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Ques­tions and Answers

For those who are new to unclaimed prop­erty and need fun­da­men­tal infor­ma­tion to begin their com­pli­ance jour­ney, click on the link below for a list of ques­tions and answers.

• Basic Unclaimed Prop­erty Q & A
• Some Types of Unclaimed Prop­erty and Key Indus­tries
  

Com­pli­ance Checklist

When becom­ing com­pli­ant with unclaimed prop­erty require­ments it is some­times dif­fi­cult to know where to begin. The unclaimed prop­erty check­list pro­vided by click­ing the link below may jump start your effort. Note that the check­list is merely a start­ing point and not an all-inclusive list of the infor­ma­tion that your busi­ness may need to review in order to eval­u­ate its com­pli­ance and develop solutions.

• Unclaimed Prop­erty Com­pli­ance Checklist

Due Dili­gence

Prob­a­bly the most dis­cussed topic sur­round­ing unclaimed prop­erty com­pli­ance is the per­for­mance of the due dili­gence oblig­a­tion. To find out what every­one is talk­ing about, click on one of the links below.

• The Height­ened Impor­tance of Due Diligence
• Due Dili­gence — the Letter
• Due Dili­gence Min­i­mums & Aggre­gate Lim­its — Boon or Boondoggle?

Report­ing And Remitting

The annual oblig­a­tion to report and remit unclaimed prop­erty due has admin­is­tra­tive require­ments that vary by state. Like the due dili­gence oblig­a­tion, there are trends, twists and turns and hot issues. Check out the links below to explore some of the cur­rent issues.

• The Unclaimed Prop­erty Report
• The Pluses and Minuses of Neg­a­tive Reporting

Addi­tional Annual Compliance-related Resources

Just for those who can’t read enough about unclaimed prop­erty annual com­pli­ance, addi­tional arti­cles are pro­vided below.

• Cana­dian Unclaimed Property
• The Exact­ing Exemp­tions!
• The Key to Con­trol — 1 Edu­ca­tion Buy-In & Inter­nal Assessment
• The Key to Con­trol — 2 — Mitigation_
• The Key to Con­trol — 3 — Resolv­ing Liability