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[4830-01-p]      Published December 29, 2006 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
Internal Revenue Service 
26 CFR Part 1     
TD 9308 
RIN 1545-BF75 
Reporting Rules for Widely Held Fixed Investment Trusts 
AGENCY:  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. 
ACTION:  Final regulations and removal of the temporary regulations. 
SUMMARY:  This document contains final regulations amending §1.671-5 which 
provides reporting rules for widely held fixed investment trusts (WHFITs).  These 
final regulations clarify and simplify reporting for trustees and middlemen of non-
mortgage widely held fixed investment trusts (NMWHFITs).  These final 
regulations also provide temporary safe harbor reporting rules for widely held 
mortgage trusts (WHMTs) that are outside the WHMT safe harbor.  The 
preamble to these regulations also provides that trustees of WHFITs are to 
indicate on the Form 1041, “U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts,” 
filed for a WHFIT’s 2006 calendar year that the return is a final return.   
DATES:  Effective Date:  These regulations are effective December 29, 2006. 
 Applicability Date:  For date of applicability see §1.671-5(n). 
FOR  FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Faith Colson, (202) 622-3060 (not 
a toll-free number). 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

 
 
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Paperwork Reduction Act 
The collection of information contained in these final regulations has been 
previously reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507) under 
control number 1545-1540.  The collection of information in these final 
regulations is in §1.671-5.  This information is required to be reported to 
beneficial owners of trust interests to enable them to correctly report their share 
of the items of income, deduction, and credit of the WHFIT in which they have 
invested.  This information is also required to be reported to the IRS to enable 
the IRS to verify that trustees and middlemen are accurately reporting 
information to beneficial owners of trust interests and that beneficial owners are 
properly reporting their ownership of a trust interest.  
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control number. 
The estimated annual burden per recordkeeper varies from 1 to 4 hours, 
depending on individual circumstances, with an estimated average of 2 hours.  
Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate should be sent to the 
Internal Revenue Service, Attn:  IRS Reports Clearance Officer, 
SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, Washington DC 20224, and to the Office of Management 
and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for the Department of Treasury, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC  20503. 
Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as 
long as their contents might become material in the administration of any internal 

 
 
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revenue law.  Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, 
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 
Background 
 This document contains amendments to 26 CFR part 1.  On January 24, 
2006, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department 
published the WHFIT reporting rules in the Federal Register (TD 9241)(71 FR 
4002) under §1.671-5 (WHFIT reporting rules).  On August 3, 2006, in response 
to comments received subsequent to the publication of the WHFIT reporting 
rules, the IRS and the Treasury Department published final and temporary 
regulations (TD 9279)(71 FR 43968)(temporary regulations) as well as proposed 
regulations that, in part, cross-referenced the temporary regulations (71 FR 
43998)(proposed regulations)(REG-125071-06) in the Federal Register.  No 
public hearing was requested or held with respect to the temporary or proposed 
regulations.  Written comments responding to those regulations were received.  
After consideration of the comments, the proposed regulations, with certain 
revisions, are adopted as final regulations by this Treasury decision, and the 
corresponding temporary regulations are removed.  The comments and the 
revisions are discussed in this preamble. 
Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions 
I.   Application of the WHFIT Reporting Rules to NMWHFITs 
A.   The Qualified NMWHFIT Exception 
Trustees and middlemen of NMWHFITs that satisfy the qualified 
NMWHFIT exception in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(E) are excepted from reporting 

 
 
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information regarding market discount and bond premium, and are permitted to 
use the simplified reporting for sales and dispositions of trust assets in §1.671-
5(c)(2)(iv)(B) and the simplified reporting rules for sales or redemptions of trust 
interests in §1.671-5(c)(2)(v)(C). The temporary regulations provide that the 
qualified NMWHFIT exception is satisfied if the calendar year for which the 
trustee is reporting begins before January 1, 2011, and the NMWHFIT meets any 
of the following requirements:  (1) the NMWHFIT has a start-up date as defined 
in §1.671-5(b)(19) before February 23, 2006; (2) the registration statement for 
the NMWHFIT becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 
(15 U.S.C. 77a, et. seq.) (Securities Act of 1933) and trust interests are offered 
for sale to the public before February 23, 2006; or (3) the registration statement 
of the NMWHFIT becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933 and trust 
interests are offered for sale to the public on or after February 23, 2006 and 
before July 31, 2006, and the NMWHFIT is fully funded before October 1, 2006.  
These final regulations retain this amendment to the WHFIT reporting rules.  
Additionally, commentators on the temporary regulations expressed concern that 
certain trusts that otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements for the qualified 
NMWHFIT exception would be disqualified because additional assets are 
deposited into the trust pursuant to a distribution reinvestment program.  These 
final regulations clarify that for the purpose of determining whether a NMWHFIT 
is fully funded before October 1, 2006, deposits to the NMWHFIT pursuant to a 
distribution reinvestment program that is consistent with the requirements of 
§301.7701-4(c) will be disregarded. 

 
 
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Commentators have also expressed concern regarding NMWHFITs that 
hold debt instruments (fixed income trusts) that were originated before the 
WHFIT reporting rules were published in the Federal Register.  Commentators 
are concerned because the simplified reporting permitted under the exception 
terminates after December 31, 2010, and many fixed income trusts will be unable 
to comply with the WHFIT reporting rules once the simplified reporting permitted 
under the qualified NMWHFIT exception terminates because these NMWHFITs 
generally are not able to engage in pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect 
redemptions.  Commentators have requested that these NMWHFITs be 
permanently permitted to report consistent with the qualified NMWHFIT 
exception.  In response, these regulations amend §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(E) to 
eliminate the requirement that the trustee must be reporting for a year that begins 
before January 1, 2011 for the NMWHFIT to be eligible for the simplified 
reporting.  Accordingly, NMWHFITs that satisfy the qualified NMWHFIT 
exception and continue in existence after December 31, 2010 may report under 
the simplified reporting permitted under the exception until those NMWHFITs 
terminate. 
B.  Simplified Reporting of Sales and Redemptions of Trust Interests 
 
With respect to the sale or redemption of a trust interest, section 1.671-
5(c)(2)(v) of the WHFIT reporting rules requires trustees and middlemen to 
provide information regarding the sales assets proceeds (as defined in §1.671-
5(b)(17)) or the redemption assets proceeds (as defined in §1.671-5(b)(14)) as 
well as the income that is attributable to a redeeming, selling or purchasing 

 
 
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beneficial owner up to the date of the sale or redemption of a trust interest.  
Section 1.671-5(c)(2)(v)(C) excepts a NMWHFIT from the requirement to provide 
information to enable requesting persons to differentiate between income and 
proceeds if substantially all the NMWHFIT’s income is comprised of dividends 
(equity trusts) and the NMWHFIT is required by its governing document to 
distribute the cash held for distribution by the NMWHFIT at least monthly.  The 
temporary regulations, and these final regulations revise §1.671-5(c)(2)(v)(C) to 
provide that a NMWHFIT will be considered to have satisfied the requirement 
that it distribute the cash held for distribution monthly notwithstanding the fact 
that, although the governing document requires monthly distributions, the 
governing document of the NMWHFIT also permits the trustee to forego making 
its normally required monthly distribution if the cash held for distribution is less 
than 0.1 percent of the net asset value of the trust (aggregate fair market value of 
the trust’s assets less the trust’s liabilities) as of the date that the amount of the 
monthly distribution is required to be determined.   
Commentators have indicated that it will be extremely difficult for a certain 
class of NMWHFITs that are not equity trusts to comply with §1.671-5(c)(2)(v).  
These NMWHFITs hold assets that produce income that is treated as interest 
income, not dividend income, for Federal income tax purposes.  The assets of 
these NMWHFITs, however, are similar to assets that produce dividend income 
in that the assets are traded on a recognized exchange or securities market in 
such a way that the price of the assets is determined without a component 
attributable to accrued interest.  As with NMWHFITs that hold assets that 

 
 
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produce dividend income, it is difficult for the trustees and middlemen of these 
NMWHFITs to determine the income attributable to a redeeming, selling, or 
purchasing beneficial owner between trust distribution dates.  For these reasons, 
the final regulations provide that NMWHFITs that hold assets that produce 
income that is treated as interest income for Federal income tax purposes will 
also qualify for the simplified reporting under §1.671-5(c)(2)(v)(C) but only if the 
assets are traded on a recognized exchange or securities market in such a way 
that the price of the assets is determined without a component attributable to 
accrued interest.   
C.  Simplified Reporting for Sales and Dispositions by Certain NMWHFITs  
  In addition to the qualified NMWHFIT exception, the WHFIT reporting 
rules provide that the trustees of NMWHFITs that meet the general de minimis 
test in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) are only required, under §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(B), to 
provide information regarding the amount of trust sales proceeds distributed to a 
beneficial owner.  A NMWHFIT meets the general de minimis test if trust sales 
proceeds (as defined in §1.671-5(b)(21)) for the calendar year are not more than 
five percent of the net asset value of the trust as of the later of January 1 of the 
year for which the trustee is reporting or the start-up date.  The reason for the de 
minimis exception, as stated in the preamble to the WHFIT reporting rules, is that 
the IRS and the Treasury Department believe that if a NMWHFIT only sells or 
disposes of assets infrequently, although there may be some deferral of gains 
and losses if sales and dispositions are not fully reported, the deferral is 

 
 
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acceptable, in light of the burden of fully, accurately reporting the sales and 
dispositions.   
Commentators on the WHFIT reporting rules reported that trustees of 
NMWHFITs frequently have to sell trust assets to obtain cash to effect 
redemptions and that, because of those sales, many NMWHFITs will not be able 
to meet the general de minimis test in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1).  Commentators 
on the WHFIT reporting rules requested that those regulations be amended to 
provide for reduced reporting where this will have little or no compliance impact.  
In response to those comments, the temporary regulations provide a number of 
modifications to the NMWHFIT reporting rules as applied to certain sales and 
dispositions of trust assets by NMWHFITs.  Those modifications, as well as 
additional modification made by these final regulations, include:    
1.  NMWHFIT Final Calendar Year Exception 
 Section 1.671-5T(c)(2)(iv)(F) of the temporary regulations provides that all 
NMWHFITs qualify for the simplified reporting in §1.671-5T(c)(2)(iv)(B) in the 
final calendar year of the NMWHFIT, regardless of whether the NMWHFIT has 
otherwise satisfied the general de minimis test, provided that a beneficial owner 
cannot roll over its investment in the NMWHFIT to another WHFIT.  
Commentators on the temporary regulations requested that the IRS and 
Treasury Department clarify that a taxable roll-over would not preclude a trustee 
from reporting under the final year exception.  Accordingly, these regulations 
remove the reference to a roll-over and instead require that, to be eligible for the 
final year exception, beneficial owners of trust interests must exchange their trust 

 
 
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interests for cash or be treated as having exchanged their trust interests for cash 
for Federal income tax purposes upon the termination of the trust.  
2.  Pro-rata Sales to Effect Redemptions Exception 
Section 1.671-5T(c)(2)(iv)(G) of the temporary regulations provides that a 
pro-rata sale of a trust asset to effect a redemption is not required to be reported 
under §1.671-5.  The temporary regulations describe a pro-rata sale of a trust 
asset as occurring when (1) a trust interest holder tenders one or more trust 
interests for redemption; (2) the trustee sells the pro-rata share of a trust asset 
that is deemed to be owned by the trust interest holder as a result of the trust 
interest holder’s ownership of the trust interest or interests tendered for 
redemption; (3) the trustee engages in the sale solely to obtain cash that is 
immediately distributed to the redeeming trust interest holder as a result of the 
redemption; and (4) the redemption is reported as required under §1.671-
5(c)(2)(v).   
Commentators on the temporary regulations have requested that the pro-
rata sales to effect a redemption exception in the temporary regulations be 
adjusted to accommodate economic and practical issues that trustees confront in 
executing sales of trust assets to effect redemptions.  These commentators 
requested that the pro-rata sales to effect a redemption exception be revised to 
provide the trustee with some flexibility regarding the time period in which the 
trustee has to execute sales following the tender of trust interests for 
redemptions and to permit trustees to aggregate sales of assets from several 
redemptions for the purpose of testing whether the asset sales have been pro-

 
 
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rata.  In response, the final regulations provide that pro-rata sales to effect 
redemptions occur when (i) one or more trust interests are tendered for 
redemption; (ii) the trustee identifies the pro-rata share of the trust assets 
deemed to be owned by the trust interest or interests tendered for redemption, 
and sells those assets as soon as practicable; (iii) proceeds from the sale of the 
identified assets are used solely to effect redemptions; and (iv) the redemptions 
are reported as required under §1.671-5(c)(2)(v) by the trustee.   
Additionally, the final regulations provide that the trustee may compare the 
aggregate of the pro-rata share of the trust assets deemed to be owned by the 
trust interests tendered for redemption and the sales of assets sold to effect 
redemptions determine the pro-rata sales of assets to effect redemptions for a 
calendar month.  Further, if the aggregate pro-rata share of the assets deemed to 
be owned by the redeemed trust interests for the month equals a fractional 
share, the trustee may round that amount to the next whole share for the purpose 
of determining the pro-rata sales to effect a redemption for the calendar month. 
3.  De minimis Test Modifications   
Section 1.671-5T(b)(21) of the temporary regulations provides an 
amended definition of trust sales proceeds that excludes the gross proceeds paid 
to a NMWHFIT for a pro-rata sale of a trust asset to effect a redemption.  The 
effect of this change in the definition of trust sales proceeds is to exclude the 
proceeds from pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect redemptions when 
determining whether a trust has met the general de minimis test.  Since only the 
proceeds from non pro-rata sales of trust assets are considered for purposes of 

 
 
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determining whether a NMWHFIT meets the general de minimis test, more trusts 
will meet the general de minimis test and qualify for the reduced reporting in 
§1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(B).  This amended definition is adopted by these final 
regulations. 
Commentators on the temporary regulations requested that the final 
regulations also except certain other trust sales proceeds for the purpose of 
determining whether a NMWHFIT has met the general de minimis test if these 
sales are fully reported under §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(A) (the general reporting rules 
for sales and dispositions).  These sales and dispositions include corporate 
reorganizations and restructurings for which the trust receives cash, the sale of 
securities received by the trust in corporate reorganizations and restructurings 
(including conversions of closed-end investment companies to open-end 
investment companies), principal prepayments, bond calls, bond maturities, and 
the sale of securities by the trustee as required by the governing document or 
applicable law governing fiduciaries in order to maintain the sound investment 
character of the trust, and any other nonvolitional dispositions.    
The IRS and the Treasury Department agree that this exclusion may be 
appropriate but are concerned that there may be some potential for abuse if 
trustees can choose to fully report some of these sales and not fully report other 
sales.  Accordingly, the final regulations provide that the trust sales proceeds 
from these sales and dispositions may be excluded when determining whether 
the general de minimis test has been met, provided that the trustee consistently 
reports all such sales or dispositions, other than certain small excepted sales or 

 
 
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dispositions (described in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(4)(iii)), under §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(A) 
during the life of the WHFIT.    
The regulations currently provide that a WHFIT meets the general de 
minimis test in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) for its initial year if trust sales proceeds 
equal five percent or less of the net fair market value of the trust assets as of the 
start-up date.  The start-up date is defined as the date when substantially all of 
the assets have been deposited with the trustee.  Commentators suggested that 
the regulations provide trustees with an alternative date for measuring whether 
the de minimis test has been met for the initial trust year.  They suggested that 
trustees be permitted to measure whether the de minimis test has been met by 
using the net fair market value of the trust’s assets as of the date of the last 
deposit of trust assets into the NMWHFIT (not including any deposit of assets 
into the NMWHFIT pursuant to a distribution reinvestment program), not to 
exceed 90 days after the date the registration statement of the WHFIT becomes 
effective under the Securities Act of 1933.  The final regulations adopt this 
suggestion. 
The special WHMT de minimis test in §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(2) of the 
WHFIT reporting rules was added to the WHFIT reporting rules in response to 
comments from the WHMT industry indicating that WHMT trustees would have 
difficulty applying the general de minimis test because it would be extremely 
difficult for the trustee to determine the fair market value of the mortgages held 
by the WHMT on an annual basis, as required under the general de minimis test.  
Under the special WHMT de minimis test, trustees of certain WHMTs are 

 
 
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permitted to determine whether the de minimis test has been met using the 
outstanding principal balance of the mortgages of the trust as of January 1 rather 
than the net fair market value of the trust’s assets.  A commentator suggested 
that this de minimis test be expanded so that all WHFITs with hard to value debt 
instruments be permitted to use this de minimis test.  In response, the IRS and 
Treasury Department request that trustees of WHFITs that hold hard to value 
debt instruments and that believe the application of the WHMT de minimis test to 
the instruments held by the WHFIT for which the trustees act would be useful, 
submit additional comments on this issue.  The final regulations amend §1.671-
5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(2) to provide that the application of the special de minimis test may 
be expanded by revenue ruling or other published guidance. 
4.  Non Taxable Exchanges of Assets 
 Commentators suggested that the final regulations provide an exception to 
the reporting rules for sales and dispositions of trust assets for exchanges of trust 
assets that result from non taxable corporate reorganizations. The final 
regulations adopt this suggestion. 
D.   Market Discount  
 
 Commentators requested amendments to the information required to be 
reported under the NMWHFIT safe harbor with respect to market discount.  If a 
NMWHFIT is required to provide information regarding market discount under the 
general rules in §1.671-5(c)(2)(vii), the NMWHFIT safe harbor provides that a 
trustee’s requirement to provide information regarding market discount is 
satisfied by providing information regarding the portion of the trust that the assets 

 
 
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sold represented.  Assuming that a trust interest holder purchased its interest at 
a discount, it was contemplated that the trust interest holder would allocate the 
same portion of its discount to the sale as the assets represented to the 
NMWHFIT.   
 This information was incomplete, however, with respect to a NMWHFIT 
holding debt instruments with original issue discount (OID).  Under both the 
general provisions (§1.671-5(c)(2)(ii)(A) and (vii)) and the safe harbor (§1.671-
5(f)(1)(vii) and (viii)), OID information and market discount information are 
required to be calculated and provided separately.  Accordingly, for beneficial 
owners to determine the amount of market discount an owner must allocate to a 
particular sale or disposition of a debt instrument by the NMWHFIT, §1.671-
5(f)(1)(viii)(A) is amended with respect to NMWHFITs that hold debt instruments 
with OID, to include a requirement that trustees provide a list of the aggregate 
adjusted issue prices of the debt instruments held by the NMWHFIT per trust 
interest as of the start-up date or the measuring date (as defined in §1.671-
5(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1)) whichever will provide the more accurate information, as well as 
of January 1 of each subsequent year of the NMWHFIT.  The IRS and the 
Treasury Department expect that beneficial owners of trust interests will use the 
adjusted issue price for the trust’s debt instruments per trust interest for the year 
in which the beneficial owner purchased its interest to determine whether a trust 
interest has market discount.   
II.  Applicability of the WHFIT Reporting Rules to WHMTs 
 
A.  Temporary WHMT safe harbor for WHMTs that hold interests in a REMIC, 
hold interests in another WHFIT, or hold or issue stripped interests 

 
 
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 The WHFIT reporting rules include a safe harbor for WHMTs that directly 
hold mortgages (as defined in §1.671-5(b)(11)) and issue trust interests that 
represent an equal pro-rata right to payments of interest and principal on the 
underlying mortgages.  WHMTs that hold or issue stripped interests, hold 
interests in another WHFIT, or hold interests in a REMIC, are not eligible to 
report under the WHMT safe harbor.  The IRS and the Treasury Department 
received comments expressing concern about the application of the WHFIT 
reporting rules to WHMTs that are outside the WHMT safe harbor because 
trustees and middlemen of these WHMTs are required to comply with the general 
WHFIT reporting rules in §1.671-5(c).  The commentators contended that some 
of the information required to be reported under the general information rules 
would be burdensome to obtain and moreover, is not required by beneficial 
owners to accurately report the tax consequences of owning a trust interest.  In 
response to these concerns, pending the issuance of additional WHMT safe 
harbors, these final regulations provide a temporary safe harbor for all WHMTs 
that are outside the WHMT safe harbor in §1.671-5(g) of the WHFIT reporting 
rules because they hold or issue stripped interests, hold interests in a REMIC or 
hold an interest in another WHMT.  Under the safe harbor, a trustee will be 
deemed to satisfy the requirements of §1.671-5(c)(1) if the trustee calculates and 
provides trust information in a manner that enables a requesting person to 
provide trust information to a beneficial owner of a trust interest that enables the 
owner to reasonably accurately report the tax consequences of its ownership of a 
trust interest on the Federal income tax return of the beneficial owner.  

 
 
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 Additionally, in order to be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of 
§1.671-5(c)(1), the trustee must provide information regarding market discount 
and original issue discount (OID) that is calculated in any reasonable manner 
consistent with section 1272(a)(6).  Pending the issuance of additional guidance, 
it is intended that this safe harbor except trustees from any penalties that may 
apply for not fully complying with paragraph (c) of the WHFIT reporting rules 
where it can be shown that full compliance with paragraph (c) is unnecessary in 
order to provide trust interest holders with appropriate information.  A trustee or 
middleman required to provide information to the IRS under §1.671-5(d) and to 
beneficial owners under paragraph §1.671-5(e) may satisfy those obligations by 
calculating and providing trust information consistent with the information 
provided by the trustee under this safe harbor.  
B.  Application of the requirement to provide market discount and OID 
information for existing WHMTs 
 
 Section 1.671-5(c)(2)(ii)(A) requires a trustee of a WHFIT to provide 
information regarding OID.  Commentators have expressed concern regarding 
the application of this requirement to existing WHMTs because the historical 
information that would enable the trustee to provide OID information has never 
been provided or maintained by the trustee or the persons responsible for 
information reporting.  Commentators contend that it is unlikely that these 
trustees will be able to comply with this requirement for existing WHMTs.  The 
IRS and the Treasury Department recognize that, in some cases, the information 
necessary for a WHMT to comply with this provision may not be available.  If it 
can be demonstrated that a trustee of a WHMT with a start up date on or after 

 
 
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August 13, 1998 and on or before January 24, 2006, has attempted in good faith, 
but without success, to obtain the historical information required to provide OID 
information, the IRS will not impose any penalties that would apply under §1.671-
5(l) of the WHFIT reporting rules (redesignated §1.671-5(m) by these final 
regulations) as a result of a trustee’s failure to comply with the requirement to 
provide OID information.  Further, §1.671-5(c)(2)(ii)(A) of these final regulations 
excepts a trustee of a WHMT with a start up date prior to August 13, 1998 from 
the requirement to provide OID information.  For purposes of calculating the 
market discount fraction under the WHMT safe harbor in §1.671-5(g)(1)(v), these 
trustees may assume that the WHMT is holding mortgages that were issued 
without OID. 
 The WHMT safe harbor provisions for calculating OID information in 
§1.671-5(g)(i)(iv) and market discount information in §1.671-5(g)(1)(v) require 
trustees to use the prepayment assumption used in pricing the original issue of 
trust interests.  Commentators have indicated that trustees of existing WHMTs 
may not know the prepayment assumption used in pricing the original issue of 
trust interests.  In response, the safe harbor is amended to provide that if the 
trustee does not know the prepayment assumption used in pricing the original 
issue of trust interests for a WHMT with a start-up date prior to January 24, 2006, 
and the trustee makes a good faith effort without success to obtain the 
prepayment assumption, the trustee may use any reasonable prepayment 
assumption when calculating OID and market discount information for that 
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III.  Requirement to Register and Continued Consideration of a WHFIT Directory 
 
 Prior to the publication of the WHFIT reporting rules, commentators 
expressed concern that middlemen would not be able to identify a client’s 
investment as an investment in a WHFIT and suggested that the IRS publish a 
directory or list of WHFITs that would include the name and CUSIP number of 
each WHFIT, along with the name, address and telephone number of the 
WHFIT’s representative.  Commentators noted that a publicly available directory 
or list would assist middlemen and brokers in identifying a client’s investment as 
an investment in a WHFIT and in locating the WHFIT’s representative.  The 
WHFIT reporting rules did not provide for a directory and instead, required the 
trustee to identify a representative of the trust to provide trust information in a 
publication generally read by and available to requesting persons,  in the trust’s 
prospectus, or on the trustee’s Internet website.  
 Following the publication of the WHFIT reporting rules, additional 
comments were received regarding the need for a directory of WHFITs.  In 
response to those comments, the proposed regulations indicated that the IRS 
and Treasury Department considered expanding Publication 938, “Real Estate 
Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs) Reporting Information (and other 
Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)),” or creating a separate publication to 
list WHMT trustees and NMWHFITs.  The IRS and Treasury Department 
continue to consider how a directory of WHFITs could be implemented.  Pending 
the publication of such a directory, trustees must provide information regarding a 
trust representative in the manner provided in the WHFIT reporting rules.    

 
 
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IV.  Form 1041 Reporting 
 A trustee of a WHFIT must indicate on the Form 1041 filed for the 2006 
calendar year that the return is a final return.  
Effective Date 
 These final amendments are effective December 29, 2006.  In general, 
these final regulations are applicable to the reporting required under §1.671-5 as 
of January 1, 2007 (see §1.671-5(m)(redesignated §1.671-5(n) by these final 
regulations)) and will be applied as though these amendments were included in 
the WHFIT reporting rules.  The IRS and the Treasury Department are aware 
that some trustees and middlemen were unable to complete updates to their 
computer and information reporting systems to comply with the WHFIT reporting 
rules until the amendments to the WHFIT reporting rules included in these 
regulations are finalized.  Accordingly, the IRS will not impose any penalties that 
would apply under §1.671-5(l) (redesignated §1.671-5(m) by these final 
regulations) of the WHFIT reporting rules as a result of the failure to comply with 
the WHFIT reporting rules as amended by these final regulations with respect to 
the 2007 calendar year in cases where a trustee or middleman was unable to 
change its information reporting systems to comply with the WHFIT reporting 
rules because of uncertainty regarding the application of certain provisions of 
those rules pending the publication of these final regulations.  For example, 
penalties will not be imposed on a trustee of a NMWHFIT that reports the amount 
of trust sales proceeds distributed to trust interest holders for the 2007 calendar 
year under §1.671-5(c)(2)(iv)(B) even though the trustee is unable to determine 

 
 
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whether the NMWHFIT has met the de minimis test for the 2007 calendar year, 
provided that the trustee’s failure to determine whether a NMWHFIT has met the 
de minimis test results from the trustee’s inability to alter its existing information 
reporting systems by January 1, 2007, to capture the necessary information.  As 
an additional example, penalties will not be imposed on the trustees or the 
middlemen of WHMTs that are unable to comply with certain provisions of the 
WHFIT reporting rules with respect to the 2007 calendar year because those 
trustees and middlemen were not able to change their existing reporting systems 
to comply with the WHFIT reporting rules pending the publication of these final 
regulations. 
Special Analyses  
 It has been determined that these final regulations are not a significant 
regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 12866.  Therefore, a regulatory 
assessment is not required.  It is hereby certified that this regulation will not have 
a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.  This 
certification is based on the fact that the regulations will not have a significant 
economic impact on small entities because the reporting burdens in these 
regulations will fall primarily on large brokerage firms, large banks, and other 
large entities acting as trustees or middlemen, most of which are not small 
entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.chapter 6).  
Thus, a substantial number of small entities are not expected to be affected.  
Therefore, a Regulatory Flexibility Analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. chapter 6) is not required.  Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the Internal 

 
 
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Revenue Code, the notice of proposed rulemaking preceding this regulation was 
submitted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration for comment on its impact on small business.   
Drafting Information 
 The principal author of these regulations is Faith Colson, Office of 
Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs & Special Industries).  However, other 
personnel from the IRS and the Treasury Department participated in their 
development. 
List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1 
 Income taxes, reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 
Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations 
 Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is amended as follows: 
PART 1--INCOME TAXES 
Paragraph 1.  The authority citation for part 1 continues to read, in part, as 
follows: 
Authority:  26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *   
 Par. 2.  Section 1.671-5 is amended by: 
 1.  Revising paragraph (a) by redesignating entries for paragraphs (h), (j), 
(k), (l), and (m) as entries for paragraphs (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) and adding a 
new entry for paragraph (h). 
 2.  Revising paragraphs (b)(5), (b)(8), (b)(21), (c)(2)(ii)(A), (c)(2)(iv), 
(c)(2)(v), (c)(2)(vi), (c)(2)(vii), (d)(2)(ii)(C), (d)(2)(ii)(F), (d)(2)(ii)(G), (f)(1), 

 
 
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(f)(1)(i)(A), (f)(1)(viii)(A), (f)(2)(viii)(A), (f)(3)(i)(A)(1), (f)(3)(i)(B)(5), (f)(3)(i)(B)(9), 
(f)(3)(ii)(B)(4)(i), (f)(3)(ii)(B)(5), (f)(3)(ii)(B)(6), (g)(1)(iv)(A)(2), and (g)(1)(v)(A). 
 3.  Redesignating paragraphs (h), (j), (k), (l), and (m) as (j), (k), (l), (m) and 
(n) respectively.  
 4.  Adding new paragraph (h).  
The additions and revisions read as follows: 
§1.671-5 Reporting for widely held fixed investment trusts. 
(a) * * * 
(h) Additional safe harbors. 
(1) Temporary safe harbors. 
(2) Additional safe harbors provided by other published guidance. 
 
* * * * *  
 (b) * * * 
 (5) The cash held for distribution is the amount of cash held by the WHFIT 
(other than trust sales proceeds and proceeds from sales described in 
paragraphs (c)(2)(iv)(D)(4), (G), and (H) of this section) less reasonably required 
reserve funds as of the date that the amount of a distribution is required to be 
determined under the WHFIT’s governing document.  
* * * * * 
 (8) An in-kind redemption is a redemption in which a beneficial owner 
receives a pro-rata share of each of the assets of the WHFIT that the beneficial 
owner is deemed to own under section 671.  For example, for purposes of this 
paragraph (b)(8), if beneficial owner A owns a one percent interest in a WHFIT 
that holds 100 shares of X corporation stock, so that A is considered to own a 

 
 
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one percent interest in each of the 100 shares, A’s pro-rata share of the X 
corporation stock for this purpose is one share of X corporation stock.  
* * * * * 
 (21) Trust sales proceeds equal the amount paid to a WHFIT for the sale 
or disposition of an asset held by the WHFIT, including principal payments 
received by the WHFIT that completely retire a debt instrument (other than a final 
scheduled principal payment) and pro-rata partial principal prepayments 
described under §1.1275-2(f)(2).  Trust sales proceeds do not include amounts 
paid for any interest income that would be required to be reported under 
§1.6045-1(d)(3).  Trust sales proceeds also do not include amounts paid to a 
NMWHFIT as the result of pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect a redemption 
described in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(G) of this section or the value of assets received 
as a result of a tax-free corporate reorganization as described in paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(H) of this section. 
* * * * * 
 (c) * * * 
 (2) * * * 
 (ii) * * * 
 (A) All items of gross income (including OID, except than OID is not 
required to be included for a WHMT that has a start-up date (as defined in 
paragraph (b)(19) of this section) prior to August 13, 1998). 
* * * * *  

 
 
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 (iv) Asset sales and dispositions.  The trustee must report information 
regarding sales and dispositions of WHFIT assets as required in this paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv).  For purposes of this paragraph (c)(2)(iv), a payment (other than a final 
scheduled payment) that completely retires a debt instrument (including a 
mortgage held by a WHMT) or a pro-rata prepayment on a debt instrument (see 
§1.1275-2(f)(2)) held by a WHFIT must be reported as a full or partial sale or 
disposition of the debt instrument.  Pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect  
redemptions, as defined in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(G) of this section, or exchanges 
of trust assets as the result of a corporate reorganization under paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(H) of this section, are not reported as sales or dispositions under this 
paragraph (c)(2)(iv).   
(A) General rule.  Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(B) (regarding 
the exception for certain NMWHFITs) or paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(C) (regarding the 
exception for certain WHMTs) of this section, the trustee must report with respect 
to each sale or disposition of a WHFIT asset-- 
(1) The date of each sale or disposition; 
(2) Information that enables a requesting person to determine the amount 
of trust sales proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(21) of this section) 
attributable to a beneficial owner as a result of each sale or disposition; and 
(3) Information that enables a beneficial owner to allocate, with reasonable 
accuracy, a portion of the owner’s basis in its trust interest to each sale or 
disposition. 

 
 
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(B) Exception for certain NMWHFITs.  If a NMWHFIT meets paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1)(regarding the general de minimis test), paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) 
(regarding the qualified NMWHFIT exception), or paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(F) 
(regarding the NMWHFIT final calendar year exception) of this section,  the 
trustee is not required to report under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(A) of this section.  
Instead, the trustee must report sufficient information to enable a requesting 
person to determine the amount of trust sales proceeds distributed to a beneficial 
owner during the calendar year with respect to each sale or disposition of a trust 
asset.  The trustee also must provide requesting persons with a statement that 
the NMWHFIT is permitted to report under this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(B). 
(C) Exception for certain WHMTs.  If a WHMT meets either the general or 
the special de minimis test of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D) of this section for the 
calendar year, the trustee is not required to report under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(A) 
of this section.  Instead, the trustee must report information to enable a 
requesting person to determine the amount of trust sales proceeds attributable to 
a beneficial owner as a result of the sale or disposition.  The trustee also must 
provide requesting persons with a statement that the WHMT is permitted to 
report under this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(C). 
(D) De minimis tests
--(1) General WHFIT de minimis test.  The general 
WHFIT de minimis test is satisfied if trust sales proceeds for the calendar year 
are not more than five percent of the net asset value of the trust (aggregate fair 
market value of the trust’s assets less the trust’s liabilities) as of the later of 
January 1 and the start-up date (as defined paragraph (b)(19) of this section); or, 

 
 
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if the trustee chooses, the later of January 1 and the measuring date.  The 
measuring date is the date of the last deposit of assets into the WHFIT (not 
including any deposit of assets into the WHFIT pursuant to a distribution 
reinvestment program), not to exceed 90 days after the date the registration 
statement of the WHFIT becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933.  
(2) Special WHMT de minimis test.  A WHMT that meets the asset 
requirement of paragraph (g)(1)(ii)(E) of this section satisfies the special WHMT 
de minimis test in this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(2) if trust sales proceeds for the 
calendar year are not more than five percent of the aggregate outstanding 
principal balance of the WHMT (as defined in paragraph (g)(1)(iii)(D) of this 
section) as of the later of January 1 of that year or the trust’s start-up date.  For 
purposes of applying the special WHMT de minimis test in this paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(D)(2), amounts that result from the complete or partial payment of the 
outstanding principal balance of the mortgages held by the trust are not included 
in the amount of trust sales proceeds.  The IRS and the Treasury Department 
may provide by revenue ruling, or by other published guidance, that the special 
de minimis test of this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(2) may be applied to WHFITs 
holding debt instruments other than those described in paragraph (g)(1)(ii)(E) of 
this section.  
(3) Effect of clean-up call.  If a WHFIT fails to meet either de minimis test 
described in this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D) solely as the result of a clean-up call, as 
defined in paragraph (b)(6) of this section, the WHFIT will be treated as having 
met the de minimis test. 

 
 
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(4) Exception for certain fully reported sales--(i) Rule.  If a trustee of a 
NMWHFIT reports the sales described in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(4)(ii) of this 
section as provided under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(A) of this section (regardless of 
whether the general minimis test in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) of this section is 
satisfied for a particular calendar year) consistently throughout the life of the 
WHFIT, a trustee may exclude the trust sales proceeds received by the WHFIT 
as a result of those sales from the trust sales proceeds used to determine 
whether a WHFIT has satisfied the general de minimis test in paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) of this section. 
(ii) Applicable sales and dispositions.  This paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(4) 
applies to sales and dispositions resulting from corporate reorganizations and 
restructurings for which the trust receives cash, the sale of assets received by 
the trust in corporate reorganizations and restructurings (including conversions of 
closed-end investment companies to open-end investment companies), principal 
prepayments, bond calls, bond maturities, and the sale of securities by the 
trustee as required by the governing document or applicable law governing 
fiduciaries in order to maintain the sound investment character of the trust, and 
any other nonvolitional dispositions of trust assets. 
(iii
) Certain small sales and dispositions.  If the amount of trust sales 
proceeds from a sale or disposition described in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(4)(ii) of 
this section is less than .01 percent of the net fair market value of the WHFIT as 
determined for applying the de minimis test for the calendar year, the trustee is 
not required to report the sale or disposition under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(A) of this 

 
 
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section provided the trustee includes the trust sales proceeds, received for 
purposes of determining whether the trust has met the general de minimis test of 
paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) of this section. 
(E) Qualified NMWHFIT exception.  The qualified NMWHFIT exception is 
satisfied if-- 
(1) The NMWHFIT has a start-up date (as defined in paragraph (b)(19) of 
this section) before February 23, 2006; 
(2) The registration statement of the NMWHFIT becomes effective under 
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (15 U.S.C. 77a, et. seq.) and trust 
interests are offered for sale to the public before February 23, 2006; or 
(3) The registration statement of the NMWHFIT becomes effective under 
the Securities Act of 1933 and trust interests are offered for sale to the public on 
or after February 23, 2006, and before July 31, 2006, and the NMWHFIT is fully 
funded before October 1, 2006.  For purposes of determining whether a 
NMWHFIT is fully funded under this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E), deposits to the 
NMWHFIT after October 1, 2006, that are made pursuant to a distribution 
reinvestment program that is consistent with the requirements of §301.7701-4(c) 
of this chapter are disregarded.  
(F) NMWHFIT final calendar year exception.  The NMWHFIT final 
calendar year exception is satisfied if-- 
(1) The NMWHFIT terminates on or before December 31 of the year for 
which the trustee is reporting; 

 
 
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(2)  Beneficial owners exchange their interests for cash or are treated as 
having exchanged their interests for cash upon termination of the trust; and  
(3) The trustee makes reasonable efforts to engage in pro-rata sales of 
trust assets to effect redemptions.  
(G) Pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect a redemption--(1) Rule.  Pro-
rata sales of trust assets to effect redemptions are not required to be reported 
under this paragraph (c)(2)(iv).   
(2)  Definition.  Pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect redemptions occur 
when-- 
(i) One or more trust interests are tendered for redemption; 
(ii)  The trustee identifies the pro-rata shares of the trust assets that are 
deemed to be owned by the trust interest or interests tendered for redemption 
(See paragraph (b)(8) of this section for a description of how pro-rata is to be 
applied for purposes of this paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(G)) and sells those assets as 
soon as practicable;  
(iii) Proceeds from the sales of the assets identified in paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(G)(2)(ii) of this section are used solely to effect redemptions; and 
(iv) The redemptions are reported as required under paragraph (c)(2)(v) of 
this section by the trustee. 
 (3)  Additional rules--(i) Calendar month aggregation.  The trustee may 
compare the aggregate pro-rata share of the assets deemed to be owned by the 
trust interests tendered for redemption during the calendar month with the 
aggregate sales of assets to effect redemptions for the calendar month to 

 
 
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determine the pro-rata sales of trust assets to effect redemptions for the calendar 
month.  If the aggregate pro-rata share of an asset deemed to be owned by the 
trust interests tendered for redemption for the month is a fractional amount, the 
trustee may round that number up to the next whole number for the purpose of 
determining the pro-rata sales to effect redemptions for the calendar month;  
(ii)  Sales of assets to effect redemptions may be combined with sales of 
assets for other purposes.  Sales of assets to effect redemptions may be 
combined with the sales of assets to obtain cash for other purposes but the 
proceeds from the sales of assets to effect redemptions must be used solely to 
provide cash for redemptions and the sales of assets to obtain cash for other 
purposes must be reported as otherwise provided in this paragraph (c)(2)(iv).  
For example, if a trustee sells assets and the proceeds are used by the trustee to 
pay trust expenses, these amounts are to be included in the amounts reported 
under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(A) or (B), as appropriate. 
(4) Example--(i) January 1, 2008.  Trust has one million trust interests and 
all interests have equal value and equal rights.  The number of shares of stock in 
corporations A through J  and the pro-rata share of each stock that a trust 
interest is deemed to own as of the January 1, 2008, is as follows: 
 
STOCK TOTAL SHARES PER TRUST 
INTEREST 
        
A 24,845 .024845 
B 28,273 .028273 
C 35,575 .035575 
D 13,866 .013866 
E 25,082 .025082 

 
 
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F 39,154 .039154 
G 16,137 .016137 
H 14,704 .014704 
I 17,436 .017436 
J 31,133 .031133 
 
(ii) Transactions of January 2, 2008.  On January 2, 2008, 50,000 trust 
interests are tendered for redemption.  The deemed pro-rata ownership of stocks 
A through J represented by the 50,000 redeemed trust interests and the stocks 
sold to provide cash for the redemptions are set out in the following table:  
  
STOCK DEEMED PRO-RATA  
OWNERSHIP 
SHARES SOLD 
A 1,242.25 1,242 
B 1,413.65 1,413 
C 1,778.75 1,779 
D   693.30    694 
E 1,254.10  1,254 
F 1,957.70  1,957 
G     806.85   807 
H     735.20   735 
I     871.80   872 
J   1,556.65 1,557 
 
(iii) Transactions on January 15 through 17 2008.  On January 15, 2008, 
10,000 trust interests are tendered for redemption.   Trustee lends money to 
Trust for redemptions.  On January 16, B merges into C at a rate of .55 per 
share.  On January 17, Trustee sells stock to obtain cash to be reimbursed the 
cash loaned to Trust to effect the redemptions.  The pro-rata share of the stock 
deemed to be owned by the 10,000 redeemed trust interests and the stock sold 
by the trustee to effect the redemptions are set out in the following table: 

 
 
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STOCK DEEMED PRO-RATA  
OWNERSHIP 
SHARES SOLD 
A 248.45 249 
B 00 00 
C 511.25 512 
D 138.66 138 
E 250.82 251 
F 391.54 392 
G 161.37 162   
H 147.04  148   
I 174.36 174 
J  311.33 311 
 
(iv) Transactions on January 28 and 29, 2008.  On January 28, 2008, the 
value of the H stock is $30.00 per share and Trustee, pursuant to Trust’s 
governing document, sells the H stock to preserve the financial integrity of Trust 
and receives $414, 630.  Trustee intends to report this sale under paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(A) of this section and to distribute the proceeds of the sale pro-rata to 
trust interest holders on Trust’s next scheduled distribution date.  On January 29, 
2008, while trustee still holds the proceeds from the January 28 sale, 10,000 trust 
interests are tendered for redemption.  The pro-rata share of the stock deemed to 
be owned by the 10,000 redeemed trust interests and the stock sold by the 
trustee to effect the redemptions are set out in the following table: 
 
STOCK DEEMED PRO-RATA 
OWNERSHIP 
SHARES SOLD 
A 248.45 248 
B       0 0 
C 511.25 511 
D 138.66 139 

 
 
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E 250.82 251 
F 391.54 391 
G 161.37 161 
H      0 
Share of cash proceeds: 
$4,458.39 
0 
I 174.36 175 
J 311.33 312 
 
(v)  Monthly amounts.   To determine the pro-rata sales to effect 
redemptions for January, trustee compares the aggregate pro-rata share of 
stocks A through J (rounded to the next whole number) deemed to be owned by 
the trust interests tendered for redemption during the month of January with the 
sales of stocks A through J to effect redemptions: 
 
STOCK DEEMED PRO-RATA 
OWNERSHIP  
SHARES SOLD 
A 1740 1739 
B 0 0 
C 3579 3579 
D  971   971 
E 1756 1756 
F 2741  2741 
G 1130  1130 
H   883    883 
I  1221  1221 
J  2180  2180 
 
(vi) Pro-rata sales to effect redemptions for the month of January.  For the 
month of January, the deemed pro-rata ownership of shares of stocks A through 
J equal or exceed the sales of stock to effect redemptions for the month.  

 
 
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Accordingly, all of the sales to effect redemptions during the month of January 
are considered to be pro-rata and are not required to be reported under this 
paragraph (c)(2)(iv). 
 
(H) Corporate Reorganizations.  The exchange of trust assets for other 
assets of equivalent value pursuant to a tax free corporate reorganization is not 
required to be reported as a sale or disposition under this paragraph (c)(2)(iv). 
 (v) Redemptions and sales of WHFIT interests--(A) Redemptions--(1) In 
general.  Unless paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of this section applies, for each date on 
which the amount of a redemption proceeds for the redemption of a trust interest 
is determined, the trustee must provide information to enable a requesting 
person to determine-- 
 (i) The redemption proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(15) of this 
section ) per trust interest on that date; 
 (ii) The redemption asset proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(14) of this 
section) per trust interest on that date; and  
 (iii) The gross income that is attributable to the redeeming beneficial 
owner for the portion of the calendar year that the redeeming beneficial owner 
held its interest (including income earned by the WHFIT after the date of the last 
income distribution. 
 (2
) In kind redemptions.  The value of the assets received with respect to 
an in-kind redemption (as defined in paragraph (b)(8) of this section) is not 
required to be reported under this paragraph (c)(2)(v)(A).  Information regarding 
the income attributable to a redeeming beneficial owner must, however, be 
reported under paragraph (c)(2)(v)(A)(1)(iii) of this section. 

 
 
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 (B) Sale of a trust interest.  Under paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of this section 
applies, if a secondary market for interests in the WHFIT is established, the 
trustee must provide, for each day of the calendar year, information to enable 
requesting persons to determine-- 
 (1) The sale assets proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(17) of this 
section) per trust interest on that date; and 
 (2) The gross income that is attributable to a selling beneficial owner and 
to a purchasing beneficial owner for the portion of the calendar year that each 
held the trust interest. 
(C) Simplified Reporting for Certain NMWHFITs--(1) In general. The 
trustee of a NMWHFIT described in paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C)(2) of this section is 
not required to report the information described in paragraph (c)(2)(v)(A) of this 
section (regarding redemptions) or (c)(2)(v)(B) of this section (regarding sales).  
However, the trustee must report to requesting persons, for each date on which 
the amount of redemption proceeds to be paid for the redemption of a trust 
interest is determined, information that will enable requesting persons to 
determine the redemption proceeds per trust interest on that date.  The trustee 
also must provide requesting persons with a statement that this paragraph 
applies to the NMWHFIT.   
(2
) NMWHFITs that qualify for the exception.  This paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) 
applies to a NMWHFIT if-- 
(i) Substantially all the assets of the NMWHFIT produce income that is 
treated as interest income (but only if these assets trade on a recognized 

 
 
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exchange or securities market without a price component attributable to accrued 
interest) or produce dividend income (as defined in section 6042(b) and the 
regulations under that section).  (Trust sales proceeds and gross proceeds from 
sales described in paragraphs (c)(2)(iv)(G) and (H) of this section are ignored for 
the purpose of determining if substantially all of a NMWHFIT’s assets produce 
dividend or the interest income described in this paragraph); and 
(ii) The qualified NMWHFIT exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this 
section is satisfied, or the trustee is required by the governing document of the 
NMWHFIT to determine and distribute all cash held for distribution (as defined in 
paragraph (b)(5) of this section) no less frequently than monthly.  A NMWHFIT 
will be considered to have satisfied this paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C)(2)(i) 
notwithstanding that the governing document of the NMWHFIT permits the 
trustee to forego making a required monthly or more frequent distribution, if the 
cash held for distribution is less than 0.1 percent of the aggregate net asset value 
of the trust as of the date specified in the governing document for calculating the 
amount of the monthly distribution. 
(vi) Information regarding bond premium.  The trustee generally must 
report information that enables a beneficial owner to determine, in any manner 
that is reasonably consistent with section 171, the amount of the beneficial 
owner’s amortizable bond premium, if any, for each calendar year.  However, if a 
NMWHFIT meets the general de minimis test in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) of this 
section, the qualified NMWHFIT exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this 
section, or the NMWHFIT final calendar year exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(F) 

 
 
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of this section, the trustee of the NMWHFIT is not required to report information 
regarding bond premium. 
 (vii) Information regarding market discount.  The trustee generally must 
report information that enables a beneficial owner to determine, in any manner 
reasonably consistent with section 1276 (including section 1276(a)(3)), the 
amount of market discount that has accrued during the calendar year.  However, 
if a NMWHFIT meets the general de minimis test in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D) of this 
section, the qualified NMWHFIT exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this 
section, or the NMWHFIT final calendar year exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(F) 
of this section, the trustee of such NMWHFIT is not required to provide 
information regarding market discount.  
* * * * * 
 (d) * * * 
 (2) * * * 
 (ii) * * * 
 (C) Gross income.  All items of gross income of the WHFIT attributable to 
the TIH for the calendar year (including OID (unless the exception for certain 
WHMTs applies (see paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(A) of this section)) and all amounts of 
income attributable to a selling, purchasing, or redeeming TIH for the portion of 
the calendar year that the TIH held its interest (unless paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of 
this section (regarding an exception for certain NMWHFITs) applies)); 
* * * * * 

 
 
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 (F) Reporting Redemptions.  All redemption asset proceeds (as defined in 
paragraph (b)(14) of this section ) paid to the TIH for the calendar year, if any, or, 
if paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of this section (regarding an exception for certain 
NMWHFITs ) applies, all redemption proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(15) 
of this section ) paid to the TIH for the calendar year; 
 (G) Reporting sales of a trust interest on a secondary market.  All sales 
asset proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(17) of this section) paid to the TIH 
for the sale of a trust interest or interests on a secondary market established for 
the NMWHFIT for the calendar year, if any, or, if paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of this 
section (regarding an exception for certain NMWHFITs) applies, all sales 
proceeds (as defined in paragraph (b)(18) of this section) paid to the TIH for the 
calendar year; and 
* * * * * 
 (f) Safe harbor for providing information for certain NMWHFITs--(1) Safe 
harbor for trustee reporting of NMWHFIT information.  The trustee of a 
NMWHFIT that meets the requirements of paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this section is 
deemed to satisfy paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, if the trustee calculates and 
provides WHFIT information in the manner described in this paragraph (f) and 
provides a statement to a requesting person giving notice that information has 
been calculated in accordance with this paragraph (f)(1). 
 (i) In general
--(A) Eligibility to report under this safe harbor.  Only 
NMWHFITs that meet the requirements set forth in paragraphs (f)(1)(i)(A)(1) and 
(2) of this section may report under this safe harbor.  For purposes of 

 
 
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determining whether the requirements of paragraph (f)(1)(i)(A)(1) of this section 
are met, trust sales proceeds and gross proceeds from sales described in 
paragraphs (c)(2)(iv)(G) and (H) of this section are ignored. 
(1) Substantially all of the NMWHFIT’s income is from dividends or 
interest; and 
 (2) All trust interests have identical value and rights.  
* * * * * 
 (viii) Reporting market discount information under the safe harbor--(A) In 
general--(1) Trustee required to provide market discount information.  If the 
trustee is required to provide information regarding market discount under 
paragraph (c)(2)(vii) of this section, the trustee must provide-- 
(i) The information required to be provided under paragraph 
(f)(1)(iv)(A)(1)(iii) of this section; and 
(ii) If the NMWHFIT holds debt instruments with OID, a list of the 
aggregate adjusted issue prices of the debt instruments per trust interest 
calculated as of the start-up date or measuring date (see paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(D)(4) of this section) (whichever provides more accurate information) 
and as of January 1 for each subsequent year of the NMWHFIT. 
 (2)  Trustee not required to provide market discount information.  If the 
trustee is not required to provide market discount information under paragraph 
(c)(2)(vii) of this section (because the NMWHFIT meets the general de minimis 
test of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(1) of this section, the qualified NMWHFIT 
exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this section, or the NMWHFIT final year 

 
 
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exception of paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(F) of this section), the trustee is not required 
under this paragraph (f) to provide any information regarding market discount. 
* * * * * 
 (2) * * * 
 (viii)  * * * 
 (A) Except as provided in paragraph (f)(2)(viii)(B) of this section, the 
trustee or middleman must provide the TIH with the information provided under 
paragraph (f)(1)(viii) of this section. 
 (3) * * *  
 
(i) * * * 
 
(A) * * * 
 
(1) Trust is a NMWHFIT that holds common stock in ten different 
corporations and has 100 trust interests outstanding.  The start-up date for Trust 
is December 15, 2006, and Trust’s registration statement under the Securities 
Act of 1933 became effective after July 31, 2006.  Trust terminates on March 15, 
2008.  The agreement governing Trust requires Trust to distribute cash held by 
Trust reduced by accrued but unpaid expenses on April 15, July 15, and October 
15 of the 2007 calendar year.  The agreement also provides that the trust 
interests will be redeemed by the Trust for an amount equal to the value of the 
trust interest, as of the close of business, on the day the trust interest is tendered 
for redemption.  There is no reinvestment plan.  A secondary market for interests 
in Trust will be created by Trust’s sponsor and Trust’s sponsor will provide 
Trustee with a list of dates on which sales occurred on this secondary market. 
 
 (B) * * * 
 (5
) On June 1, 2007, Trustee sells shares of stock for $1000x to preserve 
the soundness of the trust.  The stock sold on June 1, 2007, equaled 20% of the 
aggregate fair market value of the assets held by Trust on the start-up date of 
Trust.  Trustee has chosen not to report sales described in paragraph 
(c)(2)(iv)(4)(ii) of Trust’s assets under paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(D)(4) of this section. 
 
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 (9) On December 10, 2007, J tenders a trust interest to Trustee for 
redemption through Broker1.  Trustee determines that the amount of the 
redemption proceeds to be paid for a trust interest that is tendered for 
redemption on December 10, 2007 is $116x, of which $115x represents the 
redemption asset proceeds.  Trustee pays this amount to Broker1 on J’s behalf.  
On December 12, 2007, trustee engages in a non pro-rata sale of shares of 
common stock for $115x to effect J’s redemption of a trust interest.  The stock 
sold on December 12, 2007, equals 2% of the aggregate fair market value of all 
the assets of Trust as of the start-up date. 
 
 * * * * * 
 (ii) * * * 
 (B) * * * 
 (4) * * * (i)  Application of the de minimis test.  The aggregate fair market 
value of the assets of Trust as of January 1, 2007, was $10,000x.  During the 
2007 calendar year, Trust received trust sales proceeds of $1115x.  The trust 
sales proceeds received by Trust for the 2007 calendar year equal 11.15% of 
Trust’s fair market value as of January 1, 2007.  Accordingly, the de minimis test 
is not satisfied for the 2007 calendar year.  The qualified NMWHFIT exception in 
paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this section and the NMWHFIT final calendar year 
exception in (c)(2)(iv)(F) of this section also do not apply to Trust for the 2007 
calendar year. 
 
* * * * * 
 (5)  Reporting redemptions.  Because Trust is not required to make 
distributions at least as frequently as monthly, and Trust does not satisfy the 
qualified NMWHFIT exception in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this section, the 
exception in paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) does not apply to Trust.  To satisfy the 
requirements of paragraph (f)(1) of this section, Trustee provides a list of dates 
for which the redemption proceeds to be paid for the redemption of a trust 
interest was determined for the 2007 calendar year and the redemptions asset 
proceeds paid for each date.  During 2007, Trustee only determined the amount 
of redemption proceeds paid for the redemption of a trust interest once, for 
December 10, 2007 and the redemption asset proceeds determined for that date 
was $115x. 
 
 (6)  Reporting sales of trust interests.  Because trust is not required to 
make distributions at least as frequently as monthly, and Trust does not satisfy 
the qualified NMWHFIT exception in paragraph (c)(2)(iv)(E) of this section, the 
exception in paragraph (c)(2)(v)(C) of this section does not apply to Trust.  
Sponsor, in accordance with the trust agreement, provides Trustee with a list of 
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requirements of paragraph (f)(1) of this section, Trustee provides requesting 
persons with a list of dates on which sales on the secondary market occurred 
and the amount of cash held for distribution, per trust interest, on each date.  The 
first sale during the 2007 calendar year occurred on September 30, 2007, and 
the amount of cash held for distribution, per trust interest, on that date is $1.35x.  
The second sale occurred on December 10, 2007, and the amount of cash held 
for distribution, per trust interest, on that date is $1.00x.   
                                                                                                                         
 (g) * * * 
 (1) * * * 
 (iv) * * * (A) * * * 
 (2) In calculating the daily portion of OID, the trustee must use the 
prepayment assumption used in pricing the original issue of trust interests.  If the 
WHMT has a start-up date prior to January 24, 2006, and the trustee, after a 
good faith effort to ascertain that information, does not know the prepayment 
assumption used in pricing the original issue of trust interests, the trustee may 
use any reasonable prepayment assumption to calculate OID provided it 
continues to use the same prepayment assumption consistently thereafter. 
* * * * * 
 (v) * * * (A) * * * 
 (3) Computing the total amount of stated interest remaining to be paid and 
the total remaining OID at the beginning of the month.  To compute the total 
amount of stated interest remaining to be paid to the WHMT as of the beginning 
of the month and the total remaining OID as of the beginning of the month, the 
trustee must use the prepayment assumption used in pricing the original issue of 
trust interests.  If the WHMT has a start-up date prior to January 24, 2006, and 
the trustee, after a good faith effort to ascertain that information, does not know 

 
 
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the prepayment assumption used in pricing the original issue of trust interests, 
the trustee may use any reasonable prepayment assumption to calculate these 
amounts provided it continues to use the same prepayment assumption 
consistently thereafter. 
* * * * * 
   (h) Additional safe harbors--(1) Temporary safe harbor for WHMTs--(i) 
Application.  Pending the issuance of additional guidance, the safe harbor in this 
paragraph applies to trustees and middlemen of WHMTs that are not eligible to 
report under the WHMT safe harbor in paragraph (g) of this section because they 
hold interests in another WHFIT, in a REMIC, or hold or issue stripped interests.   
 (ii) Safe harbor.  A trustee is deemed to satisfy the requirements of 
paragraph (c) of this section, if the trustee calculates and provides trust 
information in a manner that enables a requesting person to provide trust 
information to a beneficial owner of a trust interest that enables the owner to 
reasonably accurately report the tax consequences of its ownership of a trust 
interest on its federal income tax return.  Additionally, to be deemed to satisfy the 
requirements of paragraph (c) of this section, the trustee must calculate and 
provide trust information regarding market discount and OID by any reasonable 
manner consistent with section 1272(a)(6).  A middleman or a trustee may satisfy 
its obligation to furnish information to the IRS under paragraph (d) of this section 
and to the trust interest holder under paragraph (e) of this section by providing 
information consistent with the information provided under this paragraph by the 
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 (2)  Additional safe harbors provided by other published guidance.  The 
IRS and the Treasury Department may provide additional safe harbor reporting 
procedures for complying with this section or a specific paragraph of this section 
by other published guidance (see §601.601(d)(2) of this chapter). 
* * * * * 
 (m) Penalties for failure to comply--(1) In general.  Every trustee or 
middleman who fails to comply with the reporting obligations imposed by this 
section is subject to penalties under sections 6721, 6722, and any other 
applicable penalty provisions. 
 (2) Penalties not imposed on trustees and middlemen of certain WHMTs 
for failure to report OID.  Penalties will not be imposed as a result of a failure to 
provide OID information for a WHMT that has a start-up date on or after August 
13, 1998 and on or before January 24, 2006, if the trustee of the WHMT does not 
have the historic information necessary to provide this information and the 
trustee demonstrates that it has attempted in good faith, but without success, to 
obtain this information.  For purposes of calculating a market discount fraction 
under paragraph (g)(1)(v) of this section, for a WHMT described in this 
paragraph, it may be assumed that the WHMT is holding mortgages that were 
issued without OID.  A trustee availing itself of this paragraph must include a 
statement to that effect when providing information to requesting persons under 
paragraph (c) of these regulations.  
* * * * * 

 
 
§1.671-5T [Removed] 
Par. 3.  Section 1.671-5T is removed. 
 
      Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement. 
      Kevin M. Brown  
 
Approved:  December 21, 2006  
     
    Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy). 
     Eric Solomon