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Exhibit 8.2
August 14, 2012
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
200 Vesey Street, Room 138
Mail Stop 01-31-12
New York, New York 10285
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC
4315 South 2700 West, Room 1300, 02-01-04
Salt Lake City, Utah 84184
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation IV LLC
4315 South 2700 West, Room 1100, 02-01-58
Salt Lake City, Utah 84184
Re: | American Express Credit Account Master Trust |
Class A Series 2012-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates
Class B Series 2012-3 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 2012-3 Floating Rate Asset Backed Certificates (the Class A Certificates) and the Class B Series 2012-3 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 2012-3 Supplement, expected to be dated as of August 21, 2012, as more particularly described in the prospectus, dated August 13, 2012 (the Base Prospectus), and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 13, 2012 (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 Registration
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation III LLC
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation IV LLC
August 14, 2012
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Statement). Such advice conforms to the description of selected federal income tax consequences to holders of the Certificates that appears under the headings Prospectus SummaryTax Status and Tax Matters in the Base Prospectus and Summary of Series TermsTax 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 |