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Instructions for Form 8804 2006 Tax Year

Specific Instructions

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Address

When providing a U.S. address on Form 8804, 8805, or 8813, include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street address. If the Post Office does not deliver mail to the street address and the partnership (or withholding agent) has a P.O. box, show the box number instead of the street address. If the partnership (or withholding agent) receives its mail in care of a third party (such as an accountant or an attorney), enter on the street address line “c/o” followed by the third party's name and street address or P.O. box.

When providing a foreign address on Form 8804, 8805, or 8813, enter the number and street, city, province or state, and the name of the country. Follow the foreign country's practice in placing the postal code in the address. Do not abbreviate the country name.

Form 8804

Lines 1c, 1d, 2c, and 2d

See Address above.

Lines 4a, 4d, 4g, and 4h

Figure the partnership's ECTI using the definition on page 2. Enter the total ECTI allocable to foreign partners (by income type) on lines 4a, 4d, 4g, and 4h. With respect to lines 4d, 4g, and 4h, enter the specified types of income allocable to non-corporate partners if such partners would be entitled to use a preferential rate on such income or gain. See Regulations section 1.1446-3(a)(2) for additional information.

If the partnership has net ordinary loss, net short-term capital loss, or net 28% capital loss, each net loss should be netted against the appropriate categories of income and gain to determine the amounts of income and gain to be entered on lines 4d, 4g, and 4h, respectively. See section 1(h) and Notice 97-59, 1997-45 I.R.B. 7, for rules for netting gains and losses. In addition, if the partnership has received any certificates under Regulations section 1.1446-6T, then the netting rules of section 1(h) and Notice 97-59 must be considered in determining the category of income such items offset.

Line 4g.   Enter the unrecaptured section 1250 gains allocable to non-corporate partners. If you have a reduction to this amount due to the application of the netting rules referred to in the last sentence of the last paragraph above, net this reduction against the unrecaptured section 1250 gains allocable to non-corporate partners before entering this amount on line 4g. Also, attach a schedule showing (1) the amount of partnership level unrecaptured section 1250 gains allocable to foreign partners before the reduction caused by partner level certificates under Regulations section 1.1446-6T; (2) the amount of the reduction for certificates under Regulations section 1.1446-6T; and (3) the net amount reported on line 4g.

Partnership ECTI on which a foreign partner is exempt from U.S. tax by a treaty or other reciprocal agreement is not allocable to that partner and is exempt from withholding under section 1446. However, this exemption from section 1446 withholding must be reported on Form 8805. See instructions for line 8b of Form 8805 below.

Lines 4b, 4e, and 4i

Enter the reduction to the partnership's ECTI allocable to foreign partners (by income type) by reason of valid certificates received from foreign partners under Regulations section 1.1446-6T. See Certification of Deductions and Losses on page 3. For these purposes, a “valid certificate” refers to any certificate the partnership considers and relies on under the rules of Regulations section 1.1446-6T.

Line 6b

Enter on line 6b the amount of section 1446 tax withheld by lower-tier partnerships with respect to ECTI allocable to the upper-tier partnership (see Tiered Partnerships on page 4). The amount withheld will be shown on line 10 of the Form 8805 the partnership receives from the lower-tier partnership. If the partnership receives a Form 1042-S from a lower-tier PTP, the amount withheld will be shown in box 7 of the Form 1042-S. (Box 1 of the Form 1042-S will show income code 27.)

Line 6c

Line 6c applies only to partnerships treated as foreign persons and subject to withholding under section 1445(a) or 1445(e)(1) upon the disposition of a U.S. real property interest.

Enter on line 6c the amount of tax withheld under section 1445(a) and shown on Form 8288-A, Statement of Withholding on Dispositions by Foreign Persons of U.S. Real Property Interests, for the tax year in which the partnership disposed of the U.S. real property interest.

Also enter on line 6c the amount of section 1445(e)(1) tax withheld on a distribution by a domestic trust to the partnership with respect to the disposition of a U.S. real property interest by the trust. The amount withheld will be shown in box 7 of the Form 1042-S the partnership receives from the trust. (Box 1 of the Form 1042-S will show income code 25 or 26.)

For both of the situations described above, do not enter more than the amount allocable to foreign partners (as defined in section 1446(e)). Enter amounts allocable to U.S. partners on line 15f of Schedule K (Form 1065) and in box 15 (using code P) of Schedule K-1 (Form 1065). For Form 1065-B, enter amounts on line 15 of Schedule K and in box 9 of Schedule K-1.

Line 8

If Schedule A (Form 8804) is attached, check the box on line 8 and enter the amount of any penalty on this line.

Form 8805

Line 1b

A partnership must pay the withholding tax for a foreign partner even if it does not have a U.S. TIN for that partner. See Taxpayer Identifying Number on page 1 for details.

Line 1c

See Address on page 4.

Line 3

Enter the type of partner (for example, individual, corporation, partnership, trust, estate).

Line 4

See Country Codes on pages 7 and 8.

Line 5c

See Address on page 4.

Line 8b

Check the box on this line if any of the partnership's ECTI is treated as not allocable to the foreign partner identified on line 1a and therefore exempt from section 1446 withholding because the income is exempt from U.S. tax for that foreign partner by a treaty, reciprocal exemption, or a provision of the Internal Revenue Code.

Line 9

Enter the partnership ECTI allocable to the foreign partner (before considering any partner certifications under Regulations section 1.1446-6T).

The partnership must provide a statement (generally Schedule K-1 (Form 1065)) to the foreign partner that lists each income type of ECTI included on line 9. The income types of ECTI that may be included on line 9 are:

  • Net ordinary income.

  • 28% rate gains (non-corporate partners only).

  • Unrecaptured section 1250 gains (non-corporate partners only).

  • Qualified dividend income and net long-term capital gains (including net section 1231 gains) (non-corporate partners only).

Line 10

To calculate the total tax credit allowed to a foreign partner under section 1446, subtract from each type of ECTI allocable to the foreign partner the amount of losses or deductions certified by the partner under Regulations section 1.1446-6T that the partnership considered in determining that partner's portion of the section 1446 withholding tax due. Then multiply each net amount by the applicable percentage (see page 3 for definition). Finally, total the resulting amounts.

caution
The partnership is required to attach the computation referred to above to the Form 8805 (see Regulations section 1.1446-6T(d)(2)(ii)). The partnership is also required to attach any certificates received under Regulations section 1.1446-6T that the partnership considered in whole or in part in making this calculation.

Schedule T-Beneficiary Information

If the foreign partner is a foreign trust or estate, the foreign trust or estate must provide to each of its beneficiaries, a copy of the Form 8805 furnished by the partnership. In addition, the foreign trust or estate must complete Schedule T for each of its beneficiaries and must provide that Schedule T information to each beneficiary.

The foreign trust or estate may provide all of the information listed in the previous paragraph on a single Form 8805 for each of its beneficiaries. In this case, the information provided in boxes 1a through 10 will be the same for all of the beneficiaries, but the information provided on Schedule T may vary from beneficiary to beneficiary, depending on the ownership interests of the respective beneficiaries.

Line 11c

See Address on page 4.

Line 12

Enter the amount of ECTI on line 9 to be included in the beneficiary's gross income. The foreign trust or estate must provide a statement (generally Schedule K-1 (Form 1041)) to each of its beneficiaries that lists each income type of ECTI included on line 12. The income types of ECTI that may be included on line 12 are:

  • Net ordinary income.

  • 28% rate gains (non-corporate beneficiaries only).

  • Unrecaptured section 1250 gains (non-corporate beneficiaries only).

  • Qualified dividend income and net long-term capital gains (including net section 1231 gains) (non-corporate beneficiaries only).

Line 13

To determine the total tax credit allowed to a beneficiary under section 1446, multiply each type of ECTI on line 12 by the applicable percentage (see page 3 for definition).

Form 8813

Line 1

A partnership without a U.S. EIN must obtain one and must pay any section 1446 withholding tax due. If the partnership has not received an EIN by the time it files Form 8813, indicate on line 1 of Form 8813 the date the partnership applied for its EIN. On receipt of its EIN, the partnership must immediately send that number to the IRS using the address as shown in Where To File on page 1. Failure to provide an EIN may delay processing of payments on behalf of the partners.

Line 2

See Amount of each installment payment of withholding tax on page 3 for information on calculating the amount of the payment.

Line 3

See Address on page 4.

Attachments

If the total section 1446 tax paid for an installment period has been reduced as a result of relying in whole or in part on a partner's certificate under Regulations section 1.1446-6T, then that certificate must be attached to all Forms 8813 starting with the first installment period in which the certificate was considered. Under these circumstances, a partnership must file Form 8813 for an installment period even if no section 1446 withholding tax is due. Also, under these circumstances, the partnership must attach to the Form 8813 a computation of the tax due relating to each partner whose certificate it relied on. See Regulations section 1.1446-6T(d)(2)(ii).

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