2 2021 PIMCO Tax Information | PIMCO Shareholders
Dividend and Capital Gain
Distributions FAQ
Q: What are distributions and why are they paid?
A: Fund distributions are earnings from the fund’s operations.
The law requires that all prots be passed on to the fund’s
investors in order for the fund to qualify for special tax rules
afforded to funds that benet the shareholder.
Q: What is a capital gain distribution?
A: When a fund sells portfolio securities at a prot, the sale
creates a capital gain. Two types of capital gains are
realized by PIMCO funds – short–term and long–term. Net
short–term capital gains are distributed to shareholders
as Form 1099-DIV Box A income dividends and are taxed
at ordinary income tax rates. For 2021, long–term capital
gain distributions are taxed at a maximum effective rate of
23.8% (20% maximum long–term capital gain rate plus 3.8%
Medicare tax).
Q: How is a fund affected if there is no required
distribution?
A: If a distribution is not required, there are no tax
consequences to shareholders or to the fund. If the fund has
not made a taxable distribution, shareholders will not receive
a Form 1099–DIV for that fund.
Q: How is distribution eligibility determined for PIMCO
funds?
A: The timing of a distribution, and the determination of
shareholder eligibility to receive it, is based on the record
date, ex–dividend date, reinvestment date and payable date
which are typically dened as follows:
• Record Date: Purchases through this day are eligible to
receive the distribution. Shares redeemed on this day are not
eligible to receive the distribution.
Tax Form Description
1099–DIV
Reports dividend and capital gain distributions from your PIMCO funds, excluding retirement plan accounts. Tax–exempt income
dividends paid by certain PIMCO municipal funds are reported in Box 11 of your 2021 1099–DIV. Any private activity bond interest, which
may be subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT), is in Box 12.
1099–B
Reports redemption proceeds, including exchanges out, of any non–money market funds in your non–retirement account. Your cost or other
basis for shares that were sold and fall under the IRS’s cost basis regulations is included on this form in Box 1e. This information is required
to be reported to the IRS by PIMCO. If your shares have been transferred to PIMCO or have been converted, we may not be able to provide this
cost basis information to you. For general information about cost basis and the regulations, see below or visit pimco.com/cost–basis.
1099–R
Reports any distributions (including rollovers, recharacterizations and conversions) taken from a retirement plan, such as an IRA, or any
qualified retirement plan, such as a pension, profit sharing, 401(k) plan or tax–deferred annuity.
• Ex–Dividend Date: The date on which the distribution
amount per share is deducted from the fund’s NAV per
share.
• Reinvestment Date: The date on which the distribution
proceeds will be reinvested, if so elected, in additional
PIMCO fund shares. Shares will settle on the payable date.
• Payable Date: The fund pays shareholders their proportional
amount of any distribution on this date. For PIMCO funds,
the payable date for distributions paid in cash, if so elected,
for mutual funds is normally the same business day as the
ex–dividend date, except for those funds with daily income
distributions. PIMCO fund shares purchased with reinvested
distributions are usually credited on the reinvestment date.
Cost Basis Regulation
A rule went into effect on January 1, 2012, requiring funds
to report cost basis information to shareholders and to the
IRS for “covered shares,” or those shares purchased on or
after January 1, 2012. When ling your tax return, you will
be required to use the cost basis reported in Box 1e of Form
1099–B to calculate and report the gains and losses from
your covered shares to the IRS. Please note that retirement
accounts are excluded from the cost basis requirements.
For more information about the cost basis requirements, we
encourage you to speak with your nancial advisor or a tax
professional. For general information about cost basis and the
regulations, visit
pimco.com/cost–basis.