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The aforementioned unlimited liability corporations are generally not used as operating business structures, but are instead used to create favorable tax positions for either Americans investing in Canada or vice versa. [14] For U.S. tax purposes the ULC is classified as a disregarded entity.
In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), sometimes with an "and/or", [1] is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a social security system for government employees.
The United States federal government chartered and owned corporations operate to provide public services. Unlike government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or independent commissions, such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others, they have a separate legal personality from the federal government.
In the Philippines, state-owned enterprises are known as government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). They can range from the Social Security System (SSS) and the Philippine Coconut Authority with no counterparts in the private sector, to Land Bank of the Philippines , a wholly government-owned bank that competes with private banks.
For the purposes of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), a United States entity is so defined: [1]... a U.S. entity is a firm incorporated in the United States (or an unincorporated U.S. firm with its principal place of business in the United States) that is controlled by U.S. citizens or by another U.S. entity.
If a foreign corporation is not identified on the list included in these regulations, it qualifies as an eligible entity. The list of foreign entities classified as corporations for federal tax purposes (so called per se corporations, not eligible to make an entity classification election) includes, as of September 2009: [4]
This category lists GOCCs of the Philippines which have an article in the English-language Wikipedia. The main articles for this category are Governance Commission for GOCCs and Government-owned and controlled corporation .
A quasi-corporation is [1] an entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation, but has not been granted separate legal personality by statute. [2] For example, a public corporation with limited authority and powers such as a county or school district is a quasi-corporation.