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Outsourcing Fact Sheet
eCerts for Employee Shareholders
Helps to ensure that employee plan participants receive full dividend entitlements.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
ESP
GlobeTax’s Electronic Submission Portal process works to facilitate reclaim filings in available markets.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
US Tax Information Reporting
A description of GlobeTax’s service to QIs and NQIs for US Tax Information Reporting including 1042-S production and filings in addition to a service to non-resident beneficial owners who wish to reclaim excess withholding tax from the United States.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
eCerts
GlobeTax’s online certification and documentation assistance tool guides users through the process of creating documentation necessary to certify treaty eligibility status, which can be used to reclaim excess tax withheld on foreign investment income.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
eDocs
Generates documentation required to file reclaims on behalf of a variety of beneficial owner types. This fact sheet explains how financial institutions can use eDocs to create and execute documentation required to file tax reclaims on their clients’ behalf.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
Metrics of Performance
Provides key statistics on cross-border withholding tax reclamation, and explains the basic components of the tax reclamation process.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
Outsourcing
Details GlobeTax's primary outsourcing service for custodians who wish to (i) reduce costs, (ii) improve efficiency and (iii) extend the scope of their offering to their clients.
TRSB Fact Sheet
TRSB
The Tax Reclaim Service Bureau is the latest V-STP tax process service from GlobeTax. This Fact Sheet details how custodians can make their withholding tax functions STP by using TRSB. The service leverages GlobeTax's primary tax processing benchmarks.
EDS Assist Fact Sheet
EDS Assist®
GlobeTax provides specific help for US and Canadian beneficial owners and their intermediaries to obtain relief at source on certain income types in certain markets. EDS Assist® enables users to make EDS elections online.
e-TaxData Online Fact Sheet
eTaxData Online
Web-based withholding tax research tool available directly from GlobeTax Data Services Inc. or via selected global partners.
Beneficial Ownership Services Fact Sheet
Beneficial Owner Services
Outlines tax reclamation services available directly to beneficial owners in receipt of cross border investment income which has been over-taxed.
Eurobond Reclaims Fact Sheet
Eurobond Reclaims
Eurobond payments are no longer guaranteed to be tax exempt. This Fact Sheet details how paying agents, ICSDs or custodians can use GlobeTax's V-STP process to implement the Eurobond Long Form Protocol for tax reclamation.
FactSheet Agent Banks
Agent Banks
Describes GlobeTax’s agent bank reclaim process.
FactSheet DepIssuer Services
Depositary and Issuer Services
Details the ADR tax reclaim process, and our services to the depositary community.
FactSheet Issuer and Transfer Agent Services
Issuer and Transfer Agent Services
Provides information on GlobeTax’s Electronic Submission Portal (ESP) and other services to share issuers and transfer agents.
FactSheet Spanish Bonds
Spanish Bonds
Describes GlobeTax’s services for holders and issuers of Spanish debt instruments.
   Info Sheets
About GlobeTax
About GlobeTax
Scale & Scope Info Sheet
Scale & Scope
Provides information on the general scale and scope of withholding tax worldwide, and allows investors to estimate recovery averages for their fund.

Depositary Receipts Info Sheet
Depositary Receipts 
Provides information on Depositary Receipts and how they are affected by withholding taxes.

Omnibus Accounts Info Sheet
Omnibus Accounts 
Details GlobeTax’s service offerings for Omnibus Accounts, whose complex structure requires special consideration when effecting withholding tax recovery.

Statute of Limitations Info Sheet
Statute of Limitations 
Explains Statutes of Limitations, and how they affect withholding tax recovery.

   Segment Focus
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
Prime Broker
Cross-border withholding tax reclamation is a valuable service to hedge funds and their beneficial owners. This fact sheet explains how GlobeTax works with prime brokers to help them provide the highest possible level of service to their clients.
Segment Focus - Custodian
Custodian
Outlines GlobeTax’s service offering to custodians looking to service their clients’ cross border assets.
Segment Focus - Endowments/Foundations
Endowments/Foundations
Endowments and Foundations are often in a position to receive full entitlements on their cross border investments. This Segment Focus sheet addresses how these organizations may maximize their investment returns.
Segment Focus - Hedge Funds
Hedge Funds
Due to the complex structure of hedge funds, foreign tax authorities do not know the identities of underlying beneficial owners within the fund. This segment focus sheet explains this issue and provides solutions to break this transparency barrier, so that investors may receive all funds to which they are entitled.
Segment Focus - Pension Funds
Pension Funds
Pension Funds are also recognized as tax exempt entities in many markets, but due to the way that shares are held foreign governments may not be aware of this tax status. This Segment Focus sheet provides solutions for maximizing your returns by ensuring that full entitlements are granted.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
Broker
Details how GlobeTax’s services can benefit all types of brokerage clients.
Outsourcing Fact Sheet
Asset Manager
Mutual funds and other asset managers can benefit greatly from engaging in tax reclamation. This Segment Focus sheet explains how GlobeTax can work with these entities to recover the maximum entitlement available to them.
Instructions for Form 1116
2009 - Instructions for Form 1116
Outlines foreign taxes not eligible for a tax credit.