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A partir de 1º de janeiro 2024: todas as entidades registradas nos EUA devem declarar e identificar sua propriedade beneficiária para a Rede de Repressão a Crimes Financeiros dos EUA (FinCEN). O que declarar? Qualquer entidade dos EUA deve declarar e identificar todos os Beneficiários Efetivos ao longo de 25% (nome, endereço residencial, e a digitalização do passaporte deve ser fornecida). Quem precisa declarar? 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 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: Contate-nos.

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 (Contate-nos). For reference: attached below is ... Read more

What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 operadores. 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