If you are a company secretary or director you would have got the following email from the Companies Registration Office, “European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016”.

What this email basically means all Companies should keep a register of the owner/shareholders names/beneficial owners who control or own more than 25% of the shares in a company, a copy of their passport and a recent utility bill on your permanent files.

You should record the name, date of birth, nationality and residential addresses of each beneficial owner of it; and (b) a statement of the nature and extent of the interest held by each such beneficial owner.

Further information can be found on Department of Finance website.

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