[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 12]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 26CFR1.1461-1]

[Page 205-212]
 
                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1_INCOME TAXES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.1461-1  Payment and returns of tax withheld.

    (a) Payment of withheld tax--(1) Deposits of tax. Every withholding 
agent who withholds tax pursuant to chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue 
Code (Code) and the regulations under such chapter shall deposit such 
amount of tax with an authorized financial institution as provided in 
Sec. 1.6302-2(a). If for any reason the total amount of tax required to 
be returned for any calendar year pursuant to paragraph (b) of this 
section has not been deposited pursuant to Sec. 1.6302-2, the 
withholding agent shall pay the balance of tax due for such year at such 
place as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shall specify. The tax shall 
be paid when filing the return required under paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section for such year, unless the IRS specifies otherwise.
    (2) Penalties for failure to pay tax. For penalties and additions to 
the tax for failure to timely pay the tax required to be withheld under 
chapter 3 of the Code, see sections 6656, 6672, and 7202 and the 
regulations under those sections.
    (b) Income tax return--(1) General rule. A withholding agent shall 
make an income tax return on Form 1042 (or such other form as the IRS 
may prescribe) for income paid during the preceding calendar year that 
the withholding agent is required to report on an information return on 
Form 1042-S (or such other form as the IRS may prescribe) under 
paragraph (c)(1) of this section. See section 6011 and Sec. 1.6011-
1(c). The withholding agent must file the return on or before March 15 
of the calendar year following the year in which the income was paid. 
The return must show the aggregate amount of income paid and tax 
withheld required to be reported on all the Forms 1042-S for the 
preceding calendar year by the withholding agent, in addition to such 
information as is required by the form and accompanying instructions. 
Withholding certificates or other statements or information provided to 
a withholding agent are not required to be attached to the return. A 
return must be filed under this paragraph (b)(1) even though no tax was 
required to be withheld during the preceding calendar year. The 
withholding agent must retain a copy of Form 1042 for the applicable 
statute of limitations on assessments and collection with respect to the 
amounts required to be reported on the Form 1042. See section 6501 and 
the regulations thereunder for the applicable statute of limitations. 
Adjustments to the total amount of tax withheld, as described in Sec. 
1.1461-2, shall be stated on the return as prescribed by the form and 
accompanying instructions.
    (2) Amended returns. An amended return may be filed on a Form 1042 
or such other form as the IRS may prescribe. An amended return must 
include such information as the form or accompanying instructions shall 
require, including, with respect to any information that has changed 
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time of the filing of the return, the information that was shown on the 
original return and the corrected information.
    (c) Information returns--(1) Filing requirement--(i) In general. A 
withholding agent (other than an individual who is not acting in the 
course of a trade or business with respect to a payment) must make an 
information return on Form 1042-S (or such other form as the IRS may 
prescribe) to report the amounts subject to reporting, as defined in 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section, that were paid during the preceding 
calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any person that 
withholds or is required to withhold an amount under sections 1441, 
1442, or 1443 must file a Form 1042-S for the payment withheld upon 
whether or not that person is engaged in a trade or business and whether 
or not the payment is an amount subject to reporting. A Form 1042-S 
shall be prepared for each recipient of an amount subject to reporting. 
The Form 1042-S shall be prepared in such manner as the form and 
accompanying instructions prescribe. One copy of the Form 1042-S shall 
be filed with the IRS on or before March 15 of the calendar year 
following the year in which the amount subject to reporting was paid. It 
shall be filed with a transmittal form as provided in the instructions 
to the Form 1042-S and to the transmittal form. Withholding 
certificates, documentary evidence, or other statements or documentation 
provided to a withholding agent are not required to be attached to the 
form. Another copy of the Form 1042-S must be furnished to the recipient 
for whom the form is prepared (or any other person, as required under 
this paragraph (c) or the instructions to the form) on or before March 
15 of the calendar year following the year in which the amount subject 
to reporting was paid. The withholding agent must retain a copy of each 
Form 1042-S for the statute of limitations on assessment and collection 
applicable to the Form 1042 to which the Form 1042-S relates.
    (ii) Recipient--(A) Defined. For purposes of this section, the term 
recipient means--
    (1) A beneficial owner as defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(c)(6), including 
a foreign estate or a foreign complex trust, as defined in Sec. 1.1441-
1(c)(25);
    (2) A qualified intermediary as defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(5)(ii);
    (3) A withholding foreign partnership as defined in Sec. 1.1441-
5(c)(2) or a withholding foreign trust under Sec. 1.1441-5(e)(5)(v);
    (4) An authorized foreign agent as defined in Sec. 1.1441-7(c);
    (5) A U.S. branch that is treated as a U.S. person under Sec. 
1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv)(A);
    (6) A nonwithholding foreign partnership or a foreign simple trust 
as defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(c)(24), but only to the extent the income 
is (or is treated as) effectively connected with the conduct of a trade 
or business in the United States by such entity;
    (7) A payee, as defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2) that is presumed to 
be a foreign person under the presumption rules of Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(3); 
1.1441-5(d) or (e)(6), or 1.6049-5(d); and
    (8) Any other person as required on Form 1042-S or the instructions 
to the form.
    (B) Persons that are not recipients. A recipient does not include--
    (1) A nonqualified intermediary;
    (2) A payment to a wholly-owned entity that is disregarded under 
Sec. 301.7701-2(c)(2) of this chapter as an entity separate from its 
owner;
    (3) A flow-through entity, as defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(c)(23) (to 
the extent it is receiving amounts subject to reporting other than 
income effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in 
the United States); and
    (4) A U.S. branch described in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) that is not 
treated as a U.S. person under that section.
    (2) Amounts subject to reporting--(i) In general. Subject to the 
exceptions described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section, amounts 
subject to reporting on Form 1042-S are amounts paid to a foreign payee 
(including persons presumed to be foreign) that are amounts subject to 
withholding as defined in Sec. 1.1441-2(a). Amounts subject to 
reporting include amounts subject to withholding even if no amount is 
deducted and withheld from the payment because of a treaty or Internal 
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an amount withheld was reimbursed to the payee under the adjustment 
procedures of Sec. 1.1461-2. In addition, amounts subject to reporting 
include any amounts paid to a foreign payee on which a withholding agent 
withheld an amount (either under chapter 3 of the Internal Revenue Code 
or section 3406) whether or not the amount is subject to withholding. 
Amounts subject to reporting include, but are not limited to, the 
following items--
    (A) The entire amount of a corporate distribution (whether actual or 
deemed) irrespective of any estimate of the portion of the distribution 
that represents a taxable dividend;
    (B) Interest, including the portion of a notional principal contract 
payment that is characterized as interest. Interest shall also be 
reported on Form 1042-S if it is bank deposit interest paid to 
nonresident alien individuals as required under Sec. 1.6049-8;
    (C) Rents;
    (D) Royalties;
    (E) Compensation for dependent and independent personal services 
performed in the United States;
    (F) Annuities;
    (G) Pension distributions and other deferred income;
    (H) Gambling winnings that are not exempt from tax under section 
871(j);
    (I) Income from the cancellation of indebtedness unless the 
withholding agent is unrelated to the debtor and does not have knowledge 
of the facts that give rise to the payment (see Sec. 1.1441-2(d));
    (J) Amounts that are (or are presumed to be) effectively connected 
with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States (including 
deposit interest as defined in sections 871(i)(2)(A) and 881(d)) even if 
no withholding certificate is required to be furnished by the payee or 
beneficial owner. In the case of amounts paid on a notional principal 
contract described in Sec. 1.1441-4(a)(3) that are presumed to be 
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the 
United States, the amount required to be reported is limited to the 
amount of cash paid from the notional principal contract;
    (K) Scholarship, fellowship, or grant income and compensation for 
personal services that is not excludible from gross income under section 
117 (whether or not the taxable scholarship, fellowship, grant income, 
or compensation for personal services is exempt from tax under an income 
tax treaty) paid to foreign students, trainees, teachers, or 
researchers;
    (L) Amounts paid to foreign governments, international 
organizations, or the Bank for International Settlements, whether or not 
documentation must be provided; and
    (M) Original issue discount paid on the redemption of an OID 
obligation. The amount to be reported is the amount of OID includible in 
the gross income of the holder of the obligation, if known, or, if not 
known, the total amount of original issue discount determined as if the 
holder held the obligation from its original issuance. A withholding 
agent may determine the total amount of OID by using the most recently 
published ``List of Original Issue Discount Instruments,'' (Publication 
1212, available from the IRS Forms Distribution Centers).
    (ii) Exceptions to reporting. The amounts listed in this paragraph 
(c)(2)(ii) are not required to be reported on Form 1042-S--
    (A) Interest (including original issue discount) that is deposit 
interest under sections 871(i)(2)(A) and 881(d) and that is not 
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the 
United States, unless reporting is required under Sec. 1.6049-8 
(regarding payments to certain foreign residents) or is interest that is 
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the 
United States;
    (B) Interest or original issue discount on certain short-term 
obligations, described in section 871(g)(1)(B) or 881(a)(3);
    (C) Interest paid on obligations sold between interest payment dates 
and the portion of the purchase price of an OID obligation that is sold 
or exchanged in a transaction other than a redemption, unless the sale 
or exchange is part of a plan, the principal purpose of which is to 
avoid tax and the withholding agent has actual knowledge or reason to 
know of such plan (see Sec. 1.1441-2(a)(5) and (6));

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    (D) Any item required to be reported on a Form W-2, including an 
item required to be shown on Form W-2 solely by reason of Sec. 1.6041-2 
(relating to return of information for payments to employees) or Sec. 
1.6052-1 (relating to information regarding payment of wages in the form 
of group-term life insurance);
    (E) Any item required to be reported on Form 1099, and such other 
forms as are prescribed pursuant to the information reporting provisions 
of sections 6041 through 6050P and the regulations under those sections;
    (F) Amounts paid on a notional principal contract described in Sec. 
1.1441-4(a)(3)(i) that are not effectively connected with the conduct of 
a trade or business in the United States (or not treated as effectively 
connected pursuant to Sec. 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii));
    (G) Amounts required to be reported on Form 8288 (U.S. Withholding 
Tax Return for Dispositions by Foreign Persons of U.S. Real Property 
Interests) or Form 8804 (Annual Return for Partnership Withholding Tax 
(section 1446)). A withholding agent that must report a distribution 
partly on a Form 8288 or 8804 and partly on a Form 1042-S may elect to 
report the entire amount on a Form 8288 or 8804;
    (H) Interest (including original issue discount) paid with respect 
to foreign-targeted registered obligations described in Sec. 1.871-
14(e)(2) to the extent the documentation requirements described in Sec. 
1.871-14(e)(3) and (4) are required to be satisfied (taking into account 
the provisions of Sec. 1.871-14(e)(4)(ii), if applicable;
    (I) Interest on a foreign targeted bearer obligation (see Sec. Sec. 
1.1441-1(b)(4)(i) and 1.1441-2(a));
    (J) Gain described in section 301(c)(3); and
    (K) Amounts described in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(4)(xviii) (dealing with 
certain amounts paid by the U.S. government).
    (3) Required information. The information required to be furnished 
under this paragraph (c)(3) shall be based upon the information provided 
by or on behalf of the recipient of an amount subject to reporting (as 
corrected and supplemented based on the withholding agent's actual 
knowledge) or the presumption rules of Sec. Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(3), 
1.1441-4(a); 1.1441-5(d) and (e); 1.1441-9(b)(3) or 1.6049-5(d). The 
Form 1042-S must include the following information, if applicable--
    (i) The name, address, and taxpayer identifying number of the 
withholding agent;
    (ii) A description of each category of income paid based on the 
income codes provided on the form (e.g., interest, dividends, royalties, 
etc.) and the aggregate amount in each category expressed in U.S. 
dollars;
    (iii) The rate of withholding applied or the basis for exempting the 
payment from withholding (based on exemption codes provided on the 
form);
    (iv) The name and address of the recipient;
    (v) The name and address of any nonqualified intermediary, flow-
through entity, or U.S. branch as described in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) 
(other than a branch that is treated as a U.S. person) to which the 
payment was made;
    (vi) The taxpayer identifying number of the recipient if required 
under Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(4)(vii) or if actually known to the withholding 
agent making the return;
    (vii) The taxpayer identifying number of a nonqualified intermediary 
or flow-through entity (to the extent it is not a recipient) or other 
flow-through entity to the extent it is known to the withholding agent;
    (viii) The country (based on the country codes provided on the form) 
of the recipient and of any nonqualified intermediary or flow-through 
entity the name of which appears on the form; and
    (ix) Such information as the form or the instructions may require in 
addition to, or in lieu of, information required under this paragraph 
(c)(3).
    (4) Method of reporting--(i) Payments by U.S. withholding agents to 
recipients. A withholding agent that is a U.S. person (other than a 
foreign branch of a U.S. person that is a qualified intermediary as 
defined in Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(5)(ii)) and that makes payments of amounts 
subject to reporting on Form 1042-S must file a separate Form 1042-S for 
each recipient who receives such amount. For purposes of this paragraph 
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1(e)(2)(iv)(A) or (E) that agrees to be treated as a U.S. person. Except 
as may otherwise be required on Form 1042-S or the instructions to the 
form, only payments for which the income code, exemption code, 
withholding rate and recipient code are the same may be reported on a 
single Form 1042-S. See paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of this section for 
reporting of payments made to a person that is not a recipient.
    (A) Payments to beneficial owners. If a U.S. withholding agent makes 
a payment directly to a beneficial owner it must complete Form 1042-S 
treating the beneficial owner as the recipient. Under the grace period 
rule of Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(3)(iv), a U.S. withholding agent may, under 
certain circumstances, treat a payee as a foreign person while the 
withholding agent awaits a valid withholding certificate. A U.S. 
withholding agent who relies on the grace period rule to treat a payee 
as a foreign person must file a Form 1042-S to report all payments on 
Form 1042-S during the period that person was presumed to be foreign 
even if that person is later determined to be a U.S. person based on 
appropriate documentation or is presumed to be a U.S. person after the 
grace period ends. In the case of joint owners, a withholding agent may 
provide a single Form 1042-S made out to the owner whose status the U.S. 
withholding agent relied upon to determine the applicable rate of 
withholding. If, however, any one of the owners requests its own Form 
1042-S, the withholding agent must furnish a Form 1042-S to the person 
who requests it. If more than one Form 1042-S is issued for a single 
payment, the aggregate amount paid and tax withheld that is reported on 
all Forms 1042-S cannot exceed the total amounts paid to joint owners 
and the tax withheld thereon.
    (B) Payments to a qualified intermediary, a withholding foreign 
partnership, or a withholding foreign trust. A U.S. withholding agent 
that makes payments to a qualified intermediary (whether or not the 
qualified intermediary assumes primary withholding responsibility), a 
withholding foreign partnership, or a withholding foreign trust shall 
complete Forms 1042-S treating the qualified intermediary or withholding 
foreign partnership as the recipient. The U.S. withholding agent must 
complete a separate Form 1042-S for each withholding rate pool. A 
withholding rate pool is a payment of a single type of income 
(determined by the income codes on Form 1042-S) that is subject to a 
single rate of withholding. A qualified intermediary that does not 
assume primary withholding responsibility on all payments it receives 
provides information regarding the proportions of income subject to a 
particular withholding rate to the withholding agent on a withholding 
statement associated with a qualified intermediary withholding 
certificate. A qualified intermediary may provide a U.S. withholding 
agent with information regarding withholding rate pools for U.S. non-
exempt recipients (as defined under Sec. 1.1441-1(c)(21)). Amounts paid 
with respect to such withholding rate pools must be reported on Form 
1099 completed for each U.S. non-exempt recipient to the extent they are 
subject to Form 1099 reporting. These amounts must not be reported on 
Form 1042-S. In addition, the qualified intermediary may provide the 
U.S. withholding agent information regarding withholding rate pools for 
U.S. persons that are exempt recipients as defined under Sec. 1.1441-
1(c)(20). If such information is provided, a U.S. withholding agent 
should not report such withholding rate pools on Form 1042-S.
    (C) Amounts paid to U.S. branches treated as U.S. persons. A U.S. 
withholding agent making a payment to a U.S. branch of a foreign person 
described in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) shall complete Form 1042-S as 
follows--
    (1) If the branch has provided the U.S. withholding agent with a 
withholding certificate that evidences its agreement with the 
withholding agent to be treated as a U.S. person, the U.S. withholding 
agent files Forms 1042-S treating the U.S. branch as the recipient;
    (2) If the branch has provided the U.S. withholding agent with a 
withholding certificate that transmits information regarding beneficial 
owners, qualified intermediaries, withholding foreign partnerships, or 
other recipients, the U.S. withholding agent must complete a separate 
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each recipient whose documentation is associated with the U.S. branch's 
withholding certificate; or
    (3) If the U.S. withholding agent cannot reliably associate a 
payment with a valid withholding certificate from the U.S. branch, it 
shall treat the U.S. branch as the recipient and report the income as 
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the 
United States.
    (D) Amounts paid to an authorized foreign agent. If a U.S. 
withholding agent makes a payment to an authorized foreign agent, the 
withholding agent files Forms 1042-S treating the authorized foreign 
agent as the recipient, provided that the authorized foreign agent 
reports the payments on Forms 1042-S to each recipient to which it makes 
payments. If the authorized foreign agent fails to report the amounts 
paid on Forms 1042-S for each recipient to which the payment is made, 
the U.S. withholding agent remains responsible for such reporting.
    (E) Dual Claims. A U.S. withholding agent may make a payment to a 
foreign entity that is simultaneously claiming a reduced rate of tax on 
its own behalf for a portion of the payment and a reduced rate on behalf 
of persons in their capacity as interest holders in that entity on the 
remaining portion. See Sec. 1.1441-6(b)(2)(iii). If the claims are 
consistent and the withholding agent accepts the multiple claims, the 
withholding agent must file a separate Form 1042-S for those payments 
for which the entity is treated as the beneficial owner and Forms 1042-S 
for each of the interest holder in the entity for which the interest 
holder is treated as the recipient. For those payments for which the 
interest holder in an entity is treated as the recipient, the U.S. 
withholding agent shall prepare the Form 1042-S in the same manner as a 
payment made to a nonqualified intermediary or flow-through entity as 
set forth in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of this section. If the claims are 
consistent but the withholding agent has not chosen to accept the 
multiple claims, or if the claims are inconsistent, the withholding 
agent must file a separate Form 1042-S for the person or persons it has 
chosen to treat as the recipients.
    (ii) Payments made by U.S. withholding agents to persons that are 
not recipients--(A) Amounts paid to a nonqualified intermediary, a flow-
through entity, and certain U.S. branches. If a U.S. withholding agent 
makes a payment to a nonqualified intermediary, a flow-through entity, 
or a U.S. branch described in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) (other than a 
branch that agrees to be treated as a U.S. person), it must complete a 
separate Form 1042-S for each recipient to the extent the withholding 
agent can reliably associate a payment with valid documentation (within 
the meaning of Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(2)(vii)) from the recipient which is 
associated with the withholding certificate provided by the nonqualified 
intermediary, flow-through entity, or U.S. branch. If a payment is made 
through tiers of nonqualified intermediaries or flow-through entities, 
the withholding agent must nevertheless complete Form 1042-S for the 
recipients to the extent it can reliably associate the payment with 
documentation from the recipients. A withholding agent that is 
completing a Form 1042-S for a recipient that receives a payment through 
a nonqualified intermediary, a flow-through entity, or a U.S. branch 
must include on the Form 1042-S the name of the nonqualified 
intermediary or flow-through entity from which the recipient directly 
receives the payment. If a U.S. withholding agent cannot reliably 
associate the payment, or any portion of the payment, with valid 
documentation from a recipient either because no such documentation has 
been provided or because the nonqualified intermediary, flow-through 
entity, or U.S. branch has failed to provide sufficient allocation 
information so that the withholding agent can associate the payment, or 
any portion thereof, with valid documentation, then the withholding 
agent must report the payments as made to an unknown recipient in 
accordance with the appropriate presumption rules for that payment. 
Thus, if under the presumption rules the payment is presumed to be made 
to a foreign person, the withholding agent must generally withhold 30 
percent of the payment and report the payment on Form 1042-S made out to 
an unknown recipient and shall also include

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the name of the nonqualified intermediary or flow-through entity that 
received the payment on behalf of the unknown recipient. If, however, 
the recipient is presumed to be a U.S. non-exempt recipient (as defined 
in Sec. 1.1441-1(c)(21)), the withholding agent must withhold on the 
payment as required under section 3406 and report the payment as made to 
an unknown recipient on the appropriate Form 1099 as required under 
chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code.
    (B) Disregarded entities. If a U.S. withholding agent makes a 
payment to a disregarded entity but receives a valid withholding 
certificate or other documentary evidence from a foreign person that is 
the single owner of a disregarded entity, the withholding agent must 
file a Form 1042-S treating the foreign single owner as the recipient. 
The taxpayer identifying number on the Form 1042-S, if required, must be 
the foreign single owner's TIN.
    (iii) Reporting by qualified intermediaries, withholding foreign 
partnerships, and withholding foreign trusts. A qualified intermediary, 
a withholding foreign partnership, and a withholding foreign trust shall 
report payments on Form 1042-S as provided in their agreements with the 
IRS and the instructions to the form.
    (iv) Reporting by a nonqualified intermediary, flow-through entity, 
and certain U.S. branches. A nonqualified intermediary, flow-through 
entity, or U.S. branch described in Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(2)(iv) (other than 
a U.S. branch that is treated as a U.S. person) is a withholding agent 
and must file Forms 1042-S for amounts paid to recipients in the same 
manner as a U.S. withholding agent. A Form 1042-S will not be required, 
however, if another withholding agent has reported the same amount to 
the same recipient for which the nonqualified intermediary, flow-through 
entity, or U.S. branch would be required to file a return and the entire 
amount that should be withheld from such payment has been withheld. A 
nonqualified intermediary, flow-through entity, or U.S. branch must 
report payments made to recipients to the extent it has failed to 
provide the appropriate documentation to another withholding agent 
together with the information required for that withholding agent to 
reliably associate the payment with the recipient documentation or to 
the extent it knows, or has reason to know, that less than the required 
amount has been withheld. A nonqualified intermediary or flow-through 
entity that is required to report a payment on Form 1042-S must follow 
the same rules as apply to a U.S. withholding agent under paragraph 
(c)(4)(i) and (ii) of this section.
    (v) Pro rata reporting for allocation failures. If a nonqualified 
intermediary, flow-through entity, or U.S. branch described in Sec. 
1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) (other than a branch treated as a U.S. person) that 
uses the alternative procedures of Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(3)(iv)(D) fails to 
provide information sufficient to allocate the amount subject to 
reporting paid to a withholding rate pool to the payees identified for 
that pool, then the withholding agent shall report the payment in 
accordance with the rule provided in Sec. 1.1441-1(e)(3)(iv)(D)(6).
    (vi) Other withholding agents. Any person that is a withholding 
agent not described in paragraph (c)(4)(i), (iii), or (iv) of this 
section (e.g., a foreign person that is not a qualified intermediary, 
flow-through entity, or U.S. branch) shall file Form 1042-S in the same 
manner as a U.S. withholding agent and in accordance with the 
instructions to the form.
    (5) Magnetic media reporting. A withholding agent that makes 250 or 
more Form 1042-S information returns for a taxable year must file Form 
1042-S returns on magnetic media. See Sec. 301.6011-2 of this chapter 
for requirements applicable to a withholding agent that files Forms 
1042-S with the IRS on magnetic media and publications of the IRS 
relating to magnetic media filing.
    (d) Report of taxpayer identifying numbers. When so required under 
procedures that the IRS may prescribe in published guidance (see Sec. 
601.601(d)(2) of this chapter), a withholding agent must attach to the 
Form 1042 a list of all the taxpayer identifying numbers (and 
corresponding names) that have been furnished to the withholding agent 
and upon which the withholding agent has relied to grant a reduced rate

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of withholding and that are not otherwise required to be reported on a 
Form 1042-S under the provisions of this section.
    (e) Indemnification of withholding agent. A withholding agent is 
indemnified against the claims and demands of any person for the amount 
of any tax it deducts and withholds in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 3 of the Code and the regulations under that chapter. A 
withholding agent that withholds based on a reasonable belief that such 
withholding is required under chapter 3 of the Code and the regulations 
under that chapter is treated for purposes of section 1461 and this 
paragraph (e) as having withheld tax in accordance with the provisions 
of chapter 3 of the Code and the regulations under that chapter. In 
addition, a withholding agent is indemnified against the claims and 
demands of any person for the amount of any payments made in accordance 
with the grace period provisions set forth in Sec. 1.1441-1(b)(3)(iv). 
This paragraph (e) does not apply to relieve a withholding agent from 
tax liability under chapter 3 of the Code or the regulations under that 
chapter.
    (f) Amounts paid not constituting gross income. Any amount withheld 
in accordance with Sec. 1.1441-3 shall be reported and paid in 
accordance with this section, even though the amount paid to the 
beneficial owner may not constitute gross income in whole or in part. 
For this purpose, a reference in this section and Sec. 1.1461-2 to an 
amount shall, where appropriate, be deemed to refer to the amount 
subject to withholding under Sec. 1.1441-3.
    (g) Extensions of time to file Forms 1042 and 1042-S. The IRS may 
grant an extension of time in which to file a Form 1042 or a Form 1042-
S. Form 2758, Application for Extension of Time to File Certain Excise, 
Income, Information, and Other Returns (or such other form as the IRS 
may prescribe), must be used to request an extension of time for a Form 
1042. Form 8809, Request for Extension of Time to File Information 
Returns (or such other form as the IRS may prescribe) must be used to 
request an extension of time for a Form 1042-S. The request must contain 
a statement of the reasons for requesting the extension and such other 
information as the forms or instructions may require. It must be mailed 
or delivered not later than March 15 of the year following the end of 
the calendar year for which the return will be filed.
    (h) Penalties. For penalties and additions to the tax for failure to 
file returns or furnish statements in accordance with this section, see 
sections 6651, 6662, 6663, 6721, 6722, 6723, 6724(c), 7201, 7203, and 
the regulations under those sections.
    (i) Effective date. This section shall apply to returns required for 
payments made after December 31, 2000.

[T.D. 8734, 62 FR 53467, Oct. 14, 1997, as amended by T.D. 8804, 63 FR 
72188, Dec. 31, 1998; T.D. 8856, 64 FR 73412, Dec. 30, 1999; T.D. 8881, 
65 FR 32201, 32212, May 22, 2000; 66 FR 18189, Apr. 6, 2001; T.D. 8952, 
66 FR 33831, June 26, 2001]