The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires certain legal entities to identify their individual Beneficial Owners on a report filed electronically with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement...more
10/3/2024
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Aviation Industry ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Personal Information ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Statutory Trusts
Differences in law as well as cultural differences can prolong international aircraft transactions. Assembling a good team of legal and technical professionals, as well as an aircraft broker familiar with international...more
9/29/2023
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Aviation Industry ,
Contract Terms ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Exports ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Imports ,
Know Your Customers ,
Letters of Intent ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Regulatory Requirements
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted by Congress as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, for the first time under federal law, requires the establishment of a centralized, national beneficial ownership...more
9/6/2023
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Aviation Industry ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Corruption ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations ,
Special Purpose Vehicles ,
Tax Fraud ,
Terrorism Funding
Update: This Holland & Knight alert has been updated on Sept. 25, 2022, with additional information. In plain English, anytime an aircraft departs the United States, this is an "export" and will fall in one of two "buckets":...more
9/27/2022
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Aircraft Sales ,
Aviation Industry ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Electronic Filing ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Foreign Entities ,
Registration Requirement
The U.S., European Union (EU), United Kingdom (U.K.) and many other countries have imposed similar but not necessarily identical sanctions on Russia. In corporate jet transactions, the sanctions laws of several jurisdictions...more
5/10/2022
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Beneficial Owner ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Please note: This Holland & Knight alert has been updated on Sept. 13, 2021, with additional information.
In plain English, anytime an aircraft departs the United States, this is an "export" and will fall in one of two...more
9/14/2021
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Aircraft Sales ,
Aviation Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Filing Requirements ,
ITAR
There are two common types of aircraft exports: 1) permanent exports – where the aircraft is physically exported (i.e., flown) from the U.S. as part of a sale, lease or transfer of possession and control to a foreign person,...more
2/23/2021
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Aircraft Sales ,
Aviation Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exporters ,
Exports ,
Filing Requirements ,
ITAR
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Securities (BIS) announced changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR)...more
6/6/2019
/ Aircraft ,
Airline Passengers ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cuba ,
Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Foreign Relations ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
p2p ,
Sanctions ,
Trump Administration ,
Vessels
• Family offices are increasingly involved in structuring and managing the ownership or use of private aircrafts for business and personal travel.
• The optimal structure will vary depending on a number of factors,...more
3/14/2019
/ Aircraft ,
Aircraft Equipment ,
Aviation Industry ,
Excise Tax ,
Family Offices ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Personal Property ,
Property Tax ,
State and Local Government ,
Succession Planning ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Timeshare Arrangement
Holland & Knight invites you to read our Spring 2018 Israel Practice newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent American-Israeli topics. As Israel has been a crossroads and a prolific source of new ideas for more than...more
4/4/2018
/ Aircraft ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Commercial Leases ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
FATCA ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fractional Shares ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Labor Laws ,
Israel ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Public Policy ,
Transportation Industry ,
Unions