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2005

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Instructions for Form 3520
Annual Return To Report Transactions With Foreign Trusts
and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Exceptions To Filing

General Instructions
Purpose of Form
U.S. persons (and executors of estates of U.S.
decedents) file Form 3520 to report:
• Certain transactions with foreign trusts and
• Receipt of certain large gifts or bequests from certain
foreign persons.
A separate Form 3520 must be filed for transactions
with each foreign trust.

Who Must File
File Form 3520 if:
1. You are the responsible party for reporting a
reportable event that occurred during the current tax
year, or you held an outstanding obligation of a related
foreign trust (or a person related to the trust) that you
treated as a qualified obligation during the current tax
year. Responsible party, reportable event, and qualified
obligation are defined on pages 3 and 4.
Complete the identifying information on page 1 of the
form and the relevant portions of Part I. See the
instructions for Part I.
2. You are a U.S. person who, during the current tax
year, is treated as the owner of any part of the assets of
a foreign trust under the grantor trust rules.
Complete the identifying information on page 1 of the
form and Part II. See the instructions for Part II.
3. You are a U.S. person who received (directly or
indirectly) a distribution from a foreign trust during the
current tax year or a related foreign trust held an
outstanding obligation issued by you (or a person related
to you) that you treated as a qualified obligation (defined
on page 3) during the current tax year.
Complete the identifying information on page 1 of the
form and Part III. See the instructions for Part III.
4. You are a U.S. person who, during the current tax
year, received either:
a. More than $100,000 from a nonresident alien
individual or a foreign estate (including foreign persons
related to that nonresident alien individual or foreign
estate) that you treated as gifts or bequests or
b. More than $12,375 from foreign corporations or
foreign partnerships (including foreign persons related to
such foreign corporations or foreign partnerships) that
you treated as gifts.
Complete the identifying information on page 1 of the
form and Part IV. See the instructions for Part IV.
Note. You may also be required to file Form TD F
90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts.

Form 3520 does not have to be filed to report the
following transactions.
• Transfers to foreign trusts described in sections
402(b), 404(a)(4), or 404A.
• Most fair market value (FMV) transfers by a U.S.
person to a foreign trust. However, some FMV transfers
must nevertheless be reported on Form 3520 (e.g.,
transfers in exchange for obligations that are treated as
qualified obligations, transfers of appreciated property to
a foreign trust for which the U.S. transferor does not
immediately recognize all of the gain on the property
transferred, transfers involving a U.S. transferor that is
related to the foreign trust). See Section III of Notice
97-34, 1997-25 I.R.B. 22.
• Transfers to foreign trusts that have a current
determination letter from the IRS recognizing their status
as exempt from income taxation under section 501(c)(3).
• Transfers to, ownership of, and distributions from a
Canadian registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) or a
Canadian registered retirement income fund (RRIF),
where the U.S. citizen or resident alien holding an
interest in such RRSP or RRIF is eligible to file Form
8891, U.S. Information Return for Beneficiaries of Certain
Canadian Registered Retirement Plans, with respect to
the RRSP or RRIF.
• Distributions from foreign trusts that are taxable as
compensation for services rendered (within the meaning
of section 672(f)(2)(B) and its regulations), so long as the
recipient reports the distribution as compensation income
on its applicable federal income tax return.
• Distributions from foreign trusts to domestic trusts that
have a current determination letter from the IRS
recognizing their status as exempt from income taxation
under section 501(c)(3).
• Domestic trusts that become foreign trusts to the
extent the trust is treated as owned by a foreign person,
after application of section 672(f).

Joint Returns
Two transferors or grantors of the same foreign trust, or
two U.S. beneficiaries of the same foreign trust, may file
a joint Form 3520, but only if they file a joint income tax
return.

When and Where To File
In general, Form 3520 is due on the date that your
income tax return is due, including extensions. Send
Form 3520 to the Internal Revenue Service Center,
Philadelphia, PA 19255.
Form 3520 must have all required attachments to be
considered complete.
Note. If a complete Form 3520 is not filed by the due
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any tax imposed with respect to any event or period to
which the information required to be reported in Parts I
through III of such Form 3520 relates, will not expire
before the date that is 3 years after the date on which the
required information is reported. See section 6501(c)(8).

reasonable cause. Similarly, reluctance on the part of a
foreign fiduciary or provisions in the trust instrument that
prevent the disclosure of required information is not
reasonable cause.

Definitions

Who Must Sign

Distribution

If the return is filed by:
• An individual or a fiduciary, it must be signed and
dated by that individual or fiduciary.
• A partnership, it must be signed and dated by a
general partner or limited liability company member.
• A corporation, it must be signed and dated by the
president, vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer,
chief accounting officer, or any other corporate officer
(such as a tax officer) who is authorized to sign.
The paid preparer must complete the required
preparer information and:
• Sign the return in the space provided for the preparer’s
signature.
• Give a copy of the return to the filer.

A distribution is any gratuitous transfer of money or other
property from a trust, whether or not the trust is treated
as owned by another person under the grantor trust
rules, and without regard to whether the recipient is
designated as a beneficiary by the terms of the trust. A
distribution includes the receipt of trust corpus and the
receipt of a gift or bequest described in section 663(a).
A distribution also includes constructive transfers from
a trust. For example, if charges you make on a credit
card are paid by a foreign trust or guaranteed or secured
by the assets of a foreign trust, the amount charged will
be treated as a distribution to you by the foreign trust.
Similarly, if you write checks on a foreign trust’s bank
account, the amount will be treated as a distribution.
Also, if you receive a payment from a foreign trust in
exchange for property transferred to the trust or services
rendered to the trust, and the FMV of the payment
received exceeds the FMV of the property transferred or
services rendered, the excess will be treated as a
distribution to you.
Examples
1. If you sell stock with an FMV of $100 to a foreign
trust and receive $150 in exchange, you have received a
distribution of $50.
2. If you receive $100 from the trust for services
performed by you for the trust, and the services have an
FMV of $20, you have received a distribution of $80.

Inconsistent Treatment of Items
The U.S. beneficiary and U.S. owner’s tax return must be
consistent with the Form 3520-A, Annual Information
Return of Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner, filed by the
foreign trust unless you report the inconsistency to the
IRS. If you are treating items on your tax return differently
from the way the foreign trust treated them on its return,
file Form 8082, Notice of Inconsistent Treatment or
Administrative Adjustment Request (AAR). See Form
8082 for more details.

Penalties
A penalty generally applies if Form 3520 is not timely
filed or if the information is incomplete or incorrect.
Generally, the penalty is:
• 35% of the gross value of any property transferred to a
foreign trust for failure by a U.S. transferor to report the
transfer,
• 35% of the gross value of the distributions received
from a foreign trust for failure by a U.S. person to report
receipt of the distribution, or
• 5% of the amount of certain foreign gifts for each
month for which the failure to report continues (not to
exceed a total of 25%). See section 6039F(c).
If a foreign trust has a U.S. owner and the trust fails to
file the required annual reports on trust activities and
income, the U.S. owner is subject to a penalty equal to
5% of the gross value of the portion of the trust’s assets
treated as owned by the U.S. person (the gross
reportable amount). See Form 3520-A.
Additional penalties may be imposed if noncompliance
continues after the IRS mails a notice of failure to comply
with required reporting. However, this penalty may not
exceed the gross reportable amount. Also, penalties will
only be imposed to the extent that the transaction is not
reported. For example, if a U.S. person transfers property
worth $1 million to a foreign trust but only reports
$400,000 of that amount, penalties could only be
imposed on the unreported $600,000.
For more information, see section 6677.
Reasonable cause. No penalties will be imposed if
the taxpayer can demonstrate that the failure to comply
was due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect.
Note. The fact that a foreign country would impose
penalties for disclosing the required information is not

See the instructions for Part III, line 25, on page 7, for
another example of a distribution from a foreign trust.

Foreign Trust and Domestic Trust
A foreign trust is any trust other than a domestic trust.
A domestic trust is any trust if:
1. A court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of the trust
and
2. One or more U.S. persons have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust.

Grantor
A grantor includes any person who creates a trust or
directly or indirectly makes a gratuitous transfer of cash
or other property to a trust. A grantor includes any person
treated as the owner of any part of a foreign trust’s
assets under sections 671 through 679, excluding section
678.
Note. If a partnership or corporation makes a gratuitous
transfer to a trust, the partners or shareholders are
generally treated as the grantors of the trust, unless the
partnership or corporation made the transfer for a
business purpose of the partnership or corporation.
If a trust makes a gratuitous transfer to another trust,
the grantor of the transferor trust is treated as the grantor
of the transferee trust, except that if a person with a
general power of appointment over the transferor trust
exercises that power in favor of another trust, such
person is treated as the grantor of the transferee trust,
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• Encompasses any form of credit support, and includes

even if the grantor of the transferor trust is treated as the
owner of the transferor trust.

a commitment to make a capital contribution to the debtor
or otherwise maintain its financial viability; or
• Includes an arrangement reflected in a “comfort letter,”
regardless of whether the arrangement gives rise to a
legally enforceable obligation. If an arrangement is
contingent upon the occurrence of an event, in
determining whether the arrangement is a guarantee, you
must assume that the event has occurred.

Grantor Trust
A grantor trust is any trust to the extent that the assets of
the trust are treated as owned by a person other than the
trust. See the grantor trust rules in sections 671 through
679. A part of the trust may be treated as a grantor trust
to the extent that only a portion of the trust assets are
owned by a person other than the trust.

Nongrantor Trust

Gratuitous Transfer

A nongrantor trust is any trust to the extent that the
assets of the trust are not treated as owned by a person
other than the trust. Thus, a nongrantor trust is treated as
a taxable entity. A trust may be treated as a nongrantor
trust with respect to only a portion of the trust assets. See
Grantor Trust above.

A gratuitous transfer to a foreign trust is any transfer to
the trust other than (a) a transfer for FMV or (b) a
distribution to the trust with respect to an interest held by
the trust (i) in an entity other than a trust (e.g., a
corporation or a partnership) or (ii) in an investment trust
described in Regulations section 301.7701-4(c), a
liquidating trust described in Regulations section
301.7701-4(d), or an environmental remediation trust
described in Regulations section 301.7701-4(e).
A transfer of property to a trust may be considered a
gratuitous transfer without regard to whether the transfer
is a gift for gift tax purposes (see Chapter 12 of Subtitle B
of the Code).
For purposes of this determination, if a U.S. person
contributes property to a trust in exchange for any type of
interest in the trust, such interest in the trust will be
disregarded in determining whether FMV has been
received. In addition, a U.S. person will not be treated as
making a transfer for FMV merely because the transferor
is deemed to recognize gain on the transaction.
If you transfer property to a foreign trust in exchange
for an obligation of the trust (or a person related to the
trust), it will be a gratuitous transfer unless the obligation
is a qualified obligation. Obligation and qualified
obligation are defined below.

Obligation
An obligation includes any bond, note, debenture,
certificate, bill receivable, account receivable, note
receivable, open account, or other evidence of
indebtedness, and, to the extent not previously
described, any annuity contract.

Owner
An owner of a foreign trust is the person that is treated as
owning any of the assets of a foreign trust under the
grantor trust rules.

Property
Property means any property, whether tangible or
intangible, including cash.

Qualified Obligation
A qualified obligation, for purposes of this form, is any
obligation only if:
1. The obligation is reduced to writing by an express
written agreement;
2. The term of the obligation does not exceed 5 years
(including options to renew and rollovers) and it is repaid
within the 5-year term;
3. All payments on the obligation are denominated in
U.S. dollars;
4. The yield to maturity of the obligation is not less
than 100% of the applicable federal rate under section
1274(d) for the day on which the obligation is issued and
not greater than 130% of the applicable federal rate;
5. The U.S. person agrees to extend the period for
assessment of any income or transfer tax attributable to
the transfer and any consequential income tax changes
for each year that the obligation is outstanding, to a date
not earlier than 3 years after the maturity date of the
obligation, unless the maturity date of the obligation does
not extend beyond the end of the U.S. person’s tax year
and is paid within such period (this is done on Part I,
Schedule A, and Part III, as applicable); and
6. The U.S. person reports the status of the obligation,
including principal and interest payments, on Part I,
Schedule C, and Part III, as applicable, for each year that
the obligation is outstanding.

Gross Reportable Amount
Gross reportable amount is:
• The gross value of property involved in the creation of
a foreign trust or the transfer of property to a foreign trust
(including a transfer by reason of death);
• The gross value of any portion of a foreign trust treated
as owned by a U.S. person under the grantor trust rules
or any part of a foreign trust that is included in the gross
estate of a U.S. citizen or resident;
• The gross value of assets deemed transferred at the
time a domestic trust to which a U.S. citizen or resident
previously transferred property becomes a foreign trust,
provided such U.S. citizen or resident is alive at the time
the trust becomes a foreign trust (see section 679(a)(5));
or
• The gross amount of distributions received from a
foreign trust.

Gross Value
Gross value is the FMV of property as determined under
section 2031 and its regulations as if the owner had died
on the valuation date. Although formal appraisals are not
generally required, you should keep contemporaneous
records of how you arrived at your good faith estimate.

Related Person
A related person generally includes any person who is
related to you for purposes of section 267 and 707(b).
This includes, but is not limited to:
• A member of your family —your brothers and sisters,
half-brothers and half-sisters, spouse, ancestors
(parents, grandparents, etc.), lineal descendants

Guarantee
A guarantee:
• Includes any arrangement under which a person,
directly or indirectly, assures, on a conditional or
unconditional basis, the payment of another’s obligation;
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(children, grandchildren, etc.), and the spouses of any of
these persons.
• A corporation in which you, directly or indirectly, own
more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock.

agent of the trust is terminated, see Section IV(B) of
Notice 97-34.

U.S. Beneficiary
A U.S. beneficiary generally includes any U.S. person
that could possibly benefit (directly or indirectly) from the
trust (including an amended trust) at any time, whether or
not the person is named in the trust instrument as a
beneficiary and whether or not the person can receive a
distribution from the trust in the current year. In addition,
a U.S. beneficiary includes:
• A foreign corporation that is a controlled foreign
corporation (as defined in section 957(a)),
• A foreign partnership if a U.S. person is a partner of
the partnership, and
• A foreign estate or trust if the estate or trust has a U.S.
beneficiary.
A foreign trust will be treated as having a U.S.
beneficiary unless the terms of the trust instrument
specifically prohibit any distribution of income or corpus
to a U.S. person at any time, even after the death of the
U.S. transferor, and the trust cannot be amended or
revised to allow such a distribution.

See section 643(i)(2)(B) and the regulations under
sections 267 and 707(b).
Person related to a foreign trust. A person is related to
a foreign trust if such person, without regard to the
transfer at issue, is a grantor of the trust, a beneficiary of
the trust, or is related to any grantor or beneficiary of the
trust. See the definition of related person above.

Reportable Event
A reportable event includes:
1. The creation of a foreign trust by a U.S. person.
2. The transfer of any money or property, directly or
indirectly, to a foreign trust by a U.S. person, including a
transfer by reason of death. This includes transfers that
are deemed to have occurred under sections 679(a)(4)
and (5).
3. The death of a citizen or resident of the United
States if:
• The decedent was treated as the owner of any
portion of a foreign trust under the grantor trust rules or
• Any portion of a foreign trust was included in the
gross estate of the decedent.

U.S. Person
A U.S. person is:
• A citizen or resident alien of the United States (see
Pub. 519, U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, for guidance on
determining resident alien status),
• A domestic partnership,
• A domestic corporation,
• Any estate (other than a foreign estate, within the
meaning of section 7701(a)(31)(A)), and
• Any domestic trust (defined on page 2).

Responsible Party
Responsible party means:
• The grantor in the case of the creation of an inter vivos
trust,
• The transferor, in the case of a reportable event
(defined above) other than a transfer by reason of death,
or
• The executor of the decedent’s estate in any other
case (whether or not the executor is a U.S. person).

U.S. Transferor
A U.S. transferor is any U.S. person who:
1. Creates or settles a foreign trust.
2. Directly or indirectly transfers money or property to
a foreign trust. This includes a U.S. citizen or resident
who has made a deemed transfer under section
679(a)(4) or a U.S. resident who has made a deemed
transfer under section 679(a)(5).
3. Makes a sale to a foreign trust if the sale was at
other than arm’s-length terms or was to a related foreign
trust, or makes (or guarantees) a loan to a related foreign
trust.
4. Is the executor of the estate of a U.S. person and:
a. The decedent made a testamentary transfer (a
transfer by reason of death) to a foreign trust,
b. Immediately prior to death, the decedent was
treated as the owner of any portion of a foreign trust
under the grantor trust rules, or
c. Any portion of a foreign trust’s assets were included
in the estate of the decedent.

U.S. Agent
A U.S. agent is a U.S. person (defined below) that has a
binding contract with a foreign trust that allows the U.S.
person to act as the trust’s authorized U.S. agent in
applying sections 7602, 7603, and 7604 with respect to:
• Any request by the IRS to examine records or produce
testimony related to the proper U.S. tax treatment of
amounts distributed, or required to be taken into account
under the grantor trust rules, with respect to a foreign
trust or
• Any summons by the IRS for such records or
testimony.
A U.S. grantor, a U.S. beneficiary, or a domestic
corporation controlled by the grantor or beneficiary may
act as a U.S. agent. However, you may not treat the
foreign trust as having a U.S. agent unless you enter the
name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the
U.S. agent on lines 3a through 3g. See Identification
numbers on page 5.
If the person identified as the U.S. agent does not
produce records or testimony when requested or
summoned by the IRS, the IRS may redetermine the tax
consequences of your transactions with the trust and
impose appropriate penalties under section 6677.
The agency relationship must be established by the
time the U.S. person files Form 3520 for the relevant tax
year and must continue as long as the statute of
limitations remains open for the relevant tax year. If the
agent resigns or liquidates, or its responsibility as an

Generally, the person defined as the transferor is the
responsible party (defined above) who must ensure that
required information be provided or pay appropriate
penalties.

Specific Instructions
Period Covered
File the 2005 return for calendar year 2005 and fiscal
years that begin in 2005 and end in 2006. For a fiscal
year, fill in the tax year space at the top of the form.
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line for each transfer on duplicate copies of the relevant
pages of the form.
Line 7a. If “Yes,” you must comply with the reporting
requirements that would apply to a direct transfer to that
other person. For example, if that other person is a
foreign partnership, you must comply with the reporting
requirements for transfers to foreign partnerships (see
Form 8865, Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to
Certain Foreign Partnerships).
Line 8. If the transfer was a completed gift (see
Regulations section 25.2511-2) or bequest, you may
have to file Form 706, United States Estate (and
Generation-Skipping Transfer) Tax Return, or Form 709,
United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer)
Tax Return.
Line 9. See definition of U.S. beneficiary on page 4.
Line 10. If you are treated as the owner of any portion of
the foreign trust under the grantor trust rules, answer
“Yes” to this question and complete Part II.

Item A—Initial Return, Final Return,
Amended Return
Initial return. If this is the first return you are filing
concerning the foreign trust identified, check the “Initial
return” box.
Final return. If no further returns for transactions with
the foreign trust are required, check the “Final return”
box.
Example. If you annually filed Part II, Form 3520,
because you were the owner of the trust for U.S. income
tax purposes and the trust has terminated within the tax
year, that year’s return would be a final return with
respect to that foreign trust.
Amended return. If this Form 3520 is filed to amend a
Form 3520 that you previously filed, check the “Amended
return” box.

Identifying Information

Schedule A—Obligations of a Related Trust

Identification numbers. Use social security numbers or
individual taxpayer identification numbers to identify
individuals. Use employer identification numbers to
identify estates, trusts, partnerships, and corporations.

Line 11a. The FMV of an obligation of the trust (or an
obligation of another person related to the trust) that you
receive in exchange for the transferred property equals
zero, unless the obligation meets the requirements of a
qualified obligation. See page 3 for the definitions of
obligation and qualified obligation. See page 4 for the
definition of person related to a foreign trust.
Lines 12 and 26. If you answered “Yes” to the question
on line 11b (line 25, column (e)) with respect to any
obligation, you generally must answer “Yes” to the
question on line 12 (line 26). By so doing, you agree to
extend the period of assessment of any income or
transfer tax attributable to the transfer and any
consequential income tax changes for each year that the
obligation is outstanding. This form will be deemed to be
agreed upon and executed by the IRS for purposes of
Regulations section 301.6501(c)-1(d).
If you answer “No” to the question on line 12 (line 26),
you generally may not treat an obligation as a qualified
obligation on line 11b (line 25, column (e)). The one
exception to this is if the maturity date of the obligation
does not extend beyond the end of your tax year for
which you are reporting and such obligation is paid within
that tax year.

Do not enter a preparer tax identification number
(PTIN) in any entry space on Form 3520 other
CAUTION than the entry space for “Preparer’s SSN or PTIN”
at the bottom of page 1 of the form.
Address. Include the suite, room, or other unit number
after the street address. If the Post Office does not
deliver mail to the street address and the U.S. person
has a P.O. box, show the box number instead.
Foreign address. Do not abbreviate the country name.
Line 1. This line identifies the person that is filing Form
3520. If you and your spouse are both making transfers
to the same trust and you file joint returns, you may file
only one Form 3520. Put the names and taxpayer
identification numbers in the same order as they appear
on your Form 1040.
Line 4. If you are the executor of the estate of a U.S.
citizen or resident, you must identify the decedent on this
line.

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Part I—Transfers by U.S. Persons to a
Foreign Trust During the Current Tax
Year

Schedule B—Gratuitous Transfers
Complete the applicable portions of Schedule B with
respect to all reportable events (defined on page 4) that
took place during the current tax year.
Line 13
• In your description, indicate whether the property is
tangible or intangible.
• You may aggregate transfers of cash during the year
on a single line of line 13.
• If there is not enough space on the form, please attach
a statement.
• For transfers reported on attachments, you must enter
“Attachment” on one of the lines in column (b), and enter
the total amount of transfers reported on the attachment
on line 13, columns (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), and (i).
Note. Penalties may be imposed for failure to report all
required information. See Penalties on page 2.
Line 13, column (e). Only include gain that is
immediately recognized at the time of the transfer.
Note. For any transfer by a U.S. person to a foreign
nongrantor trust after August 4, 1997, the transfer is

Complete Part I for information on a reportable event
(defined on page 4).
Note. Although the basic reporting requirements for
Form 3520 are contained in section 6048 (and are
clarified by Notice 97-34), the reporting requirements
have been clarified by the regulations under sections 679
and 684. Accordingly, the regulations under sections 679
and 684 should be referred to for additional clarification
for transfers that are required to be reported in Part I of
Form 3520.
Line 5. If you are not the trust creator, enter the name of
the person that created or originally settled the foreign
trust.
Line 6. See the list of country codes on pages 11 and
12. If the country is not included in the list, enter “OC” for
“other country” and enter the country’s name.
Lines 7, 8, and 10. If you are reporting multiple transfers
to a single foreign trust and the answers to lines 7, 8, or
10 are different for various transfers, complete a separate
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treated as a sale or exchange and the transferor must
recognize as a gain the excess of the FMV of the
transferred property over its adjusted basis. Although the
gain is not recognized on Form 3520, it must be reported
on the appropriate form or schedule of the transferor’s
income tax return. See section 684.
Line 13, column (f). Generally, if the reported
transaction is a sale, you should report the gain on the
appropriate form or schedule of your income tax return.
Line 15. Enter the name, address, whether the person is
a U.S. beneficiary (defined on page 4), and taxpayer
identification number, if any, of all reportable
beneficiaries. Include specified beneficiaries, classes of
discretionary beneficiaries, and names or classes of any
beneficiaries that could be named as additional
beneficiaries. If there is not enough space on the form,
please attach a statement.
Line 17. Enter the name, address, and taxpayer
identification number (if any) of any person, other than
those listed on line 16, that has significant powers over
the trust (e.g., “protectors,” “enforcers,” any person that
must approve trustee decisions, or otherwise direct
trustees, any person with a power of appointment, any
person with powers to remove or appoint trustees, etc.).
Include a description of each person’s powers. If there is
not enough space, attach a statement.
Line 18. If you checked “No” on line 3 (or you did not
complete lines 3a through 3g) attach:
• A summary of the terms of the trust that includes a
summary of any oral agreements or understandings you
have with the trustee, whether or not legally enforceable.
• A copy of all trust documents (and any revisions),
including the trust instrument, any memoranda of wishes
prepared by the trustees summarizing the settlor’s
wishes, any letter of wishes prepared by the settlor
summarizing his or her wishes, and any similar
documents.
• A copy of the trust’s financial statements, including a
balance sheet and an income statement similar to those
shown on Form 3520-A. These financial statements must
reasonably reflect the trust’s accumulated income under
U.S. income tax principles. For example, the statements
must not treat capital gains as additions to trust corpus.

of the trust under the grantor trust rules. Also, enter in
column (e) the specific Code section that causes that
person to be considered an owner for U.S. income tax
purposes. See the grantor trust rules under sections 671
through 679.
Line 21. See the list of country codes on pages 11 and
12. If the country is not included in the list, enter “OC” for
“other country” and the country’s name.
Line 22. If “Yes,” the copy of the Foreign Grantor Trust
Owner Statement (page 3 of Form 3520-A) should show
the amount of the foreign trust’s income that is
attributable to you for U.S. income tax purposes. See
Section IV of Notice 97-34.
If “No,” you may be liable for a penalty of 5% of the
trust assets that you are treated as owning, plus
additional penalties for continuing failure to file after
notice by the IRS. See section 6677. Also see Penalties
on page 2.
Line 23. Enter the FMV of the trust assets that you are
treated as owning. Include all assets at FMV as of the
end of the tax year. For this purpose, disregard all
liabilities. The trust should send you this information in
connection with its Form 3520-A. If you did not receive
such information (line 9 of the Foreign Grantor Trust
Owner Statement) from the trust, complete line 23 to the
best of your ability. At a minimum, include the value of all
assets that you have transferred to the trust. Also use
Form 8082 to notify the IRS that you did not receive a
Foreign Grantor Trust Owner Statement. However, filing
Form 8082 does not relieve you of any penalties that may
be imposed under section 6677. See Penalties on
page 2.

Part III—Distributions to a U.S.
Person From a Foreign Trust During
the Current Tax Year
If you received an amount from a portion of a foreign trust
of which you are treated as the owner and you have
correctly reported any information required on Part II and
the trust has filed a Form 3520-A with the IRS, do not
separately disclose distributions again in Part III. If you
received an amount from a foreign trust that would
require a report under both Parts III and IV (gifts and
bequests) of Form 3520, report the amount only in Part
III.
Line 24. Report any cash or other property that you
received (actually or constructively, directly or indirectly)
during the current tax year, from a foreign trust, whether
or not taxable, unless the amount is a loan to you from
the trust that must be reported on line 25. For example, if
you are a partner in a partnership that receives a
distribution from a foreign trust, you must report your
allocable share of such payment as an indirect
distribution from the trust.
Line 24, column (c). The filer is permitted to enter the
basis of the property in the hands of the beneficiary (as
determined under section 643(e)(1)), if lower than the
FMV of the property, but only if the taxpayer is not
required to complete Schedule A (lines 31 through 38)
due to lack of documentation. For these purposes, lack of
documentation refers to a situation in which the filer
checked “No” on line 29 or 30 because (a) the beneficiary
did not receive a Foreign Grantor Trust Beneficiary
Statement or a Foreign Nongrantor Trust Beneficiary
Statement from the trust or (b) such statement did not

Schedule C—Qualified Obligations
Outstanding in the Current Tax Year
Line 19. Provide information on the status of
outstanding obligations of the foreign trust (or person
related to the foreign trust) that you reported as a
qualified obligation in the current tax year. This
information is required in order to retain the obligation’s
status as a qualified obligation. If relevant, attach a
statement describing any changes in the terms of the
qualified obligation.
If the obligation fails to retain the status of a qualified
obligation, you will be treated as having made a
gratuitous transfer to the foreign trust, which must be
reported on Schedule B, Part I. See Section III(C)(2) of
Notice 97-34.

Part II—U.S. Owner of a Foreign Trust
Complete Part II if you are considered the owner of any
assets of a foreign trust under the grantor trust rules
during the tax year. You are required to enter a taxpayer
identification number for such foreign trust on line 2b.
Line 20. Enter information regarding any person other
than yourself who is considered the owner of any portion
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contain all six of the items specified under the
instructions for line 29 or line 30 below.
Line 25. If you, or a person related to you, received a
loan from a related foreign trust, it will be treated as a
distribution to you unless the obligation you issued in
exchange is a qualified obligation.
For this purpose, a loan to you by an unrelated third
party that is guaranteed by a foreign trust is generally
treated as a loan from the trust.
Line 25, column (e). Answer “Yes” if your obligation
given in exchange for the loan is a qualified obligation
(defined on page 3).
Line 26. See Lines 12 and 26 on page 5.
Line 27. Penalties may be imposed for failure to
accurately report all distributions received during the
current tax year. See Penalties on page 2.
Line 28. Provide information on the status of any
outstanding obligation to the foreign trust that you
reported as a qualified obligation in the current tax year.
This information is required in order to retain the
obligation’s status as a qualified obligation. If relevant,
attach a statement describing any changes to the terms
of the qualified obligation. If the obligation fails to retain
the status of a qualified obligation, you will be treated as
having received a distribution from the foreign trust,
which must be reported as such on line 25. See Section
V(A) of Notice 97-34.
Lines 29 and 30. If any of the six items required for the
Foreign Grantor Trust Beneficiary Statement (see Line 29
below) or for the Foreign Nongrantor Trust Beneficiary
Statement (see Line 30 below) is missing, you must
check “No” on line 29 or line 30, as applicable.
Also, if you answer “Yes” to line 29 or line 30, and the
foreign trust or U.S. agent does not produce records or
testimony when requested or summoned by the IRS, the
IRS may redetermine the tax consequences of your
transactions with the trust and impose appropriate
penalties under section 6677.
Line 29. If “Yes,” attach the Foreign Grantor Trust
Beneficiary Statement (page 4 of Form 3520-A) from the
foreign trust and do not complete the rest of Part III with
respect to the distribution. If a U.S. beneficiary receives a
complete Foreign Grantor Trust Beneficiary Statement
with respect to a distribution during the tax year, the
beneficiary should treat the distribution for income tax
purposes as if it came directly from the owner. For
example, if the distribution is a gift, the beneficiary should
not include the distribution in gross income.
In addition to basic identifying information (i.e., name,
address, TIN, etc.) about the foreign trust and its trustee,
this statement must contain these items:
1. The first and last day of the tax year of the foreign
trust to which this statement applies.
2. An explanation of the facts necessary to establish
that the foreign trust should be treated for U.S. tax
purposes as owned by another person. (The explanation
should identify the Code section that treats the trust as
owned by another person.)
3. A statement identifying whether the owner of the
trust is an individual, corporation, or partnership.
4. A description of property (including cash)
distributed or deemed distributed to the U.S. person
during the tax year, and the FMV of the property
distributed.
5. A statement that the trust will permit either the IRS
or the U.S. beneficiary to inspect and copy the trust’s

permanent books of account, records, and such other
documents that are necessary to establish that the trust
should be treated for U.S. tax purposes as owned by
another person. This statement is not necessary if the
trust has appointed a U.S. agent.
6. A statement as to whether the foreign trust has
appointed a U.S. agent (defined on page 4). If the trust
has a U.S. agent, include the name, address, and
taxpayer identification number of the agent.
Line 30. If “Yes,” attach the Foreign Nongrantor Trust
Beneficiary Statement from the foreign trust. A Foreign
Nongrantor Trust Beneficiary Statement must include the
following items:
1. An explanation of the appropriate U.S. tax
treatment of any distribution or deemed distribution for
U.S. tax purposes, or sufficient information to enable the
U.S. beneficiary to establish the appropriate treatment of
any distribution or deemed distribution for U.S. tax
purposes.
2. A statement identifying whether any grantor of the
trust is a partnership or a foreign corporation. If so, attach
an explanation of the relevant facts.
3. A statement that the trust will permit either the IRS
or the U.S. beneficiary to inspect and copy the trust’s
permanent books of account, records, and such other
documents that are necessary to establish the
appropriate treatment of any distribution or deemed
distribution for U.S. tax purposes. This statement is not
necessary if the trust has appointed a U.S. agent.
4. The Foreign Nongrantor Trust Beneficiary
Statement must also include items 1, 4, and 6, as listed
for line 29 above as well as basic identifying information
(e.g., name, address, TIN, etc.) about the foreign trust
and its trustee.

Schedule A—Default Calculation of Trust
Distributions
If you answered “Yes” to line 30, you may complete
either Schedule A or Schedule B. Generally, however, if
you complete Schedule A in the current year (or did so in
the prior years), you must continue to complete Schedule
A for all future years, even if you are able to answer
“Yes” to line 30 in that future year. (The only exception to
this consistency rule is that you may use Schedule B in
the year that a trust terminates, but only if you are able to
answer “Yes” to line 30 in the year of termination.)
Line 32. To the best of your knowledge, state the
number of years the trust has been in existence as a
foreign trust and attach an explanation of your basis for
this statement. Consider any portion of a year to be a
complete year. If this is the first year that the trust has
been a foreign trust, do not complete the rest of Part III
(you do not have an accumulation distribution).
Line 33. Enter the total amount of distributions that you
received during the 3 preceding tax years (or the number
of years the trust has been a foreign trust, if less than 3).
For example, if a trust distributed $50 in year 1, $120 in
year 2, and $150 in year 3, the amount reported on line
33 would be $320 ($50 + $120 + $150).
Line 35. Divide line 34 by 3 (or the number of years the
trust has been a foreign trust if fewer than 3). Consider
any portion of a year to be a complete year. For example,
a foreign trust created on July 1, 2003, would be treated
on a 2005 calendar year return as having 2 preceding
years (2003 and 2004). In this case, you would calculate
the amount on line 35 by dividing line 34 by 2. Do not
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disregard tax years in which no distributions were made.
The IRS will consider your proof of these prior
distributions as adequate records to demonstrate that
any distribution up to the amount on line 31 is not an
accumulation distribution in the current tax year.
Line 36. Enter this amount as ordinary income on your
tax return. Report this amount on the appropriate
schedule of your tax return (e.g., Schedule E (Form
1040), Part III).
Note. If there is an amount on line 37, you must also
complete line 38 and Schedule C — Calculation of
Interest Charge, to determine the amount of any interest
charge you may owe.

weighted UNI shown on line 46 of the 2005 Form 3520
could simply be updated using the following steps:
1. Begin with the 2005 weighted UNI.
2. Add UNI at the beginning of 2005.
3. Add trust earnings in 2005.
4. Subtract trust distributions in 2005.
5. Subtract weighted trust accumulation distributions
in 2005. (Weighted trust accumulation distributions are
the trust accumulation distributions in 2005 multiplied by
the applicable number of years from 2005.)

Schedule B—Actual Calculation of Trust
Distributions

2005 weighted UNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,260

UNI at beginning of 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

+ 350

You may only use Schedule B if:
• You answered “Yes” to line 30,
• You attach a copy of the Foreign Nongrantor Trust
Beneficiary Statement to this return, and
• You have never before used Schedule A for this
foreign trust or this foreign trust terminated during the tax
year.
Line 40. Enter the amount received by you from the
foreign trust that is treated as ordinary income of the trust
in the current tax year. Ordinary income is all income that
is not capital gains. Report this amount on the
appropriate schedule of your tax return (e.g., Schedule E
(Form 1040), Part III).
Line 42. Enter the amount received by you from the
foreign trust that is treated as capital gain income of that
trust in the current tax year. Report this amount on the
appropriate schedule of your tax return (e.g., Schedule D
(Form 1040)).
Line 45. Enter the foreign trust’s aggregate undistributed
net income (UNI). For example, assume that a trust was
created in 1999 and has made no distributions prior to
2005. Assume the trust’s ordinary income was $0 in
2004, $60 in 2003, $124 in 2002, $87 in 2001, $54 in
2000, and $25 in 1999. Thus, for 2005, the trust’s UNI
would be $350. If the trust earned $100 and distributed
$200 during 2005 (so that $100 was distributed from
accumulated earnings), the trust’s 2006 aggregate UNI
would be $250 ($350 + $100 - $200).
Line 46. Enter the foreign trust’s weighted undistributed
net income (weighted UNI). The trust’s weighted UNI is
its accumulated income that has not been distributed,
weighted by the years that it has accumulated income.
To calculate weighted UNI, multiply the undistributed
income from each of the trust’s years by the number of
years since that year, and then add each year’s result.
Using the example from line 45, the trust’s weighted UNI
in 2005 would be $1,260, calculated as follows:

Trust earnings in 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

+ 100

Trust distributions in 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

− 200

Year
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
TOTAL

No. of years
since that
year
1
2
3
4
5
6

UNI from
each year
$

Using the examples above, the trust’s 2006 weighted
UNI would be $1,150, calculated as follows.

$ 0
120
372
348
270
150

$350

$1,260

– 360

2006 weighted UNI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$1,150

Line 47. Calculate the trust’s applicable number of years
by dividing line 46 by line 45. Using the examples in the
instructions for lines 45 and 46, the trust’s applicable
number of years would be 3.6 in 2005 (1,260/350) and
4.6 in 2006 (1,150/250).
Note. Include as many decimal places as there are
digits in the UNI on line 45 (e.g., using the example in the
instructions for line 45, include three decimal places).

Schedule C—Calculation of Interest Charge
Complete Schedule C if you entered an amount on line
37 or line 41.
Line 49. Include the amount from line 48 of this form on
line 1, Form 4970. Then compute the tax on the total
accumulation distribution using lines 1 through 28 of
Form 4970. Enter on line 49 the tax from line 28 of Form
4970, Tax on Accumulation Distribution of Trusts.
Note. Use Form 4970 as a worksheet and attach it to
Form 3520.
Line 51. Interest accumulates on the tax (line 49) for the
period beginning on the date that is the applicable
number of years (as rounded on line 50) prior to the
applicable date and ending on the applicable date. For
purposes of making this interest calculation, the
applicable date is the date that is mid-year through the
tax year for which reporting is made (e.g., in the case of a
2005 calendar year taxpayer, the applicable date would
be June 30, 2005). Alternatively, if you received only a
single distribution during the tax year that is treated as an
accumulation distribution, you may use the date of that
distribution as the applicable date.
For portions of the interest accumulation period that
are prior to 1996 (and after 1976), interest accumulates
at a simple rate of 6% annually, without compounding.
For portions of the interest accumulation period that are
after 1995, interest is compounded daily at the rate
imposed on underpayments of tax under section
6621(a)(2). This compounded interest for periods after
1995 is imposed not only on the tax, but also on the total
simple interest attributable to pre-1996 periods.
If you are a 2005 calendar year taxpayer and you use
June 30, 2005, as the applicable date for calculating
interest, use the table on page 9 to determine the

Weighted UNI

0
60
124
87
54
25

Weighted trust accumulation distributions in 2005
($100 X 3.6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

To calculate the trust’s weighted UNI for the following
year (2006), the trust could update this calculation, or the
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combined interest rate and enter it on line 51. If you are
not a 2005 calendar year taxpayer or you choose to use
the actual date of the distribution as the applicable date,
calculate the combined interest rate using the above
principles and enter it on line 51.

23.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5189
23.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5773
24.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6356
24.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6939
25.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7522
25.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8106
26.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8689
26.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9272
27.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9855
27.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0439
28.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1022
All Years Greater than 28.0 . . . . 3.1605
(Note. Interest charges began in 1977.)

Table of Combined Interest Rate Imposed
on the Total Accumulation Distribution
Look up the applicable number of years of the foreign trust that you
entered on line 50. Read across to find the combined interest rate to
enter on line 51. Use this table only if you are a 2005 calendar year
taxpayer and are using June 30, 2005, as the applicable date.

Applicable number
of years of trust
(from line 50)

Combined
interest rate
(enter on line 51)

1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Line 53. Report this amount as additional tax (ADT) on
the appropriate line of your income tax return (e.g., for
Form 1040 filers, include this amount as part of the total
for line 63 of your 2005 Form 1040 and enter “ADT” to
the left of the line 63 entry space).

0.0525
0.0785
0.1025
0.1297
0.1603
0.1918
0.2328
0.2841
0.3407
0.3997
0.4546
0.5082
0.5710
0.6364
0.7084
0.7836
0.8622
0.9442
1.0025
1.0608
1.1191
1.1775
1.2358
1.2941
1.3524
1.4108
1.4691
1.5274
1.5857
1.6441
1.7024
1.7607
1.8190
1.8774
1.9357
1.9940
2.0523
2.1107
2.1690
2.2273
2.2856
2.3440
2.4023
2.4606

Part IV—U.S. Recipients of Gifts or
Bequests Received During the
Current Tax Year From Foreign
Persons
Note. Penalties may be imposed for failure to report gifts
that should be reported. See Penalties on page 2.
A gift to a U.S. person does not include any amount
paid for qualified tuition or medical payments made on
behalf of the U.S. person.
If a foreign trust makes a distribution to a U.S.
beneficiary, the beneficiary must report the amount as a
distribution in Part III, rather than as a gift in Part IV.
Contributions of property by foreign persons to
domestic or foreign trusts that have U.S. beneficiaries are
not reportable by those beneficiaries in Part IV unless
they are treated as receiving the contribution in the year
of the transfer (e.g., the beneficiary is an owner of that
portion of the trust under section 678).
A domestic trust that is not treated as owned by
another person is required to report the receipt of a
contribution to the trust from a foreign person as a gift in
Part IV.
A domestic trust that is treated as owned by a foreign
person is not required to report the receipt of a
contribution to the trust from a foreign person. However,
a U.S. person should report the receipt of a distribution
from such a trust as a gift from a foreign person in Part
IV.
Line 54. To calculate the threshold amount ($100,000),
you must aggregate gifts from different foreign
nonresident aliens and foreign estates if you know (or
have reason to know) that those persons are related to
each other (see definition of related person on page 3) or
one is acting as a nominee or intermediary for the other.
For example, if you receive a gift of $75,000 from
nonresident alien individual A and a gift of $40,000 from
nonresident alien individual B, and you know that A and
B are related, you must answer “Yes” and complete
columns (a) through (c) for each gift.
If you answered “Yes” to the question on line 54 and
none of the gifts or bequests received exceeds $5,000,
do not complete columns (a) through (c) of line 54.
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Instead, enter in column (b) of the first line: “No gifts or
bequests exceed $5,000.”
Line 55. Answer “Yes” if you received aggregate
amounts in excess of $12,375 during the current tax year
that you treated as gifts from foreign corporations or
foreign partnerships (or any persons that you know (or
have reason to know) are related to such foreign
corporations or foreign partnerships).
For example, if you, a calendar-year taxpayer during
2005, received $5,000 from foreign corporation X that
you treated as a gift, and $8,000 that you received from
nonresident alien A that you treated as a gift, and you
know that X is wholly owned by A, you must complete
columns (a) through (g) for each gift.
Note. Gifts from foreign corporations or foreign
partnerships are subject to recharacterization by the IRS
under section 672(f)(4).
Line 56. If you answered “Yes” to the question on line
56 and the ultimate donor on whose behalf the reporting
donor is acting is a foreign corporation or foreign
partnership, attach an explanation including the ultimate
foreign donor’s name, address, identification number (if
any), and status as a corporation or partnership.
If the ultimate donor is a foreign trust, treat the amount
received as a distribution from a foreign trust and
complete Part III.

You are not required to provide the information
requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork
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If you have comments concerning the accuracy of
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Instructions for Form 3520

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The type and rule above prints on all proofs including departmental reproduction proofs. MUST be removed before printing.

Country Codes
Enter on lines 6a and 6b and line 21, columns
(a) and (b), the codes from the list below.

Country
Abu Dhabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . .
Andorra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anguilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Antarctica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Antigua and Barbuda . . . . . . . .
Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aruba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ashmore and Cartier Islands . . .
Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Azerbaijan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Azores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bahamas, The . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bahrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baker Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balearic Islands (Mallorca, etc.) .
Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Barbados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bassas da India . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benin (Dahomey) . . . . . . . . . . .
Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bhutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bonaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bosnia-Herzegovina . . . . . . . . .
Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bouvet Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
British Indian Ocean Territory . .
Brunei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) . . . .
Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cambodia (Kampuchea) . . . . . .
Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Canary Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cape Verde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cayman Islands . . . . . . . . . . . .
Central African Republic . . . . . .
Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
China, People’s Republic of
(including Inner Mongolia, Tibet,
and Manchuria) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
Clipperton Island . . . . . . . . . . .
Cocos (Keeling) Islands . . . . . .
Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comoros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Congo (Brazzaville) . . . . . . . . .
Congo, Democratic Republic of
(Zaire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cook Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coral Sea Islands Territory . . . .
Corsica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TC
AF
AL
AG
AQ
AN
AO
AV
AY
AC
AR
AM
AA
AT
AS
AU
AJ
PO
BF
BA
FQ
SP
BG
BB
BS
BO
BE
BH
BN
BD
BT
BL
NT
BK
BC
BV
BR
IO
BX
BU
UV
BM
BY
CB
CM
CA
SP
CV
CJ
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CW
CR
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CS

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) . . . . . .
Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Curacao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Djibouti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dominica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . .
Dubai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
East Timor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eleuthera Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Equatorial Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eritrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Europa Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) . .
Faroe Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
French Guiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
French Polynesia (Tahiti) . . . . . . .
French Southern and Antarctic
Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gambia, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gaza Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glorioso Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Great Britain (United Kingdom) . . .
Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greenland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grenada(Southern Grenadines) . .
Guadeloupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guernsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Howland Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indonesia (including Bali, Belitung,
Flores, Java, Moluccas, Sumatra,
Timor, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ireland, Republic of (Eire) . . . . . . .
Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jan Mayen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jarvis Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Johnston Atoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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IV
HR
CU
NT
CY
EZ
DA
DJ
DO
DR
TC
TT
EC
EG
BF
ES
EK
ER
EN
ET
EU
FK
FO
FJ
FI
FR
FG
FP
FS
GB
GA
GZ
GG
GM
GH
GI
GO
UK
GR
GL
GJ
GP
GQ
GT
GK
GV
PU
GY
HA
HM
HO
HK
HQ
HU
IC
IN
ID
IR
IZ
EI
IM
IS
IT
JM
JN
JA
DQ
JE
JQ

Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Juan de Nova Island . . . . . . . . . .
Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kingman Reef . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) . . . . . . .
Korea, Democratic People’s
Republic of (North) . . . . . . . . . . .
Korea, Republic of (South) . . . . .
Kosovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kurile Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Laos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Libya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Liechtenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lithuania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macedonia (former Yugoslav
Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Martinique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mauritius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mayotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Micronesia, Federated States of .
Midway Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moldova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Montenegro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Montserrat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nauru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Navassa Island . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Netherlands Antilles . . . . . . . . . .
New Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Niue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Norfolk Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Mariana Islands . . . . . .
Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Palau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Palmyra Atoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . .
Paracel Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FM
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MG
YO
MH
MO
MZ
WA
NR
BQ
NP
NL
NT
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Pitcairn Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Qatar (Katar) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ryukyu Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. Helena (Ascension Island and
Tristan de Cunha Island Group) . . .
St. Kitts (St. Christopher and Nevis)
St. Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. Pierre and Miquelon . . . . . . . .
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Northern Grenadines) . . . . . . . . .
San Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sao Tome and Principe . . . . . . . .
Sarawak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seychelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) . . . . . .
Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PC
PL
PO
RQ
QA
VI
RE
RO
RS
RW
JA
SH
SC
ST
SB
VC
SM
TP
MY
SA
SG
YO
SE
SL
SN
LO
SI
BP

Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . .
South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands . . . . . . . . .
Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spratly Islands . . . . . . . . . . .
Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Svalbard (Spitsbergen) . . . . .
Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Syria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tanzania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tokelau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tortola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . .
Tromelin Island . . . . . . . . . .
Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turkmenistan . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turks and Caicos Islands . . .
Tuvalu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SO Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SF United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . .
United Kingdom (England, Wales,
SX Scotland, No. Ireland) . . . . . . . . .
SP United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PG Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CE Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SU Vanuatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NS Vatican City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SV Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WZ Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SW Virgin Islands (British) . . . . . . . . .
SZ Virgin Islands (U.S.) . . . . . . . . . .
SY Wake Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TW Wallis and Futuna . . . . . . . . . . .
TI West Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TZ Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TH Western Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TO Windward Islands . . . . . . . . . . . .
TL Yemen (Aden) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TN Yogoslavia (Kosovo, Montenegro,
VI Serbia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TD Zaire (Democratic Republic of
TE Congo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TS Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TU Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TX Other Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TK Unknown Country . . . . . . . . . . .
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