Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
The Terminator: The QPRT as a Wealth Transfer Strategy and CTA Updates
RoboCop: Overview of Corporate Basics and Compliance Filings
The Corporate Transparency Act
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
John Neiman on the Corporate Transparency Act
Webinar: Corporate Transparency Act
What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
Navigating Russia Sanctions
What Will the Corporate Transparency Act Mean for Your Business? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 30]
Gary Kalman on Corruption and Compliance Programs
Compliance Perspectives: Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO)
Episode 8 -- The Critical Importance of Beneficial Ownership to Compliance
New register of beneficial ownership of UK real estate
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 341, Brian Alster on the Problem of Beneficial Ownership
Dividends from shares are taxable for shareholders, even if the dividends do not remain with them economically. This (not entirely new) finding can be gleaned from a recent Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) ruling in which the...more
As we recently reported, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has been chipping away at the CTA, including through a recent notice. Now, Treasury has dramatically changed the CTA landscape with respect to U.S....more
On October 29, 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that bare trusts are once again exempt from filing the T3 Income Tax and Information Return (including Schedule 15 regarding beneficial ownership information of a...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which came into effect on January 1, 2024, has significant implications for government contractors, tribal entities, and commercial businesses. If you formed an entity before January 1,...more
The United States generally taxes nonresident aliens and foreign corporations on their U.S.-source income. A foreign taxpayer’s U.S.-source income falls into one of two general categories: (i) “fixed or determinable annual...more
REITs, or real estate investment trusts, are often described as a mutual fund for real estate. Congress established REITs to allow individual investors to invest in large-scale, income-producing real estate. Since their...more
We will begin with an overview of the tax position. The British Virgin Islands has no corporate tax, capital gains tax, wealth tax, or any other tax applicable to a British Virgin Islands company. These companies are exempted...more
In light of Brexit, the U.K. government has made the unexpected announcement that it will limit DAC6 (Directive 2018/822) reporting in the U.K. to matters involving arrangements with the effect of concealing the ultimate...more
Family-owned businesses are often owned and controlled by family trusts. Trusts are used by families for estate planning, tax planning and asset protection. Family-owned government contractors with trust ownership structures...more
Form 5472 is an Information Return of a 25% Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporation or a Foreign Corporation Engaged in a U.S. Trade or Business. The purpose of Form 5472 is to provide information when “reportable transactions” occur...more
An EIN is also known as a Federal Entity Tax Identification Number (EIN) and is used to identify a business entity such as a sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, estate, trust, and other entities for tax filing and...more
On November 15, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the issuance of a “Revised” Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that requires U.S. title insurance companies (Covered Business) to identify the...more
A GTO is a Geographic Targeting Order issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the Bank secrecy Act (BSA) for a specific geographic area. ...more
There seems to be a convergence by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Networks (FinCEN), the Treasury Department and the IRS for determining “who is the UBO” of entities. The U.S. Government is determined to enforce financial...more