Can a partnership make a QEF election?

Can a partnership make a QEF election?

Partnership makes the QEF election For a PFIC that is owned by a domestic partnership, an interest in which is owned by a US citizen, the first US person in the ownership chain is the domestic partnership. The domestic partnership makes the QEF election.

What is a QEF?

Under the Qualified Electing Fund (QEF) election, a U.S. person is taxed on the pro-rata share of the mutual fund’s earned income for U.S. tax purposes, split between ordinary earnings that are taxed as ordinary income and net capital gains which are taxed as capital gains at potentially preferential rates.

Is there a penalty for not filing Form 8621?

Penalties for failure to file Form 8621 could include a $10,000 penalty (under Form 8938), and suspension of the statute of limitations with respect to the U.S. shareholder’s entire tax return until Form 8621 is filed.

Who can make QEF election?

Any U.S. shareholder of a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) can elect to treat the PFIC as a qualified electing fund (QEF) and be taxed currently on a share of the QEF’s income (IRC § 1293 ).

What is an Unpedigreed QEF?

If a QEF election is made effective after the first day of the first year of the U.S. shareholder’s holding period, the QEF is an “unpedigreed QEF”. An “unpedigreed QEF” is subject to the PFIC default rules (i.e., tax on “excess distributions”) on a sale or liquidation of the stock.

Who must file Form 8621?

More In Forms and Instructions A U.S. person that is a direct or indirect shareholder of a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) files Form 8621 if they: Receive certain direct or indirect distributions from a PFIC. Recognize a gain on a direct or indirect disposition of PFIC stock.

Who must make a QEF election?

Can a partnership be a PFIC?

A partnership is not a PFIC even if all of its income is from passive investments. The same is true with respect to any trust or estate that does not own any shares of any PFIC. A PFIC is a corporation (by definition) and in most cases, a trust or partnership would not be a PFIC.

What is a QEF for a PFIC?

A PFIC is a pedigreed QEF with respect to a shareholder if the PFIC has been a QEF with respect to the shareholder for all taxable years during which the corporation was a PFIC that are included wholly or partly in the shareholder’s holding period of the PFIC stock.

Is FC a QEF under section 1295?

In 1998, C, a U.S. person, purchased stock of FC, a foreign corporation that is a PFIC. Both FC and C are calendar year taxpayers. C made a timely section 1295 election to treat FC as a QEF in C’s 1998 return, and FC was therefore a pedigreed QEF.

Can a partnership own stock in a QEF?

As provided in § 1.1293-1 (c) (1), shareholders owning stock of a QEF by reason of an interest in the partnership take into account the section 1293 inclusions with respect to the QEF shares owned by the partnership under the rules applicable to inclusions of income from the partnership . (B) Foreign partnership.

What are section 1293 inclusions for QEF shares?

As provided in § 1.1293-1 (c) (1), shareholders owning stock of a QEF by reason of an interest in a domestic trust or estate take into account the section 1293 inclusions with respect to the QEF shares under the rules applicable to inclusions of income from the trust or estate. (2) Grantor trust.

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