Reporting a Financial Interest in 25 or More Foreign Financial Accounts

Item 14. If the filer has a financial interest in over 25 or more foreign financial accounts check the yes box, and enter the total number of accounts in 14a. Leave blank Part II (Continuation of Separate Accounts) or Part III (Joint Accounts) of this report, but maintain records of the information. If filing a consolidated FBAR, the United States person should not complete Part II or Part III but should complete Part V, Items 34-42, for each United States entity included in the consolidated FBAR. 

If the filer has signature authority only (no financial interest), over 25 or more foreign financial accounts check the yes box, and enter the total number of accounts in 14b. Complete only items 34-43 of Part IV for each person on whose behalf the filer has signature authority. If the group of entities covered by a consolidated report has a financial interest in 25 or more foreign financial accounts, the reporting parent corporation need only complete Part V (for consolidated reporting) Items 34 through 42, for the identity information of the account owners, but need not complete the account information. Detailed information about each account, including all information called for on this report, must be recorded and retained for five years from June 30 of the year following the calendar year reported. Any person who reports 25 or more foreign financial accounts in item 14a or item 14b, must provide all the information omitted from Parts II, III, IV or V, as appropriate, if the information is requested by FinCEN or the IRS.

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