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How to escape the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) from the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)?
Starting 1st January 2024: all US registered entities have to declare and identify their Beneficial Ownership to the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). What to declare? Any US entity shall declare and identify all Beneficial Owners over 25% (name, residential address, and passport scan should be given). Who needs to declare? Any US entity registered with any Secretary of State is required to declare, and to have an EIN, SSN/ITIN of the owner, or a foreign Tax ID for the declaration. We offer an EIN service if you do not have one. Is there any exemption? Yes, all those ... Read more
If you use a US LLC as a holding company: you have to file a FBAR report
If you use your US LLC as a shareholder of another non-US company, and this non-US company has a bank account: you have to file a FBAR report every year if that shareholding is equal or more than 50%. The penalty for not filing is US$10,000. You might want to change your structure as soon as possible to avoid any possible penalty: contact us.
The Seychelles creates a register of beneficial owners
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 (contact us). For reference: attached below is ... Read more
Belize does not renew 16 operators
What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 operators. 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