{"id":2551,"date":"2010-11-02T22:35:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T04:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2010-11-02T22:42:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T04:42:57","slug":"the-fideicomiso-mexican-bank-trust-controversy-and-forms-3520-and-3520a-is-it-or-is-it-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/the-fideicomiso-mexican-bank-trust-controversy-and-forms-3520-and-3520a-is-it-or-is-it-not\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FIDEICOMISO (MEXICAN BANK TRUST) CONTROVERSY and FORMS 3520 and 3520A is it? or is it not??"},"content":{"rendered":"
Per Internal Revenue Code Section 6048 any trust established in a foreign country including the Mexico real estate<\/a> region or its US beneficiary must file certain forms with the\u00c2\u00a0 US department of the treasury (Internal Revenue Service) each year..<\/span><\/div>\n
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Forms 3520 and 3520A must be filed by anyone who holds an interest in a foreign trust as a beneficiary.\u00c2\u00a0 These forms are many pages long. The form 3520A is due on March 15th<\/sup> following the end of a calendar year. Form 3520 is due on the extended due date of the taxpayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal tax return. These forms must be filed each year that the foreign trust is in existence. These forms report on the assets, liabilities and income and expenses of the foreign trust.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"\"If the US taxpayer has deposits in foreign banks, stock brokerage accounts or other foreign financial accounts and when the highest balance in those combined accounts equals or exceeds $10,000 USD, during a calendar year, form TDF 90-22.1 must be filed by June 30th<\/sup> following the end of each calendar year. This form is not filed with taxpayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal tax return and cannot be extended beyond that due date.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Any US citizen who holds an interest of 10% or more in a foreign corporation must file form 5471\u00c2\u00a0 and must be filed on the due date of taxpayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal form 1040 each year. There are similar rules and special forms for US taxpayers that hold interests in foreign partnerships and foreign limited liability companies, again this includes the Mexico real estate<\/a> regions.
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The penalties for non-filing or late filing of any of the forms mentioned above can be\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 $10,000.00 USD or more.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Recently there has been news in the media and on the internet that the Mexican bank trust<\/a> (fideicomiso<\/em>) probably<\/span> should not be included in this filing requirement.\u00c2\u00a0 Some attorneys believe that the Mexican bank trust, (fideicomiso<\/em>) may not be a foreign trust and does not\u00c2\u00a0 meet the criteria which requires filing of forms 3520 and 3520A.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of these attorneys have also hypothesized\u00c2\u00a0 that no reportable event occurs when a US taxpayer acquires a property in fideicomiso. This is great in theory, but here are the facts:<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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  1. The IRS has never<\/span><\/strong> issued any written ruling or opinion whether or not \u00c2\u00a0a fideicomiso<\/em> is a foreign trust and IRS sources state it\u00c2\u00a0 has no intention of doing so in the near future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Under US tax law, an oral decision made in an individual’s tax matter CANNOT be cited as authority by another taxpayer in a similar factual situation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. No one has received a private letter ruling that the Mexican fideicomiso<\/em> is not a foreign trust nor have any court cases so decided.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        4.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, most of the standard wording in a Mexican fideicomiso<\/em> document reads just like the wording of a foreign trust.<\/span><\/div>\n
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        1. A representative of the IRS General Counsels Office has said that since the IRS has not yet (nor may ever) issued a ruling that a Fideicomiso<\/em> is not a foreign trust, it is not advisable<\/span> to rely on an opinion on that requirement that does not come in writing from the IRS.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. The fact the IRS will not<\/span><\/em> issue a written opinion on fideicomiso<\/em> filing requirements should be cause to worry. It would be easy for them to issue written guidance if they really were certain that the beneficiaries of fideicomisos<\/em> did not have to file the foreign trust forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Currently in almost all situations, anyone who has filed these forms late and included a late filing excuse, has not been assessed penalties. Those who have filed the forms late and did not include a late filing explanation have been assessed penalties, but have subsequently\u00c2\u00a0 been able to get the penalty abated after appealing.\u00c2\u00a0 This could change in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              In conclusion, common sense requires that the taxpayer file the Forms 3520 and 3520A unless the IRS states in writing it is not necessary to file these forms.\u00c2\u00a0 Any US taxpayer should file if he\/she wishes to avoid time consuming and expensive audits and\u00c2\u00a0 court litigation. <\/span><\/div>\n
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              The foreign trust\u00c2\u00a0 forms do not change the existing rule that if rental income from the real estate held in fideicomiso<\/em> must be reported on personal US tax returns.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also reporting requirements in Mexico.<\/span><\/div>\n
              If the property is sold, the gain or loss must be reported under the same rules that apply to personal or rental property located in the US.\u00c2\u00a0 If sold at a gain a credit for Mexican taxes paid on that gain can be taken against the US income tax on any of the gain which is taxable on the taxpayer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s US tax return.<\/span><\/div>\n
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              It should be kept in mind that there are attorneys out there writing articles and issuing\u00c2\u00a0written opinions stating various positions on all aspects of the US income tax law.\u00c2\u00a0 Some\u00c2\u00a0 of those opinions are correct and some are not. Generally the taxpayer must go to Court to determine if the opinion is correct unless the IRS later concedes this in writing.\u00c2\u00a0 For approximately five years the IRS has known that certain attorneys have expressed that a fideicomiso<\/em> should not have to file Forms 3520 and 3520A. The IRS has not agreed as of this date.<\/span><\/div>\n

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