Exhibit 8.1
May 12, 2014
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
200 Vesey Street, Room 507B
New York, New York 10285
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC
4315 South 2700 West, Room 3020-3, 02-01-03
Salt Lake City, Utah 84184
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation IV LLC
4315 South 2700 West, Room 1100, 02-01-46
Salt Lake City, Utah 84184
| Re: | American Express Credit Account Master Trust | |
| Class A Series 2014-1 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates | ||
| Class B Series 2014-1 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have advised American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II, American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC and American Express Receivables Financing Corporation IV LLC (the “Registrants”) with respect to certain federal income tax aspects of the issuance by the Registrants of the Class A Series 2014-1 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates (the “Class A Certificates”) and the Class B Series 2014-1 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates (the “Class B Certificates” and, together with the Class A Certificates, the “Certificates”). The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 16, 1996, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2006, as amended from time to time, and the Series 2014-1 Supplement, expected to be dated as of May 19, 2014, as more particularly described in the prospectus, dated May 12, 2014 (the “Base Prospectus”), and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated May 12, 2014, as supplemented by the supplement to the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated May 12, 2014 (as so supplemented, the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to such series, each forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-179309, 333-179309-01, 333-179309-02 and 333-179309-03) as filed by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on February 2, 2012, and declared effective on July 31, 2012 (the
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation IV LLC
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“Registration Statement”). Such advice conforms to the description of selected federal income tax consequences to holders of the Certificates that appears under the headings “Prospectus Summary—Tax Status” and “Tax Matters” in the Base Prospectus and “Summary of Series Terms—Tax Status” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Such description does not purport to discuss all possible income tax ramifications of the proposed issuance, but with respect to those tax consequences which are discussed, in our opinion the description is accurate in all material respects, and we hereby confirm and adopt as our opinion the opinions set forth therein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Prospectus contained therein. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are “experts,” within the meaning of the term as used in the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP |