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Yearly update · 2022
What changed in 2022 for e-commerce companies
Retrospective edition, written in October 2026 from the public record. 2022 set the direction for the years that followed: more transparency about who owns companies.
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The US ownership reporting rule was finalised
On 29 September 2022, FinCEN published the final rule implementing beneficial ownership reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act, with an effective date of 1 January 2024.
The UK opened its register of overseas entities
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 became law in March 2022 and created a register of overseas entities owning UK property, an early step in the wider reform of Companies House.
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What to remember
- The transparency rules that shaped 2024 and 2025 were written in 2022.
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