FATCA Compliance

Bank 131 LLC hereby informs you that, per Federal Law of Russia No. 173-FZ dd. June 28, 2014 "On the specifics of performing financial transactions with foreign citizens and legal entities; on the changes to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses and repeal of several provisions of Russian legislation" and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA, US Federal Law), Chapter 4 of the US Internal Revenue Code (which obliges non-US financial institutions to identify customers that are US taxpayers, their beneficiaries, and/or persons directly or indirectly controlling thereof, and transfer information regarding the funds on their accounts to the Internal Revenue Service), the Bank registered with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Bank 131 LLC was registered as Participating Foreign Financial Institution (PFFI) and received a Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN): 4NB0VB.99999.SL643. The main purpose of FATCA is combating tax avoidance in the US jurisdiction by US taxpayers, concerning their incomes generated through non-US financial institutions.
Since January 9, 2020, the Bank has been collecting information that allows identifying the affiliation of a person that resorted to the Bank for business purposes, to persons subject to the foreign country`s legislation on taxation of foreign accounts.

When concluding an agreement on any service, you need to fill out the Bank's questionnaire containing supplementary FATCA information (the Questionnaire). Also, to confirm the customer's tax residence, the Bank's employee is entitled to ask specification questions and ask to fill out the Self-Certification Form:
Please note that the Bank does not consult on the FATCA application. In case of any questions, please resort to a professional tax advisor. Also, in case of any questions regarding the essence and application of FATCA, please resort to the website of the Internal Revenue Service: https://www.irs.gov/
Information for Individual Customers
The Bank is entitled to require you to provide the following supplementary documents based on what you specify in the Questionnaire:
1.
You are a US citizen/US taxpayer. You need to provide the filled Form W-9 (please find the form on the website of the Internal Revenue Service): http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf).
2.
You were born in the US but you are not a US citizen. You need to provide the following:
a.
DS 4083 — Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of State
b.
pleadings on no nationality of the United States (e.g. a reason why you did not obtain nationality after birth).
Information for Legal Entities
The Bank is entitled to require you to provide the following supplementary documents based on what you specify in the Questionnaire: Forms W-9 and W-8 and other documents.