A Beneficial Owner is the human who ultimately owns or controls a company A Bill was proposed to amend the Companies Act No. 07 of 2007 to introduce a Beneficial Ownership registry – a new version to ...

The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Access Restriction) Regulations, 2024 (the “Access Restriction Regulations”) commenced on 28 February 2025 and will supplement the Beneficial Ownership ...

The real estate industry was grumbling about the extensive, time-consuming paperwork associated with filling out the Beneficial Ownership Information form, which had a looming deadline of March 21 ...

Beneficial ownership registration has recently featured in a series of high-profile controversies, from the European Court of Justice limiting public access to EU registers, to litigation in US courts ...

The new deadline for reporting companies to file their beneficial ownership reports is now April 25, 2025. The interim final rule revises the definition of “reporting company” in the CTA ...

The Beneficial Ownership Information database is a crucial tool for the financial sector, aiming to identify individuals behind shell companies and prevent money laundering; but what’s its status in ...

In Vinod Nihalchand Jain Ltd. v. ITO (2025), the Mumbai ITAT ruled that a co-owner’s name in a property does not automatically make them liable for capital gains tax if they are not the beneficial ...

4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) ...

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