What is the threshold for having to file the BE-85?

Completion of a BE-85 survey is required of any U.S. financial services provider that had

a. receipts from unaffiliated foreign persons in all financial services combined that exceeded $20 million in the previous fiscal year or that are expected to exceed that amount in the current fiscal year; or
b. payments to unaffiliated foreign persons in all financial services combined that exceeded $15 million for the previous fiscal year or that are expected to exceed that amount in the current fiscal year. 


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