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The user password is created by you when you create your username and is required to access the eFile system. The eFile password is associated with an eFile ID and is required for each survey that you want to link to your user account.
No. The user password you created with your username is required to access the eFile system. An eFile password is associated with an eFile ID and is used to link each survey that you want to be able to access through your user account.
If you have eFiled a survey with BEA before, then you will have already been assigned an eFile ID for that survey and you’ll find it on the survey-related correspondence you received from BEA. If you do not know the eFile ID, you can request that a survey be linked after logging in to your user account. You will need to 1) create a new user account at https://www.bea.gov/efile, and 2) request that a survey be linked to your user account by providing all the required information.
The answer depends on whether the 10 percent threshold, by one foreign entity or associated group, has been crossed. If foreign company X and foreign company Y are part of the same associated group, as defined on the BE-13, then yes, this acquisition should be reported on one of the BE-13 forms. However, if the two foreign companies are not associated, then the basic requirement is not met.
For the BE-13, "entity" is synonymous with “person,” as that term is used in the broad legal sense.
Both terms are defined as: any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization (whether or not organized under the laws of any State), and any government (including a foreign government, the United States Government, a state or local government, and any agency, corporation, financial institution, or other entity or instrumentality thereof, including a government-sponsored agency).
Yes. The source of funds does not matter for determining if a transaction is reportable on the BE-13 forms.
BEA considers ownership of voting interest in limited partnerships to be divided equally among the general partners, with the limited partners owning no voting interest, unless otherwise specified in the ownership agreement.
Yes. All U.S. persons, private funds included, that meet the BE-10 reporting requirements should file a BE-10 report.
The same BE-10 filing requirements apply to private funds as to other domestic and foreign entities.
Per the BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad Instruction Booklet (located at BE-10 respondents webpage):
Forms comprising a BE-10 report are:
A BE-10A is required of any entity, private fund included, that had direct or indirect ownership or control of at least 10 percent of the voting stock of an incorporated foreign business enterprise, or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated foreign business enterprise or fund – at any time during the entity’s 2014 fiscal year. If a U.S. private fund parent had at least 10 percent voting interest in a foreign business enterprise, including a fund, it must report regardless of whether it had any equity (financial) interest in the foreign business enterprise.