Qualified intermediary (QI) - Financial definition
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: United States of America
Concise definition of the term qualified intermediary
Qualified intermediary is a status attributed by US tax authorities to foreign financial institutions such as banks, brokers or asset managers, which pay US source income to their customers and which have signed a Qualified Intermediary Agreement with the IRS.