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income. Consequently, an individual, trust or estate that holds a regular interest in a single-class
REMIC (either directly or through a pass-through entity) will recognize additional income with
respect to such regular interest to the extent that its share of allocable investment expenses, when
combined with its other miscellaneous itemized deductions for the taxable year, is less than 2%
of its adjusted gross income. Any such additional income will be treated as interest income. In
addition, Code section 68 currently provides that the amount of itemized deductions otherwise
allowable for the taxable year for an individual whose adjusted gross income exceeds a certain
amount will be reduced. The amount of such additional taxable income recognized by Holders
who are subject to the limitations of either section 67 or section 68 may be substantial and may
reduce the after-tax yield to such Holders of an investment in the Securities of an affected Trust.
Where appropriate, the Offering Circular Supplement for a particular Trust will indicate that the
Holders of related Securities may be required to recognize additional income as a result of the
application of the limitations of either section 67 or section 68 of the Code. Non-corporate
Holders of Regular Securities evidencing an interest in a single-class REMIC also should be
aware that miscellaneous itemized deductions, including allocable investment expenses
attributable to such REMIC, are not deductible for purposes of the alternative minimum tax
(AMT).
Original Issue Discount
Overview. Certain Classes of Regular Securities may be issued with OID within the
meaning of section 1273(a) of the Code. In general, such OID will equal the difference between
the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Security and its issue price. Holders of
Regular Securities as to which there is OID should be aware that they generally must include
OID in income for federal income tax purposes on an annual basis under a constant yield accrual
method that reflects compounding. In general, OID is treated as ordinary interest income and
must be included in income in advance of the receipt of the cash to which it relates.
The amount of OID required to be included in a Regular Holders income in any taxable
year will be computed in accordance with section 1272(a)(6) of the Code, which provides for the
accrual of OID under a constant yield method on regular interests in a REMIC. Under
section 1272(a)(6), as elaborated by the related legislative history, the amount and the rate of
accrual of OID generally is to be calculated based on the prepayment rate for the REMICs
mortgage collateral and the reinvestment rate on amounts held pending distribution that were
assumed in pricing the Regular Securities (the Pricing Prepayment Assumptions). The OID
Regulations do not address directly the treatment of instruments that are subject to section
1272(a)(6). However, until the Treasury issues guidance to the contrary, the Tax Administrator,
in its capacity as party responsible for computing the amount of OID to be reported to a Regular
Holder each taxable year, will base its computations on Code section 1272(a)(6) and the OID
Regulations as described below. Prospective investors should be aware that because no
regulatory guidance currently exists under Code section 1272(a)(6), there can be no complete
assurance that the methodology described below represents the correct manner of calculating
OID on the Regular Securities.
Amount of Original Issue Discount. The amount of OID on a Regular Security equals the
excess, if any, of the Securitys stated redemption price at maturity over its issue price.
Under the OID Regulations, a debt instruments stated redemption price at maturity is the sum of