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Business group sues over new corporate ownership database
AP ^ | 15 Nov 2022 | FATIMA HUSSEIN

Posted on 11/17/2022 10:00:45 PM PST by blueplum

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small business lobbying group filed suit Tuesday to block the Treasury Department’s upcoming requirement that tens of millions of small businesses register with the government as part of an effort to prevent the criminal abuse of anonymous shell companies.

The National Small Business Association argues that the new reporting rule violates the U.S. Constitution...

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; constitution; database; fatimahussein; intrastatecommerce; irs; privacy; smallbusiness; spying; surveillance
requires businesses with less than 20 employees to register with the federal govt
1 posted on 11/17/2022 10:00:45 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Out of control government is out of control.


2 posted on 11/17/2022 10:01:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is what those IRS agents are for.

Register in a database, so they’ll have an easy list to audit and destroy.


3 posted on 11/17/2022 10:21:37 PM PST by SPDSHDW (Ya’ll knew he was installed via fraud, and chose to do nothing. Enjoy the roller coaster ride.)
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To: blueplum

This is redundant. Any business already registers with the FedGov to get a tax ID number.

Here in Texas, you also register with the state.


4 posted on 11/17/2022 10:22:06 PM PST by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: blueplum

And you know who uses shell companies? FBI… that’s who


5 posted on 11/17/2022 10:25:43 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: blueplum

Democrats are pro-criminal. This is not to stop crime.

The new database is for control and will be used as a political weapon.


6 posted on 11/18/2022 5:06:22 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: blueplum

Registration leads to confiscation.


7 posted on 11/18/2022 6:42:40 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: blueplum

Haven’t they already done so with tax returns/W-2’s/1099’s???


8 posted on 11/18/2022 8:03:32 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: TheWriterTX

Same in most states.


9 posted on 11/18/2022 8:04:04 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: TheWriterTX

If you’re a sole proprietorship without employees, you dont need a federal EIN.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/when-does-sole-proprietor-need-ein.html


10 posted on 11/18/2022 10:14:09 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: blueplum

More info

Requires “beneficial owners” of corporations to be registered.

https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2022/11/pogo-applauds-final-rulemaking-for-corporate-transparency-act


11 posted on 11/18/2022 10:21:46 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

The article talked about businesses with 20 employees. You need an EIN for that.


12 posted on 11/18/2022 8:46:52 PM PST by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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