Active NFFE definition

Active NFFE means any NFFE that meets any of the following criteria:

Active NFFE means any Entity that is not a U.S. Person or a Financial Institution, and that meets any of the following criteria:

Active NFFE means any NFFE that meets any of the following criteria -

Examples of Active NFFE in a sentence

• A “Passive NFFE” means any NFFE that is not (i) an Active NFFE, or (ii) a withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

• A “Passive NFFE” means any NFFE that is not (i) an Active NFFE or (ii) a withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

• A “Passive NFFE” means any NFFE that is neither an Active NFFE, nor a withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

• With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Singaporean Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) a Singaporean Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.

• With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified Person; (ii) a Non-Resident Entity which is a Financial Institution; (iii) a Non-Reporting Financial Institution; (iv) an exempt beneficial owner; (v) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.

• There are two categories of NFFE: • Active NFFE • Passive NFFE An NFFE, whether Passive or Active, has no registration obligations.

• With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Cayman Islands Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified United Kingdom Person; (ii) a Non-United Kingdom Resident Entity which is a Financial Institution; (iii), a non-reporting Financial Institution; (v) an exempt beneficial owner; (vi) an Active NFFE or a Passive NFFE.

• A "Passive NFFE" means any NFFE that is not (i) an Active NFFE, or (ii) a withholding foreign partnership or withholding foreign trust pursuant to relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations.

• With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Indian Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) an Indian Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.

• With respect to New Entity Accounts not described in paragraph A of this section, the Reporting Finnish Financial Institution must determine whether the Account Holder is: (i) a Specified U.S. Person; (ii) a Finnish Financial Institution or other Partner Jurisdiction Financial Institution; (iii) a participating FFI, a deemed-compliant FFI, or an exempt beneficial owner, as those terms are defined in relevant U.S. Treasury Regulations; or (iv) an Active NFFE or Passive NFFE.

More Definitions of Active NFFE

Active NFFE means an active NFFE as defined in the applicable Model 2 IGA.

Active NFFE means any NFFE that meets any of the following criteria: Less than 50 percent of the NFFE’s gross income for the preceding calendar year or other appropriate reporting period is passive income and less than 50 percent of the assets held by the NFFE during the preceding calendar year or other appropriate reporting period are assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income; The stock of the NFFE is regularly traded on an established securities market or the NFFE is a Related Entity of an Entity the stock of which is traded on an established securities market; The NFFE is organized in a U.S. Territory and all of the owners of the payee are bona fide residents of that U.S. Territory; The NFFE is a non-U.S. government, a government of a U.S. Territory, an international organization, a non-U.S. central bank of issue, or an Entity wholly owned by one or more of the foregoing; Substantially all of the activities of the NFFE consist of holding (in whole or in part) the outstanding stock of, and providing financing and services to, one or more subsidiaries that engage in trades or businesses other than the business of a Financial Institution, except that an NFFE shall not qualify for this status if the NFFE functions (or holds itself out) as an investment fund, such as a private equity fund, venture capital fund, leveraged buyout fund or any investment vehicle whose purpose is to acquire or fund companies and then hold interests in those companies as capital assets for investment purposes; The NFFE is not yet operating a business and has no prior operating history, but is investing capital into assets with the intent to operate a business other than that of a Financial Institution; provided, that the NFFE shall not qualify for this exception after the date that is 24 months after the date of the initial organization of the NFFE; The NFFE was not a Financial Institution in the past five years, and is in the process of liquidating its assets or is reorganizing with the intent to continue or recommence operations in a business other than that of a Financial Institution; The NFFE primarily engages in financing and hedging transactions with or for Related Entities that are not Financial Institutions, and does not provide financing or hedging services to any Entity that is not a Related Entity, provided that the group of any such Related Entities is primarily engaged in a business other than that of a Financial Institution; or The NFFE meets all of th...