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The Wyoming Secretary of State is increasing its prices: from $50 to $60 for the Annual Report ; from $0 to $5 for a change of registered agent ; $10 per Series (at creation time or incorporation time). It was possible to create an unlimited amount of Series before that date: too bad if you have missed this opportunity. Our company has just saved $400 because we had created forty Series. The good news is that it is now possible to get a Certificate of Good Standing for a specific Series for a fee of $20 per Series. Certificate of ... Read more

In a world where transparency is always increasing: the US has adopted the “Legge sulla trasparenza aziendale” requiring the disclosure of any Beneficial Owner having over 25% control. The Act includes the LLCs and Statutory Trusts as reporting entities. This will be enforced no later than: 1st January 2023. Failure to comply with the Act’s reporting requirements can result in civil penalties of up to $10,000, as well as jail time in the case of criminal non-compliance. It is now crucial to organize your affairs and structures in a compliant matter prior to the deadline. Contact us to know how this ... Read more

In March 2020 the beneficial owners of every companies in the Seychelles will be registered in a database to which the Financial Intelligence Unit and other local agencies have direct access. The register only accepts natural persons and do not accept legal persons. It has to be noted that both the nominee and the nominator have to be registered. If the beneficial owner is a trust there is no shelter: either the settlor or all the beneficial owners will have to be registered. Companies incorporated in the Seychelles can move to another jurisdiction (contattaci). For reference: attached below is ... Read more

What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 operatori. The announcement is made at the end of April 2020 with effect from the 1st January 2020! That is a real problem with license-based jurisdictions (Seychelles is another one): suddenly an entire list of companies created by those operators become illegal. This official document is attached for reference: 30-04-2020-Revised-Public-Notice-3-Non-renewal-of-licences-for-2020Download

In vigore dal 1 aprile 2020: la quota di manutenzione annuale aumenta da $ 450 a $ 500 per tutte le LLC e gli IBC. Partnership ed Enti Marittimi Esteri (FME) sono invariati. Tale incremento è dovuto al costo del rispetto della normativa sulla Sostanza Economica spinta dall'Unione Europea sulle Isole Marshall. Parliamo di sovranità: non essere sorpreso che la Brexit sia avvenuta. Dopotutto le Isole Marshall non sono nell'UE, quindi è facile camminarci sopra. Era già scritto: l'articolo 4(2) del trattato sull'Unione europea rispetta solo gli altri Stati membri. Let’s send a big thank ... Read more

Under the pressure of the OCED and the EU: Dominica abolishes the previously granted 20 years tax exemption to all IBCs. Taxation rate will now be 30% of worldwide profits starting on the 1st January 2022. Full legal reference: Aziende commerciali internazionali (Amendment) Agire, 2019, AGIRE 2 di 2019 http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2019/International Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2019.pdf

On its way to the US Senate, this bill (H.R. 2513) will make mandatory the disclosure of beneficial owner(s) of any LLC or Corporation: anybody with more than 25% ownership. Annual reports will be made to FinCEN. The disclosed information will not be publicly available. The data to be disclosed will be: the full legal name ; the date of birth ; the current residential address ; and the current valid passport number (or valid US state driver license number). Exempted entities are: insurances, banks, any SEC regulated entities, churches, or 501(c) non-profit entities. View the full legal text for ... Read more

The worldwide industry of non-resident, low tax or tax neutral companies is panicking: all the big accounting firms (Deloitte, Ernest and Young, KMPG, and PWC) have been overwhelmed by a wave of recent legislation adopted by many jurisdictions at once. The call (shot?) has been made by the European Commission in Brussels regarding the non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Some people will believe that it targets only small players, and others will believe that it only affects big players. In fact it is targeting every body. The biggest players affected are Chinese companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (Isole Vergini Britanniche). Such companies ... Read more

Anguilla has adopted Economic Substance regulations in a very detailed manner.

Le Isole Marshall hanno adottato regolamenti sulla sostanza economica applicabili dal 1° gennaio 2019. Tuttavia è interessante notare che: si applica rigorosamente alle attività pertinenti (attività di distribuzione e centro servizi, attività di finanziamento e leasing, attività di sede, attività di holding, attività di proprietà intellettuale, attività di spedizione, attività bancaria, e l'attività assicurativa) holding company business is defined as pure equity holding company a pure equity holding company is subject to a reduced economic substance test the entities must provide the relevant information if requested by the Registrar it seems to apply to Master Series LLC only (e non ogni serie) an entity ... Read more