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FinCEN Eliminates BOI Reporting for U.S. Companies under the Corporate Transparency Act

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On March 21, 2025 FinCEN published an interim final rule that eliminates “beneficial ownership information” (BOI) reporting requirements for all domestic companies. ...more

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Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

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Consistent with the Treasury Department’s March 2, 2025 announcement, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule on March 21, 2025 that removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S....more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

FINCEN Filings Terminated

Per the U.S. Treasury Department announcement below, FinCEN is now dead except for some limited foreign entity reporting. Despite the many turbulent things happening in the U.S. government right now, this still came out of...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of CTA for U.S. Companies and Announces Upcoming Rule...

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a major shift in its approach to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The Treasury Department stated that it will not enforce any penalties or fines related...more

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CTA Is In Effect, For Now

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As of today, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is back in effect, with the deadline to file Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) extended to March 21, 2025 for those entities that are not exempt from filing....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC receives letter from senators to finalize its custodial accounts rule

On January 16, the FDIC received a letter from Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Fetterman (D-PA) urging the finalization of a proposed rule to strengthen recordkeeping for custodial accounts. As previously covered by...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

CTA Remains on Hold Despite Supreme Court Ruling

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) remains on hold despite a recent Supreme Court ruling. On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide injunction that had been issued by a...more

DLA Piper

SEC Actions Signal Warning to Investment Advisers Over-Promising on AML

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Earlier this month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a registered investment adviser (RIA) with willfully violating Section 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by making misrepresentations...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Breaking News: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Stays Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Enforcement of the Corporate...

Update: As of December 23, 2024, and until FinCEN issues updated guidance, the CTA reporting deadlines remain in effect (including January 1, 2025, for non-exempt Reporting Companies created prior to January 1, 2024)....more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: FinCEN's Formal Position on the Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide Injunction

On December 9, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released its official position on the preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), issued on December 3, 2024, by the U.S. District Court of...more

Brooks Pierce

Corporate Transparency Act: Texas Injunction Stays Enforcement of CTA

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On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a United States district court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a national preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. The injunction specifically...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Breaking News: Federal District Court Halts Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Nationwide

This Corporate Advisory provides a brief update on recent litigation regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting requirements. It is not intended to, and does not, provide legal, compliance or other...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Corporate Transparency Act’s January 1, 2025, Deadline Looms for Reporting Companies Existing Prior to 2024

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The reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, went into effect on January 1, 2024, and certain deadlines of January 1, 2025, are fast...more

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Filing a BOI Report Online: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Navigating the process of filing Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports can be challenging. That's why we've created a comprehensive guide to help you through the technical steps of completing your online BOI...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

FinCEN's October 2024 Beneficial Ownership Information FAQ Update

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On October 3, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued new guidance concerning the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by updating and expanding on the Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadlines Approaching - What You Need to Know, Part I

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires “reporting companies” to report certain beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in order to enhance...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Important Filing Deadline: The U.S. Corporate Transparency Act

As we approach the final quarter of 2024, we wanted to remind you of the rapidly approaching deadline for the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements under the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Navigating the Complexities of CTA Compliance: What You Need to Know

On September 30, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published its final rule to implement beneficial ownership reporting requirements set forth in the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”).   The CTA...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

FCA Proposal: New requirement to provide criminal background checks on owners and controllers from January 2025

In July 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its “Quarterly Consultation Paper No. 44” (“Consultation”), which proposed introducing a requirement to provide criminal background checks on owners and...more

Stinson LLP

The Final Countdown: Major CTA Reporting Deadline Rapidly Approaching

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Barring any unforeseen changes, the Corporate Transparency Act's (CTA) major reporting deadline arrives on January 1, 2025. The CTA requires all existing reporting companies (those entities formed prior to January 1, 2024) to...more

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The New Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Regime is Now in Force

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The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the “BOT Act”) is now in force. The BOT Act was gazetted in December 2023 and was brought into force on 31 July 2024 by the BOT Act Commencement Order. The new Beneficial...more

Jones Day

FinCEN Clarifies Application of Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules to Dissolved Entities

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Reporting companies should take note of a recent clarification by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") that the Beneficial Ownership Information ("BOI") Rule requires reporting companies that exist on or after...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Highlights Differences in CDD Rule and CTA Reporting of BOI

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has published a two-page reference guide (“Guide”) comparing the requirements for reporting beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to FinCEN under the Corporate...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Entities That 'Cease to Exist' Must Still Comply With the Corporate Transparency Act

On Monday, July 8, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released additional FAQs specifying that a reporting company (i.e., a company to which no exemption applies) created or...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Recent Developments & Challenges to the Corporate Transparency Act

As we continue to monitor the future of the Federal Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), which requires certain businesses to file a report disclosing their beneficial owners to the U.S. government, new developments in both...more

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