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FATCA overview

Commercial Banking – Bermuda

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a new piece of legislation by the United States Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to counter tax evasion in the US. HSBC is committed to being fully FATCA compliant in all countries where we operate, in accordance with the legislative timeline.

In Bermuda, the principles of FATCA have been brought into our local law. This means that HSBC may need to provide information on US accounts to the United States tax authority, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

In order to establish your tax status, we need to obtain certain documents. These documents are HSBC declarations and/or US tax forms that will enable you to declare and confirm your tax status to us for the purposes of FATCA.

Please send the completed documents to us at the address below. Should you have problems printing the forms you need, please contact us on +1 441 295 4000.

CMB Client Service Unit
HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited
5th Floor
Harbourview Center
37 Front Street, Hamilton HM11
Bermuda

Please read the information carefully and select the document that you need to confirm your tax status to us.

Non-profit declaration: This is an HSBC document, aimed at non-profit organisations, which you may be able to sign to confirm non-US tax status, in place of one of the US tax forms (IRS W forms). Please read the document carefully to ensure you meet the relevant conditions. If you are not satisfied that you meet the relevant conditions, then please select an alternative from the US tax forms provided.

Active non-financial foreign entity declaration: This is an HSBC document, aimed at non-US trading businesses and companies, which you may be able to sign to confirm non-US tax status, in place of one of the US tax forms (IRS W forms). Please read the document carefully to ensure you meet the relevant conditions. If you are not satisfied that you meet the relevant conditions, then please select an alternative from the US tax forms provided.

W-9 form: This is the withholding certificate referred to as a ‘W-9’ on the IRS website. This form is completed to confirm US tax status.

W-8 forms: This is a link to the withholding certificates referred to as ‘W-8s’ on the IRS website. This is a series of forms that are completed to confirm non-US tax status.

In order to provide customers with further support when completing IRS W forms, we have provided some additional customer guidance for the forms W-9, W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E.

(Page last updated October 2022)