RBO Filings, Updates and IPNs for Non-Resident Owners, Done Right the First Time.
Every Irish company must file its beneficial owners with the Register of Beneficial Ownership. We work out who needs to be registered, deal with owners who have no PPS number, and file it for you.
Unlike a late annual return, missing an RBO filing isn't settled with a penalty payment.
Check its status and CRO number on the register before you file with the RBO.
Fixed prices. The RBO itself charges no filing fee.
For new companies, or companies that have never filed.
Both RBO obligations covered in one go, saving €34.99.
For owners with no PPS number, who need an Identified Person Number from the CRO.
| Also available | Price + VAT |
|---|---|
| Update the RBO after a change, per person | €54.99 |
| Internal register of beneficial owners on its own | €149.99 |
A beneficial owner is an individual, never a company, who:
Group structures and trusts can get complicated. We work it out for you before anything is filed.
A clear price for each filing, agreed before we start.
No PPS number? We handle the IPN application with the CRO, the step that delays most filings.
Our Peace Commissioner witnesses Form VIF declarations at our office at no charge, so there's no notary fee.
Company secretaries who file RBO returns every week, including group and corporate structures.
Answer a few questions about the owners. We confirm within one working day and send a secure link for ID checks; you pay once the checks are complete.
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Identity checks are carried out through AML HQ. Your documents and filings are kept in the OPSUS 360 client portal, where only the team handling your company can see them. Identity check records are kept for 5 years after we stop working together, as anti-money laundering law requires.
We work out who must be registered, trace corporate shareholders to the individuals behind them, and tell you if the structure needs advice before anything is filed.
The company and its officers remain legally responsible for the accuracy of its beneficial ownership register and RBO filing. We file what's confirmed to us and tell you what we need.
Who checks your filing. Work is prepared by our team of qualified bookkeepers, accounts assistants and company secretarial staff, then reviewed and signed off by a qualified accountant (FCCA or ACCA) before it goes in.
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Tell us about the company and its shareholders. Nothing is charged yet.
Within one working day we review the shareholding and control, tell you who we expect to register and confirm the total. A group or trust structure that needs more work is quoted before you commit.
We send a secure link for identity checks on each beneficial owner and director.
Once the checks are complete, by card using a secure payment link, or by bank transfer. If the checks can't be completed, you don't pay anything.
If an owner has no PPS number, we prepare a Form VIF. It's sworn before our Peace Commissioner at our office in Ireland, free, or before a notary abroad, which the owner arranges and pays for. The CRO's processing time varies; it's often around two weeks, but it isn't guaranteed. If the CRO asks for corrections, we deal with them.
We send you the filing to check, file it on the RBO portal and send you the confirmation. With the bundle, we also prepare your internal register of beneficial owners.
Takes about 5 minutes. No payment is taken now.
Yes. Every Irish company must file its beneficial owners within 5 months of incorporation, and after any change, update its own register and notify the RBO within 14 days of recording the change there.
First check whether anyone controls the company in another way, for example through a shareholders' agreement or a right to appoint directors. Only if no beneficial owner can be identified after taking all reasonable steps are the senior managing officials, usually the directors, registered instead, and the company should keep a record of the steps it took. You still have to file.
Failing to file is an offence, with fines of up to €5,000 on summary conviction or up to €500,000 on indictment. Since December 2024 it's also a ground for involuntary strike-off: the RBO can notify the CRO, which can then start striking the company off the register.
They need an Identified Person Number (IPN) from the CRO. That means a Form VIF, signed as a statutory declaration in front of a notary, or in Ireland a Peace Commissioner or Commissioner for Oaths. We prepare it, our Peace Commissioner can witness it free at our office, and we file it. The CRO's processing time varies and isn't guaranteed.
No. Form VIF replaced BEN2 in April 2023, and the RBO no longer accepts BEN2 applications.
Separately from the RBO filing, every company must keep its own register of beneficial owners with its statutory registers. Banks, auditors and buyers often ask to see it.
No. RBO filings are free and made online. Our fee covers working out who to register, preparing the information and filing it.
Since 2022, the register is no longer open to the general public. It can be accessed by authorities, by banks and other firms carrying out anti-money-laundering checks, and by people who can show a legitimate interest.
If the transfer changes who owns more than 25%, or who controls the company, yes: update the company's own register, then notify the RBO within 14 days of that entry. Need the share transfer done too? See MyCoSec.ie.
Details of the shareholders and anyone else with control, plus proof of identity and address for each beneficial owner. For owners with a PPS number, we'll need it for the filing.
Send us your clients' RBO filings and IPN applications. We handle the non-resident owners and the paperwork, and you keep the client relationship.
Tell us about the company and we'll check its RBO position and tell you what's needed, free of charge.
The 25% test sounds simple. Group structures, trusts and shareholder agreements make it less so.
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