[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 13]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 26CFR]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
Procedure and Administration--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.6035-1  Returns of U.S. officers, directors and 10-percent 

shareholders of foreign personal holding companies for taxable years 
beginning after September 3, 1982.

    (a) Requirement of returns--(1) In general. For taxable years of a 
foreign personal holding company beginning after September 3, 1982, each 
United States citizen or resident who is an officer, director, or 10-
percent shareholder of the foreign personal holding company (as defined 
in section 552) shall file with his income tax return, on or before the 
date that return is due, Form 5471 and the applicable schedules to be 
completed in accordance with the instructions setting forth corporate, 
shareholder, and income information for the foreign personal holding 
company's annual accounting period that ends with or within the 
officer's, director's, or shareholder's taxable year. In the case of a 
foreign personal holding company which is a specified foreign 
corporation (as defined in section 898), the taxable year of such 
corporation shall be treated as its annual accounting period.
    (2) General corporate information. The general foreign personal 
holding company information required by this section with respect to 
each taxable year is as follows:
    (i) The name and address and employer identification number (if any) 
of the corporation;
    (ii) The kind of business in which the corporation is engaged;
    (iii) The date of its incorporation;
    (iv) The country under the laws of which the corporation is 
incorporated;
    (v) A description of each class of stock issued and outstanding by 
the corporation for the beginning and end of the annual accounting 
period;
    (vi) The number of shares and par value of common stock of the 
corporation issued and outstanding as of the beginning and end of the 
taxable year;
    (vii) The number of shares and par value of preferred stock of the 
corporation issued and outstanding as of the beginning and end of the 
taxable year, the rate of dividend on such stock and whether such 
dividend is cumulative or noncumulative; and
    (viii) Any other information required by the appropriate form and 
its instructions.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``share'' includes any security 
convertible into a share in the corporation and any option granted by 
the corporation with respect to any share in the corporation.
    (3) Shareholder information. The shareholder information required by 
this section is as follows:
    (i) The name, address and taxpayer identification number (if any) of 
each person, whether foreign or U.S., who was a shareholder during the 
taxable year and the class and number of shares held by each, together 
with an explanation of any changes in stock holdings during the taxable 
year,
    (ii) The name and address of each holder during the taxable year of 
securities convertible into stock of the corporation and the class, 
number, and face value of the securities held by each, together with and 
explanation of any changes in the holdings of such securities during the 
taxable year,
    (iii) The name and address of each holder during the taxable year of 
any option granted by the corporation with respect to any share in the 
corporation, and a full description of the options held by each, 
together with an explanation of any changes in the holdings of such 
options during the taxable year, and
    (iv) Any other information required by the appropriate form and its 
instructions.
    (4) Income information. The income information required by this 
section is the gross income, deductions and credits, taxable income, 
foreign personal holding company income, and undistributed foreign 
personal holding company income for the taxable year and other 
information required by the appropriate form and its instructions.
    (b) Persons required to file return--(1) In general. The 
determination of whether a United States citizen or resident is person 
who is an officer, director, or 10-percent shareholder required to file 
a return with respect to any foreign corporation is made as of the date 
that Form 5471 is required to be filed. If there is no such person 
required to file on that date (because, for example, the corporation has 
been dissolved), then filing is required of the persons who were 
officers, directors or 10-percent

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shareholders on the last day of the most recent taxable year of the 
corporation for which there was such a person who was a United States 
citizen or resident.
    (2) 10-percent shareholder. (i) The term ``10-percent shareholder'' 
means any individual who owns directly or indirectly (within the meaning 
of section 544) 10 percent or more in value of the outstanding stock of 
a foreign corporation.
    (ii) An individual who does not own 10 percent or more in value of 
the outstanding stock directly but is required to file solely by 
attribution of another United States person's stock ownership is excused 
from filing if the direct owner that is an individual furnishes all the 
information required.
    (3) Two or more persons required to submit the same information. If 
two or more persons are required to furnish the information for the same 
foreign personal holding company for the same period, one person may 
make one return on Form 5471. The single Form 5471 may be filed with the 
income tax return of any one of the persons and shall disclose the name, 
address, and identifying number of each other person or persons on whose 
behalf the return is filed. Each person on whose behalf the return is 
filed remains liable for any penalties imposed under sections 6679, 
7203, 7206, and 7207.
    (4) Statement required. Any United States citizen or resident 
required to furnish information under this section with his return who 
does not do so by reason of the provisions of subparagraph (2)(ii) or 
(3) of this paragraph shall file a statement with his income tax return 
indicating that such requirement has been or will be satisfied and 
identifying the return with which the information was or will be filed 
and the place of filing.
    (c) Separate returns for each corporation. If a person is required 
to file returns under section 6035 and this section with respect to more 
than one foreign personal holding company, separate returns must be 
filed with respect to each company.
    (d) Corrective filing. If an information return with respect to a 
taxable year of a foreign personal holding company beginning after 
September 3, 1982, is filed before [date which is 30 days after the date 
of publication of a Treasury decision in the Federal Register] and that 
return does not contain all of the information required by this section, 
then the filer of the return shall file an amended information return 
containing all of such information within 90 days after June 4, 1985.
    (e) Penalties--(1) Criminal penalties. For criminal penalties for 
failure to file a return and filing a false or fraudulent return, see 
sections 7203, 7206, and 7207.
    (2) Civil penalties. For civil penalties for failure to file a 
proper foreign personal holding company information return, see section 
6679 and the regulations thereunder.

[T.D. 8028, 50 FR 23408, June 4, 1985; 50 FR 26359, June 26, 1985, as 
amended by T.D. 8573, 59 FR 64301, Dec. 14, 1994]