The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires "Reporting Companies" – domestic entities created by the filing of a document with a secretary of state and non-U.S. entities that have registered to do business in the United...more
12/6/2024
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Tenth Amendment
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on July 26, 2024, issued a notice containing a reference guide for customers of financial institutions (the Reference Guide). The Reference...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is the gift that keeps giving. As affected entities and their advisers struggle to determine whether they are subject to the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions of...more
4/30/2024
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Criminal Code ,
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FinCEN ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Homeowners Association (HOA) ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Small Business ,
Trusts ,
U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule on Sept. 29, 2022, implementing the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement of the Corporate...more
10/7/2022
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Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
U.S. Treasury
In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more
5/20/2016
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Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign-Owned Corporations ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
IRS ,
Money Laundering ,
Mossack Fonseca ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Offshore Funds ,
Panama Papers ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Haven ,
Wire Transfers