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Instructions for Form 1118 2006 Tax Year

Instructions for Form 1118 - Notices

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Foreign Country and U.S. Possession Codes

Enter the following codes in the appropriate columns as requested in Schedule A, Schedule C, Schedule D, and Schedule E.

Country Code
Abu Dhabi   TC
Afghanistan   AF
Albania   AL
Algeria   AG
American Samoa   AQ
Andorra   AN
Angola   AO
Anguilla   AV
Antarctica   AY
Antigua and Barbuda   AC
Argentina   AR
Armenia   AM
Aruba   AA
Ashmore and Cartier Islands   AT
Australia   AS
Austria   AU
Azerbaijan   AJ
Azores   PO
Bahamas, The   BF
Bahrain   BA
Baker Island   FQ
Balearic Islands (Mallorca, etc.)   SP
Bangladesh   BG
Barbados   BB
Bassas da India   BS
Belarus   BO
Belgium   BE
Belize   BH
Benin (Dahomey)   BN
Bermuda   BD
Bhutan   BT
Bolivia   BL
Bonaire   NT
Bosnia-Herzegovina   BK
Botswana   BC
Bouvet Island   BV
Brazil   BR
British Indian Ocean Territory   IO
Brunei   BX
Bulgaria   BU
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)   UV
Burma   BM
Burundi   BY
Cambodia (Kampuchea)   CB
Cameroon   CM
Canada   CA
Canary Islands   SP
Cape Verde   CV
Cayman Islands   CJ
Central African Republic   CT
Chad   CD
Chile   CI
China, People's Republic of (including Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Manchuria)  

CH
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)   KT
Clipperton Island   IP
Cocos (Keeling) Islands   CK
Colombia   CO
Comoros   CN
Congo (Brazzaville)   CF
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire)  
CG
Cook Islands   CW
Coral Sea Islands Territory   CR
Corsica   VP
Costa Rica   CS
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)   IV
Croatia   HR
Cuba   CU
Curacao   NT
Cyprus   CY
Czech Republic   EZ
Denmark   DA
Djibouti   DJ
Dominica   DO
Dominican Republic   DR
Dubai   TC
East Timor   TT
Ecuador   EC
Egypt   EG
Eleuthera Island   BF
El Salvador   ES
Equatorial Guinea   EK
Eritrea   ER
Estonia   EN
Ethiopia   ET
Europa Island   EU
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)   FK
Faroe Islands   FO
Fiji   FJ
Finland   FI
France   FR
French Guiana   FG
French Polynesia (Tahiti)   FP
French Southern and Antarctic Lands  
FS
Gabon   GB
Gambia   GA
Gaza Strip   GZ
Georgia   GG
Germany   GM
Ghana   GH
Gibraltar   GI
Glorioso Islands   GO
Great Britain (United Kingdom)   UK
Greece   GR
Greenland   GL
Grenada (Southern Grenadines)   GJ
Guadeloupe   GP
Guam   GQ
Guatemala   GT
Guernsey   GK
Guinea   GV
Guinea-Bissau   PU
Guyana   GY
Haiti   HA
Heard Island and McDonald Islands   HM
Honduras   HO
Hong Kong   HK
Howland Island   HQ
Hungary   HU
Iceland   IC
India   IN
Indonesia (including Bali, Belitung, Flores, Java, Moluccas, Sumatra, Timor, etc.)  

ID
Iran   IR
Iraq   IZ
Ireland, Republic of (Eire)   EI
Isle of Man   IM
Israel   IS
Italy   IT
Jamaica   JM
Jan Mayen   JN
Japan   JA
Jarvis Island   DQ
Jersey   JE
Johnston Atoll   JQ
Jordan   JO
Juan de Nova Island   JU
Kazakhstan   KZ
Kenya   KE
Kingman Reef   KQ
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)   KR
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)  
KN
Korea, Republic of (South)   KS
Kosovo   YO
Kurile Islands   RS
Kuwait   KU
Kyrgyzstan   KG
Laos   LA
Latvia   LG
Lebanon   LE
Lesotho   LT
Liberia   LI
Libya   LY
Liechtenstein   LS
Lithuania   LH
Luxembourg   LU
Macau   MC
Macedonia   MK
Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)   MA
Malawi   MI
Malaysia   MY
Maldives   MV
Mali   ML
Malta   MT
Marshall Islands   RM
Martinique   MB
Mauritania   MR
Mauritius   MP
Mayotte   MF
Mexico   MX
Micronesia, Federated States of   FM
Midway Islands   MQ
Moldova   MD
Monaco   MN
Mongolia   MG
Montenegro   YO
Montserrat   MH
Morocco   MO
Mozambique   MZ
Namibia   WA
Nauru   NR
Navassa Island   BQ
Nepal   NP
Netherlands   NL
Netherlands Antilles   NT
New Caledonia   NC
New Zealand   NZ
Nicaragua   NU
Niger   NG
Nigeria   NI
Niue   NE
Norfolk Island   NF
Northern Ireland   UK
Northern Mariana Islands   CQ
Norway   NO
Oman   MU
Pakistan   PK
Palau   PS
Palmyra Atoll   LQ
Panama   PM
Papua New Guinea   PP
Paracel Islands   PF
Paraguay   PA
Peru   PE
Philippines   RP
Pitcairn Island   PC
Poland   PL
Portugal   PO
Puerto Rico   RQ
Qatar   QA
Redonda   VI
Reunion   RE
Romania   RO
Russia   RS
Rwanda   RW
Ryukyu Islands   JA
St. Helena (Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha Island Group)  
SH
St. Kitts (St. Christopher and Nevis)   SC
St. Lucia   ST
St. Pierre and Miquelon   SB
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Northern Grenadines)  
VC
San Marino   SM
Sao Tome and Principe   TP
Sarawak   MY
Saudi Arabia   SA
Senegal   SG
Serbia   YO
Seychelles   SE
Sierra Leone   SL
Singapore   SN
Slovak Republic (Slovakia)   LO
Slovenia   SI
Solomon Islands   BP
Somalia   SO
South Africa   SF
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  
SX
Spain   SP
Spratly Islands   PG
Sri Lanka   CE
Sudan   SU
Suriname   NS
Svalbard (Spitsbergen)   SV
Swaziland   WZ
Sweden   SW
Switzerland   SZ
Syria   SY
Taiwan   TW
Tajikistan   TI
Tanzania   TZ
Thailand   TH
Togo   TO
Tokelau   TL
Tonga   TN
Tortola   VI
Trinidad and Tobago   TD
Tromelin Island   TE
Tunisia   TS
Turkey   TU
Turkmenistan   TX
Turks and Caicos Islands   TK
Tuvalu   TV
Uganda   UG
Ukraine   UP
United Arab Emirates   TC
United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, No. Ireland)  
UK
Uruguay   UY
Uzbekistan   UZ
Vanuatu   NH
Vatican City   VT
Venezuela   VE
Vietnam   VM
Virgin Islands (British)   VI
Virgin Islands (U.S.)   VQ
Wake Island   WQ
Wallis and Futuna   WF
West Bank   WE
Western Sahara   WI
Western Samoa   WS
Windward Islands   VC
Yemen (Aden)   YM
Yugoslavia (Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia)  
YO
Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo)  
CG
Zambia   ZA
Zimbabwe   ZI
Other Country   OC
Unknown Country   UC

We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to give us the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax.

You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103.

The time needed to complete and file this form and related schedules will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average times are:

Form Recordkeeping Learning about the law
or the form
Preparing and sending
the form to the IRS
1118 93 hr., 16 min. 18 hr., 32 min. 22 hr., 4 min.  
Sch. I (Form 1118) 9 hr., 19 min. 1 hr. 1 hr., 11 min.  
Sch. J (Form 1118) 89 hr., 26 min. 1 hr., 17 min. 2 hr., 48 min.  

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or suggestions for making this form and related schedules simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. See the instructions for the tax return with which this form is filed.

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