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BEA Form BE-13: The Filing Requirement Foreign Business Owners Don’t Know About
If you’re a foreign national who recently formed a U.S. company, acquired an interest in one, or invested in an existing U.S. business, there’s a federal filing requirement you may not know about. It doesn’t come from the IRS. It comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce,…
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The Compliance Checklist for Foreign-Owned U.S. Businesses: Forms You Probably Haven’t Filed
Forming a U.S. company as a foreign national is straightforward. You pick a state, file your articles, get an EIN from the IRS, and open a bank account. Most formation services walk you through these steps without issue. What they don’t tell you is that several federal agencies require additional filings that have nothing to…
