If you are a broker-dealer registered or required to be registered under RCW
21.20.040, you must comply with the following financial reporting requirements:
(1) FINRA members.
(a) If you are a broker-dealer that is a member of FINRA, and your "principal business address" or "firm main address" as disclosed on Form BD is located in Washington, you must file annually with the director through the eFOCUS portal the financial statements that you are required to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its designee; and
(b) If you are a broker-dealer that is a member of FINRA, and your "principal business address" or "firm main address" as disclosed on Form BD is not located in Washington you must, upon request, provide the director with any financial statements or financial information that you are required to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its designee.
(2) Nonmembers of FINRA. If you are a broker-dealer that is not a member of FINRA, you must comply with the following:
(a) You must file annually with the director financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by an independent certified public accountant. You must file these financial statements with the director no later than 120 days after the close of your fiscal year end through the director's eFin electronic filing system or any successor electronic filing system; and
(b) If your "principal business address" or "firm main address" as reported on Form BD is located in Washington, you must file quarterly Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single (FOCUS) Reports upon request through the director's eFin electronic filing system or any successor electronic filing system.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
21.20.070 and
21.20.450. WSR 24-19-055, s 460-20C-140, filed 9/12/24, effective 10/13/24.]