controlled by one or more Macao SAR

Governmental Entities directly or through one or more controlled entities; 

b) The Entity’s net earnings are credited to its own account or to the accounts of one 

or more Macao SAR Governmental Entities, with no portion of its income inuring 

to the benefit of any private person; and 

c) The Entity’s assets vest in one or more Macao SAR Governmental Entities upon 

dissolution. 
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3. Income does not inure to the benefit of private personsif such persons are the 

intended beneficiaries of a governmental program, and the program activities are 

performed for the general public with respect to the common welfare or relate to the 

administration of some phase of government. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 

however, income is considered to inure to the benefit of private persons if the income 

is derived from the use of a governmental entity to conduct a commercial business, 

such as a commercial banking business, that provides financial services to private 

persons.

B. International Organization. Any international organization or wholly owned agency or 

instrumentality thereof. This category includes any intergovernmental organization 

(including a supranational organization) (1) that is comprised primarily of non-U.S. 

governments; (2) that has in effect a headquarters agreement in force with respect to the 

Macao SAR or has its seat in the Macao SAR according to an international treaty in force 

with respect to the Macao SAR; and (3) the income of which does not inure to the benefit 

of private persons.

C. Central Bank. The Monetary Authority of Macao. 

II. Funds that Qualify as Exempt Beneficial Owners. The following Entities shall be treated 

as Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions and as exempt beneficial owners for 

purposes of sections 1471 and 1472 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

A. Broad Participation Retirement Fund. A fund established in the Macao SAR to 

provide retirement, disability, or death benefits, or any combination thereof, to 

beneficiaries that are current or former employees (or persons designated by such 

employees) of one or more Macao SAR employers in consideration for services rendered, 

or self-employed persons who are residents of, and providing services in, the Macao 

SAR, provided that the fund:

1. Does not have a single beneficiary with a right to more than five percent of the fund’s 

assets; 

2. Is subject to government regulation in the Macao SAR as a pension or retirement 

scheme and the Monetary Authority of Macao provides information reporting about 

distributions to beneficiaries or participants to the relevant tax authorities in the 

Macao SAR;

3. Participation by employers, employees, and self-employed persons is mandatory 

under the laws of the Macao SAR and, in the case of employees, they must first be 

enrolled in a pension or retirement scheme by employers, or the pension scheme is 

established voluntarily by a Macao SAR employer and is approved and registered by 

the Monetary Authority of Macao under the legal framework of private pension 

funds; and
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4. Satisfies at least one of the following requirements:

a) The fund is generally exempt from tax in the Macao SAR on investment income 

under the laws of the Macao SAR due to its status as a retirement or pension plan; 

b) The fund receives at least 50 percent of its total contributions (other than transfers 

of assets from other plans described in paragraphs A through C of this section or 

from retirement and pension accounts described in subparagraph A(1) of section 

V of this Annex II) from the participating/sponsoring employers; 

c) Distributions or withdrawals from the fund are allowed only upon the occurrence 

of specified events related to retirement, disability, or death (except rollover 

distributions to other retirement funds described in paragraphs A through C of this 

section or retirement and pension accounts described in subparagraph A(1) of 

section V of this Annex II), or penalties apply to distributions or withdrawals 

made before such specified events; or

d) Contributions (other than certain permitted make-up contributions) by employees 

or self-employed persons to the fund are limited by reference to earned income of 

the employees or self-employed persons or may not exceed $50,000 annually, 

applying the rules set forth in Annex I for account aggregation and currency 

translation.

B. Narrow Participation Retirement Fund. A fund established in the Macao SAR to 

provide retirement, disability, or death benefits to beneficiaries that are current or former 

employees (or persons designated by such employees) of one or more Macao SAR 

employers in consideration for services rendered, or self-employed persons who are

residents of, and providing services in, the Macao SAR, provided that:

1. The fund has fewer than 50 participants; 

2. The fund is sponsored by one or more employers that are not Investment Entities or 

Passive NFFEs; 

3. The employee and employer contributions, or the self-employed persons’

contributions to the fund (other than transfers of assets from retirement and pension 

accounts described in subparagraph A(1) of section V of this Annex II) are limited by 

reference to earned income and compensation of the employee or self-employed

person, respectively; 

4. Participants that are not residents of the Macao SAR are not entitled to more than 20 

percent of the fund’s assets; 

5. The fund is subject to government regulation in the Macao SAR as a pension or 

retirement scheme and the Monetary Authority of Macao provides information 
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reporting about distributions to beneficiaries or participants to the relevant tax 

authorities in the Macao SAR; and

6. Participation by employers, employees, and self-employed persons is mandatory 

under the laws of the Macao SAR and, in the case of employees, they must first be 

enrolled by employers in a pension or retirement scheme, or the pension scheme is 

established voluntarily by a Macao SAR employer and is approved and registered by 

the Monetary Authority of Macao under the legal framework of private pension 

funds.

C. Pension Fund of an Exempt Beneficial Owner. A fund established in the Macao SAR

by an exempt beneficial owner to provide retirement, disability, or death benefits to 

beneficiaries or participants that are current or former employees of the exempt beneficial 

owner (or persons designated by such employees), or that are not current or former 

employees, if the benefits provided to such beneficiaries or participants are in 

consideration of personal services performed for the exempt beneficial owner.

D. Investment Entity Wholly Owned by Exempt Beneficial Owners. An Entity that is a

Macao SAR Financial Institution solely because it is an Investment Entity, provided that 

each direct holder of an Equity Interest in the Entity is an exempt beneficial owner, and 

each direct holder of a debt interest in such Entity is either a Depository Institution (with 

respect to a loan made to such Entity) or an exempt beneficial owner.

III. Small or Limited Scope Financial Institutions that Qualify as Deemed-Compliant FFIs.

The following Financial Institutions are Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions 

that shall be treated as registered deemed-compliant FFIs or certified deemed-compliant 

FFIs, as the case may be, for purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

A. Registered Financial Institution with a Local Client Base. A Financial Institution 

satisfying the following requirements is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution treated as a registered deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code:

1. The Financial Institution must be licensed and regulated as a financial institution 

under the laws of the Macao SAR; 

2. The Financial Institution must have no fixed place of business outside of the Macao 

SAR. For this purpose, a fixed place of business does not include a location that is 

not advertised to the public and from which the Financial Institution performs solely 

administrative support functions;

3. The Financial Institution must not solicit customers or Account Holders outside the 

Macao SAR. For this purpose, a Financial Institution shall not be considered to have 

solicited customers or Account Holders outside the Macao SAR merely because the 

Financial Institution (a) operates a website, provided that the website does not 

specifically indicate that the Financial Institution provides Financial Accounts or 
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services to nonresidents, and does not otherwise target or solicit U.S. customers or 

Account Holders, or (b) advertises in print media or on a radio or television station 

that is distributed or aired primarily within the Macao SAR but is also incidentally 

distributed or aired in other countries, provided that the advertisement does not 

specifically indicate that the Financial Institution provides Financial Accounts or

services to nonresidents, and does not otherwise target or solicit U.S. customers or 

Account Holders;

4. The Financial Institution must be required under the laws of the Macao SAR to 

identify resident Account Holders for purposes of satisfying either information 

reporting or withholding of tax with respect to Financial Accounts held by residents 

or for purposes of satisfying Macao SAR’s AML due diligence requirements;

5. At least 98 percent of the Financial Accounts by value maintained by the Financial 

Institution as of the last day of the preceding calendar year must be held by residents 

(including residents that are Entities) of the Macao SAR; 

6. By the later of the Determination Date, or the date that the Financial Institution

registers pursuant to paragraph C of section VI of this Annex II , the Financial

Institution must have policies and procedures, consistent with those set forth in 

Annex I, to prevent the Financial Institution from providing a Financial Account to 

any Nonparticipating Financial Institution and to monitor whether the Financial 

Institution opens or maintains a Financial Account for any Specified U.S. Person who 

is not a resident of the Macao SAR (including a U.S. Person that was a resident of the 

Macao SAR when the Financial Account was opened but subsequently ceases to be a 

resident of the Macao SAR) or any Passive NFFE with Controlling Persons who are

U.S. residents or U.S. citizens who are not residents of the Macao SAR; 

7. Such policies and procedures must provide that if any Financial Account held by a 

Specified U.S. Person who is not a resident of the Macao SAR or by a Passive NFFE 

with Controlling Persons who are U.S. residents or U.S. citizens who are not residents 

of the Macao SAR is identified, the Financial Institution must report such Financial 

Account as would be required if the Financial Institution were a Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution or close such Financial Account;

8. With respect to a Preexisting Account held by an individual who is not a resident of 

the Macao SAR or by an Entity, the Financial Institution must review those 

Preexisting Accounts in accordance with the procedures set forth in Annex I 

applicable to Preexisting Accounts to identify any U.S. Account or Financial Account 

held by a Nonparticipating Financial Institution, and must report such Financial 

Account as would be required if the Financial Institution were a Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution or close such Financial Account;

9. Each Related Entity of the Financial Institution that is a Financial Institution must be 

incorporated or organized in the Macao SAR and, with the exception of any Related 
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Entity that is a retirement fund described in paragraphs A through C of section II of 

this Annex II, satisfy the requirements set forth in this paragraph A; 

10. The Financial Institution must not have policies or practices that discriminate against

opening or maintaining Financial Accounts for individuals who are Specified U.S.

Persons and residents of the Macao SAR; and

11. The Financial Institution must satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph C of 

section VI of this Annex II.

B. Local Bank. A Financial Institution satisfying the following requirements is a NonReporting Macao SAR Financial Institution treated as a certified deemed-compliant FFI

for purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code:

1. The Financial Institution operates solely as (and is licensed and regulated under the 

laws of the Macao SAR as) a bank;

2. The Financial Institution’s business consists primarily of receiving deposits from and 

making loans to unrelated retail customers;

3. The Financial Institution satisfies the requirements set forth in subparagraphs A(2)

and A(3) of this section, provided that, in addition to the limitations on the website 

described in subparagraph A(3) of this section, the website does not permit the 

opening of a Financial Account;

4. The Financial Institution does not have more than $175 million in assets on its 

balance sheet, and the Financial Institution and any Related Entities, taken together, 

do not have more than $500 million in total assets on their consolidated or combined 

balance sheets; and

5. Any Related Entity must be incorporated or organized in the Macao SAR, and any

Related Entity that is a Financial Institution, with the exception of any Related Entity 

that is a retirement fund described in paragraphs A through C of section II of this 

Annex II or a Financial Institution with only low-value accounts described in 

paragraph C of this section, must satisfy the requirements set forth in this paragraph 

B. 

C. Financial Institution with Only Low-Value Accounts. A Macao SAR Financial 

Institution satisfying the following requirements is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR 

Financial Institution treated as a certified deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 

1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code:

1. The Financial Institution is not an Investment Entity;
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2. No Financial Account maintained by the Financial Institution or any Related Entity

has a balance or value in excess of $50,000, applying the rules set forth in Annex I 

for account aggregation and currency translation; and 

3. The Financial Institution does not have more than $50 million in assets on its 

balance sheet, and the Financial Institution and any Related Entities, taken together, 

do not have more than $50 million in total assets on their consolidated or combined 

balance sheets. 

D. Registered Qualified Credit Card Issuer. A Macao SAR Financial Institution

satisfying the following requirements is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution treated as a registered deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code:

1. The Financial Institution is a Financial Institution solely because it is an issuer of 

credit cards that accepts deposits only when a customer makes a payment in excess of 

a balance due with respect to the card and the overpayment is not immediately 

returned to the customer; 

2. By the later of the Determination Date, or the date that the Financial Institution 

registers pursuant to paragraph C of section VI of this Annex II, the Financial 

Institution implements policies and procedures to either prevent a customer deposit in 

excess of $50,000, or to ensure that any customer deposit in excess of $50,000, in 

each case applying the rules set forth in Annex I for account aggregation and 

currency translation, is refunded to the customer within 60 days. For this purpose, a 

customer deposit does not refer to credit balances to the extent of disputed charges 

but does include credit balances resulting from merchandise returns; and

3. The Financial Institution must satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph C of 

section VI of this Annex II.

IV. Investment Entities that Qualify as Deemed-Compliant FFIs and Other Special Rules. 

The Financial Institutions described in paragraphs A through E of this section are NonReporting Macao SAR Financial Institutions that shall be treated as registered deemedcompliant FFIs or certified deemed-compliant FFIs, as the case may be, for purposes of 

section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. In addition, paragraph F of this section 

provides special rules applicable to an Investment Entity. 

A. Trustee-Documented Trust. A trust established under the laws of the Macao SAR to 

the extent that the trustee of the trust is a Reporting U.S. Financial Institution, Reporting 

Model 1 FFI, or Participating FFI and the trustee reports all information required to be 

reported pursuant to the Agreement as would be required if the trust were a Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution (including by following the applicable registration 

requirements on the IRS FATCA registration website). Such a trust is a Non-Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution treated as a certified deemed-compliant FFI for 

purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
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B. Registered Sponsored Investment Entity and Controlled Foreign Corporation. A

Financial Institution described in subparagraph B(1) or B(2) of this section having a 

sponsoring entity that complies with the requirements of subparagraph B(3) of this 

section is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution treated as a registered 

deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. 

1. A Financial Institution is a sponsored investment entity if (a) it is an Investment

Entity established in the Macao SAR that is not a qualified intermediary, withholding 

foreign partnership, or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury 

Regulations; and (b) an Entity has agreed with the Financial Institution to act as a 

sponsoring entity for the Financial Institution. 

2. A Financial Institution is a sponsored controlled foreign corporation if (a) the 

Financial Institution is a controlled foreign corporation1 organized under the laws of 

the Macao SAR that is not a qualified intermediary, withholding foreign partnership, 

or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; (b) the 

Financial Institution is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by a Reporting U.S. 

Financial Institution that agrees to act, or requires an affiliate of the Financial 

Institution to act, as a sponsoring entity for the Financial Institution; and (c) the 

Financial Institution shares a common electronic account system with the sponsoring 

entity that enables the sponsoring entity to identify all Account Holders and payees of 

the Financial Institution and to access all account and customer information 

maintained by the Financial Institution including, but not limited to, customer 

identification information, customer documentation, account balance, and all 

payments made to the Account Holder or payee. 

3. The sponsoring entity complies with the following requirements:

a) The sponsoring entity is authorized to act on behalf of the Financial Institution 

(such as a fund manager, trustee, corporate director, or managing partner) to 

fulfill the requirements of an FFI Agreement; 

b) The sponsoring entity has registered as a sponsoring entity with the IRS on the 

IRS FATCA registration website; 

c) The sponsoring entity has registered the Financial Institution with the IRS

pursuant to the registration requirements set forth in paragraph C of section VI of 

 1 A “controlled foreign corporation” means any foreign corporation if more than 50 percent of the total combined 

voting power of all classes of stock of such corporation entitled to vote, or the total value of the stock of such 

corporation, is owned, or is considered as owned, by “United States shareholders” on any day during the taxable 

year of such foreign corporation. The term a “United States shareholder” means, with respect to any foreign 

corporation, a United States person who owns, or is considered as owning, 10 percent or more of the total 

combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote of such foreign corporation.
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this Annex II, except that the sponsoring entity need not have registered the 

Financial Institution prior to December 31, 2016; 

d) The sponsoring entity agrees to perform, on behalf of the Financial Institution, all 

due diligence, withholding, reporting, and other requirements (including the 

requirements set forth in paragraph C of section VI of this Annex II) that the 

Financial Institution would have been required to perform if it were a Reporting 

Macao SAR Financial Institution; 

e) The sponsoring entity identifies the Financial Institution and includes the 

Financial Institution’s Global Intermediary Identification Number (or GIIN) in all 

reporting completed on the Financial Institution’s behalf; and 

f) The sponsoring entity has not had its status as a sponsor revoked. The IRS may 

revoke a sponsoring entity’s status as a sponsor with respect to all sponsored 

Financial Institutions if there is a material failure by the sponsoring entity to 

comply with its obligations described above with respect to any sponsored 

Financial Institution.

C. Sponsored, Closely Held Investment Vehicle. A Macao SAR Financial Institution

satisfying the following requirements is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution treated as a certified deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code:

1. The Financial Institution is a Financial Institution solely because it is an Investment 

Entity and is not a qualified intermediary, withholding foreign partnership, or 

withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations;

2. The sponsoring entity is a Reporting U.S. Financial Institution, Reporting Model 1 

FFI, or Participating FFI, is authorized to act on behalf of the Financial Institution 

(such as a professional manager, trustee, or managing partner), and agrees to perform, 

on behalf of the Financial Institution, all due diligence, withholding, reporting, and 

other requirements that the Financial Institution would have been required to perform 

if it were a Reporting Macao SAR Financial Institution;

3. The Financial Institution does not hold itself out as an investment vehicle for 

unrelated parties; 

4. Twenty or fewer individuals own all of the debt interests and Equity Interests in the 

Financial Institution (disregarding debt interests owned by Participating FFIs and 

deemed-compliant FFIs and Equity Interests owned by an Entity if that Entity owns 

100 percent of the Equity Interests in the Financial Institution and is itself a sponsored 

Financial Institution described in this paragraph C); and

5. The sponsoring entity complies with the following requirements: 
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a) The sponsoring entity has registered as a sponsoring entity with the IRS on the 

FATCA registration website; 

b) The sponsoring entity agrees to perform, on behalf of the Financial Institution, all 

due diligence, withholding, reporting, and other requirements that the Financial 

Institution would have been required to perform if it were a Reporting Macao 

SAR Financial Institution and retains documentation collected with respect to the 

Financial Institution for a period of six years; 

c) The sponsoring entity identifies the Financial Institution in all reporting 

completed on the Financial Institution’s behalf; and 

d) The sponsoring entity has not had its status as a sponsor revoked. The IRS may 

revoke a sponsoring entity’s status as a sponsor with respect to all sponsored 

Financial Institutions if there is a material failure by the sponsoring entity to 

comply with its obligations described above with respect to any sponsored 

Financial Institution. 

D. Investment Advisors and Investment Managers. An Investment Entity established in 

the Macao SAR that is a Financial Institution solely because it (1) renders investment 

advice to, and acts on behalf of, or (2) manages portfolios for, and acts on behalf of, a 

customer for the purposes of investing, managing, or administering funds deposited in the 

name of the customer with a Financial Institution other than a Nonparticipating Financial 

Institution. Such an Investment Entity is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution treated as a certified deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

E. Collective Investment Vehicle. An Investment Entity established in the Macao SAR

that is regulated as a collective investment vehicle, provided that all of the interests in the 

collective investment vehicle (including debt interests in excess of $50,000) are held by 

or through one or more exempt beneficial owners, Active NFFEs described in 

subparagraph B(4) of section VI of Annex I, U.S. Persons that are not Specified U.S. 

Persons, or Financial Institutions that are not Nonparticipating Financial Institutions, and 

the Investment Entity satisfies the requirements set forth in paragraph C of section VI of 

this Annex II. Such an Investment Entity is a Non-Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution treated as a registered deemed-compliant FFI for purposes of section 1471 of 

the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

F. Special Rules. The following rules apply to an Investment Entity: 

1. With respect to interests in an Investment Entity that is a collective investment 

vehicle described in paragraph E of this section, the reporting obligations of any 

Investment Entity (other than a Financial Institution through which interests in the 

collective investment vehicle are held) shall be deemed fulfilled.

2. With respect to interests in: 
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a) An Investment Entity established in a Partner Jurisdiction that is regulated as a 

collective investment vehicle, all of the interests in which (including debt interests 

in excess of $50,000) are held by or through one or more exempt beneficial 

owners, Active NFFEs described in subparagraph B(4) of section VI of Annex I, 

U.S. Persons that are not Specified U.S. Persons, or Financial Institutions that are 

not Nonparticipating Financial Institutions; or

b) An Investment Entity that is a qualified collective investment vehicle under 

relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; 

the reporting obligations of any Investment Entity that is a Macao SAR Financial 

Institution (other than a Financial Institution through which interests in the collective 

investment vehicle are held) shall be deemed fulfilled.

3. With respect to interests in an Investment Entity established in the Macao SAR that is 

not described in paragraph E or subparagraph F(2) of this section, consistent with 

paragraph 4 of Article 4 of the Agreement, the reporting obligations of all other 

Investment Entities with respect to such interests shall be deemed fulfilled if the 

information required to be reported by first-mentioned Investment Entity pursuant to 

the Agreement with respect to such interests is reported by such Investment Entity or 

another person.

4. An Investment Entity established in the Macao SAR that is regulated as a collective 

investment vehicle shall not fail to qualify under paragraph E or subparagraph F(2) of 

this section, or otherwise as a deemed-compliant FFI, solely because the collective 

investment vehicle has issued physical shares in bearer form, provided that: 

a) The collective investment vehicle has not issued, and does not issue, any physical 

shares in bearer form after December 31, 2012; 

b) The collective investment vehicle retires all such shares upon surrender; 

c) The collective investment vehicle (or a Reporting Macao SAR Financial 

Institution) performs the due diligence procedures set forth in Annex I and reports 

any information required to be reported with respect to any such shares when such 

shares are presented for redemption or other payment; and 

d) The collective investment vehicle has in place policies and procedures to ensure 

that such shares are redeemed or immobilized as soon as possible, and in any 

event prior to January 1, 2017.

V. Accounts Excluded from Financial Accounts. The following accounts are excluded from 

the definition of Financial Accounts and therefore shall not be treated as U.S. Accounts.

A. Certain Savings Accounts.
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1. Retirement and Pension Account. A retirement or pension account maintained in the 

Macao SAR that satisfies the following requirements under the laws of the Macao 

SAR.

a) The account is subject to regulation as a personal retirement account or is part of a 

registered or regulated retirement or pension plan for the provision of retirement 

or pension benefits (including disability or death benefits);

b) The account is tax-favored (i.e., contributions to the account that would otherwise 

be subject to tax under the laws of the Macao SAR are deductible or excluded 

from the gross income of the account holder or taxed at a reduced rate, or taxation 

of investment income from the account is deferred or taxed at a reduced rate);

c) Annual information reporting is required to the tax authorities in the Macao SAR

with respect to the account;

d) Withdrawals are conditioned on reaching a specified retirement age, disability, or 

death, or penalties apply to withdrawals made before such specified events; and

e) Either (i) annual contributions are limited to $50,000 or less, or (ii) there is a 

maximum lifetime contribution limit to the account of $1,000,000 or less, in each 

case applying the rules set forth in Annex I for account aggregation and currency 

translation. 

2. Non-Retirement Savings Accounts. An account maintained in the Macao SAR (other 

than an insurance or Annuity Contract) that satisfies the following requirements under 

the laws of the Macao SAR.

a) The account is subject to regulation as a savings vehicle for purposes other than 

for retirement;

b) The account is tax-favored (i.e., contributions to the account that would otherwise 

be subject to tax under the laws of the Macao SAR are deductible or excluded 

from the gross income of the account holder or taxed at a reduced rate, or taxation 

of investment income from the account is deferred or taxed at a reduced rate);

c) Withdrawals are conditioned on meeting specific criteria related to the purpose of 

the savings account (for example, the provision of educational or medical 

benefits), or penalties apply to withdrawals made before such criteria are met; and

d) Annual contributions are limited to $50,000 or less, applying the rules set forth in 

Annex I for account aggregation and currency translation.
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B. Certain Term Life Insurance Contracts. A life insurance contract maintained in the 

Macao SAR with a coverage period that will end before the insured individual attains age 

90, provided that the contract satisfies the following requirements: 

1. Periodic premiums, which do not decrease over time, are payable at least annually 

during the period the contract is in existence or until the insured attains age 90, 

whichever is shorter;

2. The contract has no contract value that any person can access (by withdrawal, loan, or 

otherwise) without terminating the contract;

3. The amount (other than a death benefit) payable upon cancellation or termination of 

the contract cannot exceed the aggregate premiums paid for the contract, less the sum 

of mortality, morbidity, and expense charges (whether or not actually imposed) for 

the period or periods of the contract’s existence and any amounts paid prior to the 

cancellation or termination of the contract; and

4. The contract is not held by a transferee for value.

C. Account Held By an Estate. An account maintained in the Macao SAR that is held 

solely by an estate if the documentation for such account includes a copy of the 

deceased’s will or death certificate.

D. Escrow Accounts. An account maintained in the Macao SAR established in connection 

with any of the following: 

1. A court order or judgment.

2. A sale, exchange, or lease of real or personal property, provided that the account 

satisfies the following requirements:

a) The account is funded solely with a down payment, earnest money, deposit in an 

amount appropriate to secure an obligation directly related to the transaction, or a 

similar payment, or is funded with a financial asset that is deposited in the 

account in connection with the sale, exchange, or lease of the property; 

b) The account is established and used solely to secure the obligation of the 

purchaser to pay the purchase price for the property, the seller to pay any 

contingent liability, or the lessor or lessee to pay for any damages relating to the 

leased property as agreed under the lease;

c) The assets of the account, including the income earned thereon, will be paid or 

otherwise distributed for the benefit of the purchaser, seller, lessor, or lessee 

(including to satisfy such person’s obligation) when the property is sold, 

exchanged, or surrendered, or the lease terminates;
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d) The account is not a margin or similar account established in connection with a 

sale or exchange of a financial asset; and

e) The account is not associated with a credit card account. 

3. An obligation of a Financial Institution servicing a loan secured by real property to 

set aside a portion of a payment solely to facilitate the payment of taxes or insurance 

related to the real property at a later time.

4. An obligation of a Financial Institution solely to facilitate the payment of taxes at a 

later time.

E. Partner Jurisdiction Accounts. An account maintained in the Macao SAR and 

excluded from the definition of Financial Account under an agreement between the 

United States and another Partner Jurisdiction to facilitate the implementation of FATCA, 

provided that such account is subject to the same requirements and oversight under the 

laws of such other Partner Jurisdiction as if such account were established in that Partner 

Jurisdiction and maintained by a Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution in that Partner 

Jurisdiction.

VI. Definitions and Other Special Rules. The following additional definitions and special rules 

shall apply to the descriptions above:

A. Reporting Model 1 FFI. The term Reporting Model 1 FFI means a Financial Institution 

with respect to which a non-U.S. government or agency thereof agrees to obtain and 

exchange information pursuant to a Model 1 IGA, other than a Financial Institution

treated as a Nonparticipating Financial Institution under the Model 1 IGA. For purposes

of this definition, the term Model 1 IGA means an arrangement between the United 

States or the Treasury Department and a non-U.S. government or one or more agencies 

thereof to implement FATCA through reporting by Financial Institutions to such nonU.S. government or agency thereof, followed by automatic exchange of such reported 

information with the IRS. 

B. Participating FFI. The term Participating FFI means a Financial Institution that has 

agreed to comply with the requirements of an FFI Agreement, including a Financial 

Institution described in a Model 2 IGA that has agreed to comply with the requirements 

of an FFI Agreement. The term Participating FFI also includes a qualified intermediary 

branch of a Reporting U.S. Financial Institution, unless such branch is a Reporting Model 

1 FFI. For purposes of this definition, the term FFI Agreement means where relevant, an 

FFI Agreement as defined in Article 1 of the Agreement as well as an agreement that sets 

forth the requirements for a Financial Institution to be treated as complying with the 

requirements of section 1471(b) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. In addition, for 

purposes of this definition, the term Model 2 IGA means an arrangement between the 

United States or the Treasury Department and a non-U.S. government or one or more 

agencies thereof to facilitate the implementation of FATCA through reporting by 

Financial Institutions directly to the IRS in accordance with the requirements of an FFI 
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Agreement, supplemented by the exchange of information between such non-U.S.

government or agency thereof and the IRS. 

C. Registration Requirements for a Financial Institution that Qualifies as a Registered 

Deemed-Compliant FFI. A Financial Institution that qualifies as a registered deemedcompliant FFI must satisfy the following requirements:

1. Register on the IRS FATCA registration website with the IRS pursuant to procedures 

prescribed by the IRS and agree to comply with the terms of its registered deemedcompliant status;

2. Have its responsible officer certify every three years to the IRS, either individually or 

collectively for such Financial Institution and its Related Entities, that all of the 

requirements for the deemed-compliant category claimed by the Financial Institution 

have been satisfied since the Determination Date;

3. Maintain in its records the confirmation from the IRS of the Financial Institution’s 

registration as a deemed-compliant FFI and the Financial Institution’s Global 

Intermediary Identification Number (or GIIN) or such other information as the IRS 

specifies in forms or other guidance; and

4. Agree to notify the IRS if there is a change in circumstances that would make the 

Financial Institution ineligible for the deemed-compliant status for which it has 

registered, and to do so with six months of the change in circumstances unless the 

Financial Institution is able to resume its eligibility for its registered deemedcompliant status within the six-month notification period.