Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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- United States of America - Beneficial Ownership Information requirements enter into force on 1 January 2024
United States of America
Beneficial Ownership Information requirements enter into force on 1 January 2024
01 Jan 2024Starting from 1 January 2024, companies operating in the United States will be required to provide information on their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The obligation is provided for in the Corporate Transparency Act adopted by the US Congress in 2021. As a rule, existing companies will have until 1 January 2025 to provide required information, while newly created entities shall report their BOI within 30 days. Although the reporting requirements relate to all corporations, limited liability companies and any other companies created by making fillings with a secretary of state or a similar office, the Act envisages 23 specific types of entities exempts from the obligation. Those include governmental authorities, banks and credit unions, insurance companies, brokers and dealers in securities, or tax-exempt entities. Additionally, the Act defines a beneficial owner of a company as any individual, who directly or indirectly, exercises substantial control over a reporting company or owns or controls at least 25% of the ownership interests.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Ownership and control)
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Sources:
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network , Beneficial Ownership Information, https://www.fincen.gov/boi, 01 May 2023
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network , Corporate Transparency Act, https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/Corporate_Transparency_Act.pdf, 01 May 2023
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.