TIC C-Forms and Instructions


 
 
(11-29-2022) Proposed Renewal of C-forms without any changes
  • Federal Register Notice of proposed renewal was dated September 1, 2022. No changes were proposed for either of the C-forms or their instructions. No comments have been received.
 
(12-20-2022, ONE CHANGE) Current Forms and Instructions Now in Effect for reports as-of December 2019 and afterwards:
  • (12-20-2022, ONE Country Name CHANGE IN EACH FORM) Only one change is made in each Form: the name “Swaziland” is changed to “Eswatini”. The TIC country code is not changed because this is just a name change. This revision applies to all TIC reporting forms. This revision is effective for quarterly reports as-of December 2022 and afterwards. [FYI: Previously, “Swaziland” was before Tanzania in the country list for Africa; now “Eswatini” is before Ethiopia in the county list for Africa.]
  • Federal Register Notice of proposed revisions was dated August 7, 2019.
    No changes were proposed for either of the C-forms. There were several revisions in the instructions, to become effective for reports as-of December 31, 2019 and thereafter. Comments were invited from the public by October 7, 2019, and no changes were suggested.
  • Form CQ-1 (effective for reports as-of December 2022 and thereafter) -- Financial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners. (The only change from previous version is name change from Swaziland to Eswatini in country list for Africa.)
  • Form CQ-2 (effective for reports as-of December 2022 and thereafter) -- Commercial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners. (The only change from previous version is name change from Swaziland to Eswatini in country list for Africa.)
  • Instructions for the C-Forms (effective for reports as-of December 31, 2019 and thereafter).
    -- Appendix B: Geographical Classification (for reports as-of December 2022 and afterwards) with codes for foreign countries, areas, and organizations.
    -- Appendix C: Selected foreign official institutions (for reports as-of December 2022 and afterwards).
    -- The Appendix D: TIC Glossary, the March 2018 version. The glossaries for all Treasury International Capital (“TIC”) reports are consolidated into a single document which will provide more consistency across the TIC system. As a result, the TIC C reporting instructions do not include a glossary but point, in Appendix D, to this separate consolidated Glossary document on the TIC website.
 
Expired Forms that were effective for reports as-of December 2013 through November 2022.
  • Form CQ-1 (effective for reports as-of December 2013 through November 2022) -- Financial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners.
  • Form CQ-2 (effective for reports as-of December 2013 through November 2022) -- Commercial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners.
Expired Instructions that were effective for reports as-of December 2013 through November 2019.
  • Federal Register Notice May 2016. No revisions were proposed for the C-forms or Instructions.
  • Federal Register Notice of January 2013 announced revisions to each form. The revisions included movement of a significant part of the reporting panel for the C forms to the panel for the B forms -- with the result that all financial institutions report on the B forms.
  • Instructions for all C-Forms (effective for reports as-of December 2013 through November 2019).
Expired Forms and Instructions (in effect for reports as-of June 2006 through November 2013):

Additional Information:

  • Federal Register Notice: public notice of proposed revisions to each form, July 2005
Description:
The TIC C-forms are part of the Treasury International Capital (TIC) data reporting system, which is required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 C.F.R. 128). They are designed to collect quarterly and reliable information on the international portfolio capital claims and liabilities with unaffiliated foreigners of U.S. nonfinancial firms (it was "of U.S. nonbank firms" prior to the reports as of December 2013). This information is necessary for compiling the U.S. balance of payments accounts and the U.S. international investment position, and for formulating U.S. international financial and monetary policies.
Who Reports on the C-forms:
All nonbanking enterprises, nonprofit institutions, and other specified nonfinancial U.S. persons, including commercial and industrial firms. Before reports as of December 31, 2014, the reporting panel also included insurance companies and mutual funds. (See Part I.D of the instructions for a list of other organizations.) Excluded are depository institutions, bank holding companies and financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and other financial firms, all of which report on the TIC B-forms.
Note: Effective with the data release on February 18, 2014, the reporting panel for the B-forms was redefined to include all financial firms. At the same time, the reporting panel for the C-forms was redefined to include only nonfinancial firms, effective with the March 18, 2014 release. As a result, beginning with the data as of December 2013, a number of data reporters that are nonbank financial firms were shifted from the nonbank statistics reported on the C-forms, now called the nonfinancial statistics, to the monthly banking statistics reported on the B-forms, now called the monthly financial-firm reported statistics.
Historical Forms and Instructions:
  • Other revisions beginning as-of June 2006: (a) section B on the previous form CQ-1 was eliminated (as a result, "Section (B)" on new form CQ-1 is the same as "Section C" on the previous form (before reports as-of March 2003); (b) the filing date for form CQ-2 was shortened to no later than 30 calendar days following the report's as-of date.
  • previous form CQ-1 (effective for reports as-of March 2003 through March 2006).
  • previous form CQ-2 (effective for reports as-of March 2003 through March 2006).
  • previous instructions (effective for reports as-of March 2003 through March 2006).