Responsible buyer
Target buyer Dimension Primary ICP (wedge) Expansion ICP Entity Newly foreign-owned or newly foreign-established U.S.
Bounded automation · source atlas
AffiliateFile
Automate the routine work in BEA Foreign Direct Investment Survey Compliance while humans retain release authority.
AffiliateFile organizes the records, checks, exceptions, and qualified-human review required for BEA Foreign Direct Investment Survey Compliance. Start with a bounded diagnostic; no result or licensed judgment is automated or guaranteed.
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Who this is for
A precise operating owner, not a generic audience.
Cost of the gap
Painful problem BEA direct-investment surveys are mandatory for any 10%+ foreign-owned U.S.
Outcome
The outcome we sell Not a form-filler and not a co-pilot.
Decision rule
Proceed only when the source record, service boundary, responsible reviewer, and release criteria can be named before work begins.
Method
The work moves through visible states.
- ScopeService delivery workflow Intake: Client uploads formation/deal docs, cap table, financials, prior filings; states fiscal year and transaction date.
- CollectObligation determination: Engine + analyst identify every BE-form owed and its deadline.
- NormalizePreparation: Engine maps financials to schema and drafts the form(s).
- ValidateValidation: Deterministic tie-outs and cross-form checks; QA pass.
- ResolveReview: Analyst pre-submission review and attestation.
- ReviewFiling: E-file through BEA eFile; capture confirmation.
- ReleaseDelivery: Client receives audit file (obligation memo, data map, validation log, confirmation).
Engagement
Buy the reviewed outcome, with boundaries written down.
Pricing evidence & proposed pricing Incumbent pricing is opaque hourly pro-services; formation platforms price adjacent compliance as flat add-ons (e.g., Stripe Atlas $500 formation, $100/yr registered agent) [S12] , anchoring buyers to flat, per-outcome fees.
Release package
- The outcome we sell Not a form-filler and not a co-pilot.
- We sell a filed, penalty-safe, audit-defensible BEA compliance outcome : a determination of exactly which surveys the entity owes and when; correctly prepared forms; on-time e-filing through BEA eFile; a signed audit file (obligation memo, source-data map, validation log, submission confirmation); and ongoing trigger-monitoring so future filings are caught automatically.
- The client experiences an expert service
- while AI runs the production line underneath.
Proof standard
Operating evidence: No verified cycle-time result is published yet. The first result will be calculated from accepted intake through qualified-human release.
Client evidence: No client identity or case narrative is published. A reference may appear only after written permission and factual review.
Volume evidence: No completed-client count is claimed. Counts will be published only after the delivery ledger and provider records reconcile.
Evidence room
Authority comes from traceable sources, not decorative claims.
- BEA — International Surveys: FDI in the U.S.Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- BEA — BE-13 survey respondentsSource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- Federal Register — BE-13 final ruleSource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- Federal Register — BE-13 correctionSource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- eCFR 15 CFR 801.7 — BE-13 rulesSource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- BEA — BE-12 benchmark surveySource identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- BEA — BE-10 benchmark (outbound)Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
- BEA — Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign MNEs, 2023Source identified in the canonical blueprint; verify currency before client reliance.
Service boundary
Automation prepares. A qualified human releases.
AffiliateFile is an operational documentation and processing service operated by Your Deputy, Obuke LLC. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal, tax, medical, financial, or other licensed professional advice. Consumer and personal debt matters are not accepted. The client retains its licensed professionals and decision authority. Automation may organize and check records, but a qualified human must review and release every client deliverable.
- Unsupported facts remain unresolved, never inferred into a client deliverable.
- Jurisdiction-specific or licensed questions are routed to the client's professional.
- Every correction retains the source, reviewer, version, and reason for change.
Questions
Know the limits before intake.
Is this legal or professional advice?
No. This is bounded operational documentation and processing support. Licensed judgment remains with the client and its professionals.
Does automation make the final decision?
No. It can organize records, run declared checks, and prepare an exception queue. A qualified human reviews and releases every deliverable.
Is a client portal or CRM already active?
This public site does not claim an active portal integration. Portal access is provisioned only after the relevant backend is configured and independently verified.
What happens when evidence conflicts?
The item is placed in an exception state with its sources and owner. It is not silently resolved or presented as verified.
Fit diagnostic
Send enough context to scope the next conversation—no sensitive files.
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