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Frequently Asked Questions

  • I am reporting for a private fund. Do I have to file a BE-577?

  • Should dividends from other foreign affiliates be included in question 12A, net income?

  • The affiliate named in question 4 was restructured. What is my reporting responsibility?

  • If I submit a certification of exemption, do I still need to submit the BE-577 survey?

  • How should I report monetary values on the BE-577 survey?

  • What is the relationship between BEA’s new investment statistics and its other statistics on foreign direct investment in the United States?

  • What mutual fund service fees are reportable?

  • How should overdraft charges paid to foreign intermediaries be reported?

  • Should a U.S. lending agent report securities lending fees received from a foreign person?

  • Should a U.S. investment advisor report fees that are received from a proprietary non-U.S. commingled investment fund as a transaction with a foreign affiliate?

  • How should I report amounts for performance fees under Questions 16 and 19 on pages 10 and 11?

  • Should total sales and/or total purchases reported on Schedule A and/or B under service code 4, financial management services, equal the amounts reported under Question 14 on page 10, or Question 17 on page 11?

  • Are profit allocations reportable as financial management fees?

  • Do the equity partners in a U.S. fund have to file the BE-180?

  • Does each fund manager in a U.S. fund with covered transactions file a separate BE-180?

  • I am a U.S. custodian. Do I need to report payments of brokerage fees and commissions?

  • If the country amount is less than $500, do I list the country and $0.00 or do not have to list the country at all?

  • How should I interpret the terms "sales" and “purchases?” Many organizations and transactions types are really not related to sales or the organization is not involved in sales.

  • Should I report profit sharing on the BE-180 between U.S. parents and their foreign subsidiaries & with U.S. subsidiaries and their foreign parents?

  • At what level should data reported on the BE-180 be consolidated?

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