Key Takeaways: - The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has announced that it is once again time to file the BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad. The benchmark survey covers the universe of U.S....more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently issued its mandatory five-year benchmark survey to obtain data on direct investment abroad by U.S persons and businesses. The survey, known as the...more
In April 2023, we published an overview of the BE-12, a benchmark survey conducted every five years by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) to gather information about foreign direct investment in...more
Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial role in the global economy, and the United States has long been an attractive destination for international investors. To accurately gauge the impact and trends of FDI, the US...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is the government agency that compiles statistics about the U.S. economy, including the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). BEA also compiles statistics...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis’s BE-12 Benchmark Survey for Foreign Direct Investment in the United States is due by May 31, 2023, or June 30, 2023 for reports submitted via eFile....more
U.S. companies with foreign ownership face a June 30 deadline to respond to a survey of foreign investment in the United States. The U.S. government is conducting the 2022 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the...more
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) conducts a benchmark survey on foreign direct investment every 5 years. The BE-12 survey is the BEA’s most comprehensive survey and produces statistics on the...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce requires an incorporated U.S. business enterprise or an equivalent unincorporated U.S. business enterprise in which a foreign person or entity owns or...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) prepares official U.S. economic statistics, such as the U.S. international transactions accounts, the national income and product accounts, and the...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis ("BEA") collects data regarding U.S. multinational enterprise investments and prepares official U.S. economic statistics through a series of quarterly, annual, and...more
Every five years, U.S. companies in which a foreign person or entity holds an ownership interest with a right to vote, representing 10% or more of the company’s equity, are required to file a form with the U.S. Bureau of...more
By May 31, 2023, foreign-owned companies must file Form BE-12 to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”). Form BE-12 is the comprehensive benchmark survey of foreign direct investment in the U.S., which BEA conducts every 5...more
The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act ("IITSSA"), 22 USC § 3101 requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct a national survey of foreign direct...more
While many U.S. funds and businesses may not be aware of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) or its reporting requirements, they are still obligated to submit a filing to the BEA by May 2023. The BE-12 benchmark survey is...more
As we have previously written about, reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) will go into effect January 1, 2024. Before we get to the first CTA reporting, we note the deadline for another important non-tax...more
The U.S. government’s most comprehensive survey regarding foreign direct investment in the United States is being conducted in 2023. The survey is the BE-12, a five (5) year benchmark survey conducted by the U.S. Department...more
1. Recent Enforcement Actions Outline the Need for Compliance Measures- Over the past few months, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce have...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently issued its mandatory five-year benchmark survey to obtain data on financial services transactions between U.S. financial services providers and...more
Many U.S. companies are unaware that a relatively unknown agency, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) at the Department of Commerce, administers mandatory reporting requirements that oblige ALL U.S. businesses to file...more
The BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (BE-10 Benchmark Survey) is a mandatory survey conducted once every five years by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce to obtain...more
I. Introduction - The BE-10 benchmark survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad is a survey conducted every five years by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (the "BEA") of the U.S. Department of Commerce in order to obtain...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, published 10 notices on Jan. 27, 2020, regarding annual and quarterly surveys that track various types of foreign investment into the United...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) requires U.S. persons who control, directly or indirectly, at least 10 percent or more of the ownership interests in a foreign business enterprise to file a...more
On July 2, 2019, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the 2018 numbers for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the US. Total 2018 FDI was $273 billion and of that figure, European investors accounted for $116 billion or...more