The FFI Agreement of a PFFI that registers and receives a GIIN from the IRS on or before June 30, 2014, will have an effective date of June 30, 2014, effectively resulting in

a six-month postponement of the deadlines for completing due diligence on preexisting obligations. For withholding agents other than PFFIs, the deadlines for completing due diligence on preexisting obligations will be postponed by six months.

Thus, for example, a withholding agent other than a PFFI will be required to document payees that are prima facie FFIs by December 31, 2014, instead of by June 30, 2014.

Account balance or value will be measured initially as of June 30, 2014, for purposes of determining whether an account is exempt from review, subject only to an electronic search for indicia, or subject to enhanced review. An account with a balance or value that was initially $1,000,000 or below, and with respect to which there has been no change in circumstances, will not be subject to enhanced review unless the account balance or value exceeds $1,000,000 as of the end of 2015 or any subsequent calendar year. Thus, the obligation to monitor the account balance or value of preexisting accounts to determine whether enhanced review is required is deferred by one year.

The U.S. Treasury intends to provide for a similar six-month delay in the due diligence procedures included in Annex I of IGAs concluded after the issuance of this notice, which will generally apply automatically to previously-signed IGAs through the operation of the most-favored nation provision in those IGAs once those later signed agreements are in force.