Beware of This Scam: Form 4022
Business owners may have received Form 4022 from the “United States Business Regulation Department” for “Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Report” filing. The form – which resembles an IRS tax form – states that businesses are required, under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), to complete the form and pay a $117 filing fee or be subject to penalties.
This is a fraud. Businesses should not fill out the form or pay the fee. There is no IRS Form 4022 and no filing fee under the CTA.
Beneficial Ownership Information Report under the CTA can only be filed online at https://boiefiling.fincen.gov/
See this Dembo Jones Insight for additional information regarding the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting requirements.