Recovering Withholding on Interest-related or Short-term Capital Gain Dividends Paid to Foreign Shareholders of RICs |
President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "Act") on January 2, 2013. Under the Act, the temporary exemption from withholding on interest-related and short-term capital gain dividends paid by a Regulated Investment Company ("RIC") to foreign shareholders (which had expired for dividends paid with respect to RIC taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011) is retroactively extended to dividends paid with respect to RIC taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014.
If a RIC withheld tax from such interest-related or short-term capital gain dividends during 2012, it may refund any overwithheld amounts to shareholders, provided that the reimbursements are paid by March 15, 2013. A "receipt" noting the date and amount of the refund must be retained by the RIC and provided to the shareholder. The RIC may then recover the excess withholding that was deposited with the Internal Revenue Service by reducing any subsequent deposits of tax made before December 31, 2013, or by claiming a refund on the 2012 Form 1042, which is due March 15, 2013.
If the reimbursement is not made in a timely manner, the shareholder will have to file a U.S. income tax return (Form 1040NR, Form 1040NR-EZ, or Form 1120-F) or, if a tax return has already been filed, file a claim for a refund (Form 1040X or amended Form 1120-F).
Camp releases draft tax reform proposal for financial products
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., on January 24 released a legislative discussion draft of proposals to reform the tax treatment of financial products. While not an introduced bill, the draft does contain statutory language and indicates the direction Camp is contemplating with respect to changing the treatment of financial products - including significant changes to the taxation of derivatives.
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