Important Information About Your Foreign Tax Residency: Private and Confidential
Important Information About Your Foreign Tax Residency: Private and Confidential
To ensure we can uphold our responsibilities to you and to our Bank regulators, up-to-date
customer information is important.
Customer information for your account suggests that, UNILODGE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, and/or
its Beneficial Owner(s) (BO)/Controlling Person(s) (CP) may have a foreign tax residency in a
country other than Australia.
Foreign tax residency refers to the country or countries in which an entity and/or their BO/CP is
liable to pay tax, irrespective of whether a tax return must be filed or any tax is actually payable.
To ensure your entity and/or BO/CP information is accurate, please read the following carefully,
complete and return the enclosed Declaration and/or Related Party Identification Forms to us
within 30 days from the date of this letter or your account/s will be restricted.
If you have not returned the enclosed form by [30 days from date of letter], the following
account/s will be restricted on [30 days from date of letter].
An international agreement, the Common Reporting Standard, requires all Australian banks
and financial organisations to identify customers who may have a foreign tax residency.
The Common Reporting Standard enables the exchange of customers' foreign tax
residency information between countries to protect the integrity of tax systems around
the world.
We are required by law to provide the information of all customers and/or their BO/CP who
have a foreign tax residency to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). The ATO may then share
this information with tax authorities in other countries.
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To ensure your entity and/or BO/ CP information is accurate, and we don't inadvertently report incorrect
information, we need you to confirm your tax residency status. Please complete the enclosed
Declaration and/or Related Party Identification Forms and return it to us. If you answered no, please
provide an explanation, and send through documentation to support your explanation.
As customer information for your account/s suggests that your entity and/or BO/CP may have a foreign
tax residency, please be aware that if you do not complete and return the Declaration and/or Related
Party Identification Forms, your information may be reported to the ATO.
Next Steps
1. Complete all sections of the enclosed Declaration and/or Related Party Identification Forms
If you have recently provided us with all the information we require, please disregard this request.
Need help?
Please call Foreign Tax Operations on 1300 725 863 between 9am-5pm (Australian Eastern
Standard Time) Monday-Friday if you have further questions or need help to complete this request.
Please note, we are unable to provide taxation advice. If you need help to determine the tax residency
status of your entity or BO/CP, please contact your taxation advisor.
Yours sincerely,
Foreign Tax Operations
Privacy
Please see the Privacy Statement included in the Declaration Form, that outlines what we do to
manage and protect your personal information.
Enclosed:
Common Reporting Standard Declaration - Entity with BO/CP
Related Party Identification Form
Common Reporting Standard Declaration -
Entity with Beneficial Owner(s)/Controlling Person(s)
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Common Reporting Standard 5 3 2 0 3 0 9 3 /D002240928
Tick where applicable. Please use black or blue pen, and write in English using BLOCK LETTERS.
Your Entity has been identified as a potential Foreign Tax Resident of the below country(ies)
Please confirm the Foreign Tax Residency information for your Entity is correct in the table below, and provide TIN
details. If you're a tax resident in a jurisdiction that doesn't issue a TIN or equivalent, you'll need to provide evidence
(which could include publicly available information) from an official authority written in English. Use the blank rows in
the table to provide us with details of any other countries not listed.
Conflicting Foreign Country Are you a tax If you answered If you answered no, please provide an
Residency resident of this yes, please provide explanation, and send through
Information country? your Tax documentation to support your
Identification explanation
Number (TIN)
Address CANADA x No
☐
☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ Yes
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Section 3 Beneficial Owner(s)/Controlling Person(s)
A Beneficial Owner/Controlling Person(s) refers to the individual(s) that directly or indirectly owns a legal interest
in the Entity of 25% or more and/or exercises actual effective control over the Entity, whether from an economic
or other perspective such as through voting rights. In addition, in the case of a trust, a controlling person
includes the settlor(s), trustee(s), appointer(s), protector(s), beneficiary(ies) or classes of beneficiaries and in the
case of an Entity other than a trust, the term includes persons in equivalent or similar positions.
I If the BO/CP is an existing customer of the Bank, please complete Sections 3 and 4
I If the BO/CP is not an existing customer of the Bank, please complete Section 4 and the attached Related Party
Identification Form (RIF)
Are there any Beneficial Owner(s)/Controlling Person(s) that are Foreign Tax Residents outside Australia
(who are customers of the Bank)?
No x Go to Section 4
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Details of Beneficial Owner/Controlling Person 2
Title Full given name(s) Family name Date of birth
/ /
/ /
/ /
NOTE: If you have more than 4 Beneficial Owner(s)/Controlling Person(s), please photocopy this section to
provide more details.
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Section 4 Declaration
X 28 / 04 / 2023 0437729182
Next Steps:
Step 1 Ensure all relevant sections of the form are completed
Step 3 Complete the enclosed Related Party Identification Form (if required).
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Common Reporting Standard 53203093 / D002240928
Related Party Identification Form - Individual
This form needs to be completed by the Related Party (Beneficial Owner/Controlling Person, Settlor of Trust or
Beneficiary).
Tick where applicable. Please use black or blue, and write in English using BLOCK LETTERS.
/ /
Gender Phone number Email address
Male Female
Are you (Beneficial Owner/Controlling Person, Settlor of Trust or Beneficiary) a Tax Resident outside Australia?
No Go to Section 3 below
Yes Give details of the country(ies) in which you are a resident for tax purposes and each country's associated Tax
Identification Number (TIN).
If you're a tax resident in a jurisdiction that doesn't issue a TIN or equivalent, you'll need to provide evidence
(which could include publicly available information) from an official authority written in English.
If you have more than 3 countries in which you are a tax resident, please photocopy this section to provide more
details.
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Section 3 Certification
Certifiers must complete the next page and certify legible copies of either:
Or
I One Document from Group 2 and one other document from Group 3
Convention Travel Document (Titre de Voyage or equivalent) issued by the Australian Government.
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Section 4 Certifier's Declaration and Details
Categories of acceptable certifiers
1. A person enrolled on the Roll of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, or the High Court of Australia, as a legal
practitioner (however described).
2. A judge of a court.
3. A magistrate.
4. A chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court.
5. A registrar or deputy registrar of a court.
6. A notary public (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993).
7. A police officer.
8. An Australian consular officer or an Australian diplomatic officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955).
9. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the Institute of Public Accountants
with two or more years of continuous membership.
10. An officer with two or more years of continuous service with one or more financial institutions (for the purposes of
the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993).
11. A Justice of the Peace.
12. An agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public.
13. A permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with two or more years of continuous service who is
employed in an office supplying postal services to the public.
14. A finance company officer with two or more years of continuous service with one or more finance companies (for the
purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993).
15. An officer with, or authorised representative of, a holder of an Australian financial services licence, having two or
more years of continuous service with one or more licensees.
16. Any person specifically appointed as our agent to certify identity.
17. A Commissioner of Declarations
18. A Commissioner of Affidavits
19. Note: Non-residents - certification by the following acceptable certifiers - categories numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
& 10 as equivalent within the certifier's country of residence.
Certifier's Declaration
Note to Certifier: Please ensure copies are legible and record the following on each copy of the identification provided.
"This is a true copy of an original or certified copy document provided"; then print and sign your name, date and
Qualification number (if applicable) and also provide your details below so that we may contact you if necessary to confirm
this information.
Category number of acceptable certifier (see list above) Qualification number (if applicable)
Certifier's Details
Title Full given name(s) Family name
Address
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Our Reporting Obligations
We are required to identify tax residents of a country/ies other than Australia in order to meet account information
reporting requirements under local and international laws.
If at any time after account opening, information in our possession suggests that you, the Entity and/or any
individual who holds ownership and/or control in the Entity of 25% or more (Controlling Person/Beneficial Owner)
may be a tax resident of a country(ies) other than Australia, you may be contacted to provide further information on
your foreign tax status and/or the foreign tax status of the Entity and/or any Controlling Person/Beneficial Owner.
Failure to respond may lead to certain reporting requirements applying to the account.
By completing this application you certify that if at any time there is a change to the foreign tax status details for
you, the Entity and/or any controlling persons/beneficial owner, you will inform the bank. You also certify that if at
any time there is a change of a controlling person/s/beneficial owner/s in your Entity, you will inform the bank.
A controlling person/beneficial owner refers to the individual(s) that directly or indirectly owns a legal interest in the
Entity of 25% or more and/or exercises actual effective control over the Entity, whether from an economic or other
perspective such as through voting rights. In addition, in the case of a trust, a controlling person/beneficial owner
includes the settlor(s), trustee(s), appointer(s), protector(s), beneficiary(ies) or classes of beneficiaries and in the
case of an Entity other than a trust, the term includes persons in equivalent or similar positions.
By completing this application, you also certify that the settlor(s) (applicable to Standard Trusts only) are not foreign
tax residents. If the settlor(s) are a foreign tax resident, you must telephone 1300 725 863 at the time of completing
this application. When you contact us, you will be asked to provide additional information for the settlor(s).
Next Steps:
Step 1 Ensure all relevant sections of this form are completed
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