The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-78 on 28 October 2024, in which it extended the temporary relief provided in Notice 2023-11, subject to the procedures and requirements of this notice, for certain foreign financial institutions (FFIs) required to report US taxpayer identification numbers (US TINs) for certain pre existing accounts.

If an FFI in an eligible Model 1 IGA jurisdiction (as defined in section 3.04 of this notice) complies with the procedures described in this notice, then the US Competent Authority will not determine there is significant non-compliance (described in Article 5(2) or 5(3) of the relevant IGA) with the reporting Model 1 FFI’s obligations under the IGA solely as a result of its failure to report US TINs associated with its preexisting accounts for 2025, 2026, and 2027 calendar years.

The extension of the temporary relief granted by Notice 2023-11 is intended to enable the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to continue collecting and analysing additional information for accounts without US TINs.

As with Notice 2023-11, to obtain the relief provided by this notice, the reporting Model 1 FFI must use certain codes provided by the IRS that identify features of these accounts that may explain why the reporting Model 1 FFI does not report a US TIN and must comply with other requirements outlined in this notice.

The IRS will continue to use this data to enhance IRS compliance procedures and to inform potential future options for reporting Model 1 FFIs who continue to be unable to obtain and report the US TIN for specific accounts. If permanent relief is granted in the future, it is anticipated that the scope of the accounts for which an FFI may obtain such relief will be narrower than the scope of accounts for which relief is given under this notice.