The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and is being implemented in phases. A looming phases is that of identity verification, impacting everyone who owns and/or manages a company in the UK together with those who file documentation at Companies House on behalf of companies and clients.
This course is appropriate for anyone involved in advising UK companies or conducting filings at Companies House.
This online course will cover the following:
- The fundamentals of identity verification, including who will have to verify, how they will verify, consequences for failure to verify (and why verification is being introduced)
- Useful methods to brief clients and how to prepare for the process internally
- Outline implementation plan (reflecting current proposed dates for identify verification)
- Authorised Corporate Service Providers (and what they will need to do to verify on behalf of clients) including internal risk considerations
- Q&A.
Can’t make the date/time or need to revisit the training? No problem, booking onto any online or hybrid event means you will receive a link to access a recording of the event at your leisure!