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Division 4 Account maintainedF1

United Kingdom

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In general, an account would be considered to be maintained by a Financial Institution as follows:

  1. (a)

    in the case of a Custodial Account, by the Financial Institution that holds custody over the assets in the account (including a Financial Institution that holds assets in street name for an Account Holder in such institution);

  2. (b)

    in the case of a Depository Account, by the Financial Institution that is obligated to make payments with respect to the account (excluding an agent of a Financial Institution regardless of whether such agent is a Financial Institution);

  3. (c)

    in the case of any equity or debt interest in a Financial Institution that constitutes a Financial Account, by such Financial Institution;

  4. (d)

    in the case of a Cash Value Insurance Contract or an Annuity Contract, by the Financial Institution that is obligated to make payments with respect to the contract.

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Textual amendments

F1

Inserted by Council Directive 2014/107/EU of 9 December 2014 amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation.