The account balances for employees represent
their beneficial ownership in the company.
Not exact matches
Of 300 offshore shell
companies identified by Reuters, 22 would typically have been required to have published the
beneficial ownership information by now because their reporting dates fell
in the weeks since July 1, when the rules came into force.
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Six countries, Britain, Afghanistan, Kenya, France, the Netherlands and Nigeria, have agreed to publish registers of who really owns
companies in their territories, a so - called register of
beneficial ownership.
In the U.S., many states do not require any such listing of
beneficial ownership information — something that can make it difficult for law enforcement, much less the general public, to determine the
companies» owners.
He said the country had made tremendous progress after last year's summit
in London compared to its compatriots, saying, «we have since organised a consultative workshop on
beneficial ownership for state and non-state actors while the
Companies Act, (Act 920) had also been amended to make provision for
beneficial ownership regime a reality.»
This morning at the Open Government Partnership summit
in London, David Cameron announced the result of the UK's consultation on the
beneficial ownership of
companies: the information will not only be collected but be put online, for free,
in a public register.
International oil
companies in Angola commit themselves not to go into partnership with any smaller
companies whose ultimate
beneficial ownership is unknown to the public.
If the proposals are implemented as set out
in the consultation document then overseas entities owning UK real estate will need to supply information on their
beneficial ownership (
in much the same was as under the PSC) to
Companies House and the information will be displayed there publicly.
«It does not matter where
in the world your
company is registered if you own property
in London or sell things to government, as part of government procurement, then you have to declare the
beneficial ownership,
in other words the ultimate
ownership of the
company,» said Matthew Hancock, the UK's Cabinet Office Minister, according to the BBC.
The proposals also include requiring foreign
companies owning land and property
in the UK to join a public register of
beneficial ownership, and creating an international anti-corruption coordination centre to help police and prosecutors work together cross-border.
It is well known that Bermuda already has some of the most responsive and comprehensive registers of
beneficial ownership of
companies registered
in this jurisdiction and that those registers are updated
in real time on every share transfer.
Beneficial owners of overseas
companies, specifically
in the Isle of Man, are currently being targeted by HMRC
in relation to the
ownership of high value yachts.