Description

Received an unsolicited mail from the Annual Records Service with a blank 5102 (Rev. December 2025) Mandatory Beneficial Ownership Reporting with Barcodes. Two items that indicate this isn't from the U.S. Government. The form indicates that pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act, required to report their beneficial ownership and the associated penalties or non-compliance and the words that are intended to elicit fear are bolded. $500 a day, fined up to $10,000, 2 years imprisonment. Information includes Reporting Entity, Submitter Full Name, Phone Number, EIN, Title, Email, then a list of the up to 4 Beneficial Owners and their information - Name, Address. There is a place for a signature, the date and requests the money in Check or Money order made to Annual Records Service made in the amount of $119. The fine print reads that under penalties of perjury I declare I have examined this form, and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete. Declaration of preparer is based on all information of which the preparer has any knowledge. Knowingly providing misleading or false information may lead to fines, sanctions or criminal action. Verifiy all information. Your signature is your acceptance for The Annual Records Service to act as your paid preparer to file this BOI on your behalf. At the bottom of the form it indicates in the footer the form is Form 4022 (Rev. December 2025). Two additional things that the government would never do - 1 you don't need to file on behalf of the government as a paid entity and two the government doesn't let a form out with a mismatch.