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1. (1) In addition to those reports required under paragraph (8) of subdivision (c) of Section 18631, information returns shall be required, at the time and in the form and manner and to the extent that the Franchise Tax Board may prescribe, from both of the following:

   1. (A) Every person who makes payments of exempt-interest dividends, as described in Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, that are not exempt-interest dividends, as described in Section 17145 of this code, aggregating ten dollars ($10) or more to any person, other than to any person described in paragraph (2), during any calendar year.
   2. (B) Every person who receives payments of interest as a nominee and who makes payments aggregating ten dollars ($10) or more during any calendar year to any other person, other than to any person described in paragraph (2), with respect to the interest so received. For purposes of this paragraph, “interest” is limited to interest on any obligation if the interest is exempt from tax under Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or if the interest is exempt from tax, without regard to the identity of the holder, under any other provision of Title 26 of the United States Code, but which is not exempt from income tax under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001).

2. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, a person shall not be required to make a report pursuant to paragraph (1) if the person receiving the payment is any of the following:

   1. (A) A corporation.
   2. (B) An organization exempt from taxation under Section 23701 or an individual retirement plan.
   3. (C) The United States or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof.
   4. (D) A state, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.
   5. (E) A foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.
   6. (F) An international organization or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality thereof.
   7. (G) A foreign central bank of issue.
   8. (H) A dealer in securities or commodities required to register under the laws of the United States or a state, the District of Columbia, or possession of the United States.
   9. (I) A real estate investment trust, as defined in Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code.
   10. (J) An investment company, as defined in Section 80a-3 of the United States Code, registered at all times during the taxable year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
   11. (K) A common trust fund, as defined in Section 17671.
   12. (L) Any trust that is exempt from tax under Section 664(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.