On 9/29/22 FinCEN issued the very anticipated Final Rule establishing a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The Final Rule will require most...more
De acuerdo con el IRS y FinCEN, los casinos con licencia para hacer negocios como casinos y que tienen ingresos brutos anuales de juego superiores a $1,000,000 son instituciones financieras sujetas a los requisitos de la Ley...more
According to the IRS and FinCEN, Casinos licensed to do business as casinos and which have gross annual gaming revenues in excess of $1,000,000 are Financial Institutions subject to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act,...more
El 29 de septiembre del 2022, FinCEN emitió la muy esperada Regla Final (Final Rule) que establece un requisito de reporte de información sobre los beneficiarios reales, en conformidad con la Ley de Transparencia Corporativa...more
On 9/29/22 FinCEN issued the very anticipated Final Rule establishing a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more
El 6/7/22, las Agencias (Junta de Gobernadores del Sistema de la Reserva Federal, la Corporación Federal de Seguros de Depósitos, la Red de Ejecución de Delitos Financieros, la Administración Nacional de Cooperativas de...more
On 7/6/22, the Agencies (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the...more
FinCEN ha estado ocupada en la búsqueda de combatir la corrupción, como lo demuestra la emisión consecutiva de Avisos de Propuesta de Reglamentación (“NPRMs”). El 6/12/21, emitieron el (Proceso regulatorio para los nuevos...more
3/3/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Corruption ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations
FinCEN has been busy in the quest to fight corruption as evidenced by back-to-back issuance of Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs). On 12/6/21, they issued the (Regulatory Process for New Real Estate Sector Reporting...more
3/3/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Corruption ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations
During the first half of 2021, 68 different ransomware attacks extracted approximately $600 million from victims across the United States. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) says that the...more
Despite the confusing interpretations by US regulators, non-compliance with crypto tax rules can cost taxpayers dearly. Unfortunately, the answer to “how is virtual currency taxed” depends on who you ask....more
11/17/2021
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Bitcoin ,
Capital Gains ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FBAR ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Income Taxes ,
Investment ,
IRS ,
Money Services Business ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Trading Platforms ,
Virtual Currency
The United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will hold a second FinCEN Exchange in August to discuss ways to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber and ransomware attacks. The FinCEN...more
7/26/2021
/ AML/CFT ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Under current FinCEN regulations, a foreign account holding virtual currency is not reportable on the FBAR. However, FinCEN in its FinCEN Notice 2020-2, proposes amending reports of foreign financial accounts (FBAR)...more
7/8/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
FATCA ,
FBAR ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) ,
Future Tax Treatment ,
IRS ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Planning ,
Virtual Currency
On April 9, 2021, the federal banking regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC) together with FinCEN and the National Credit Union Administration issued a joint statement addressing how risk management...more
5/6/2021
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banks ,
BSA/AML ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Joint Statements ,
Money Laundering ,
NCUA ,
OCC ,
Request For Information ,
Risk Management ,
Supervisory Guidance
The CTA is a recent reporting requirement that is expected to enhance U.S. national security through increasing the difficulty involved for harmful actors to exploit opaque legal structures for laundering money, financing...more
4/26/2021
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banks ,
Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Fraud
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is within the AML Act of 2020. It establishes Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements to facilitate important national security, intelligence, and law enforcement...more
La Ley de Transparencia Corporativa (“Corporate Transparency Act” – “CTA”) se encuentra dentro de la Ley ALD del 2020. Establece requisitos para la presentación de informes de información sobre los titulares reales para...more
Los cambios a la Ley de Secreto Bancario bajo la Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional (“NDAA – “National Defense Authorization Act”) contienen requisitos para que las entidades legales cubiertas informen sobre sus...more
3/8/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Haven
Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contain requirements for beneficial ownership disclosure by covered legal entities at the time of their creation for inclusion in...more
3/5/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Haven
The “Travel Rule” is a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) rule [31 CFR 103.33(g)] that requires financial institutions to pass certain information on to the next financial institution, in certain funds transmittals involving more than...more
El 19 de enero del 2021, FinCEN emitió respuestas a preguntas frecuentes sobre informes de actividades sospechosas y otras consideraciones contra el lavado de dinero. FinCEN proporcionó las respuestas a siete preguntas en...more
On January 19, 2021, FinCEN issued Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Suspicious Activity Reporting and Other Anti-Money Laundering Considerations. The answers to seven questions were provided by FinCEN in...more
El “Travel Rule” es una regla de la Ley de Secreto Bancario (“BSA”) regla [31 CFR 103.33(g)] y requiere que todas las instituciones financieras transmitan cierta información a la siguiente institución financiera, en ciertas...more
2/17/2021
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Transfer ,
Money Transmitter ,
NPRM ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Travel Rule
La Sección 314(b) del Acta Patriota de los EE. UU. (Sec. 314) fue redactada por el Congreso en el 2001 para permitir que las instituciones financieras trabajen con las agencias de aplicación de la ley y entre sí para apoyar...more
Section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act (Sec 314) was drafted by Congress in 2001 to allow financial institutions to work with law enforcement agencies and with each other to support the common goal of deterring money...more