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On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted an interim final rule that severely narrows the scope of the requirements to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the...more
In a per curiam ruling dated Dec. 23, 2024, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary stay of the district court’s Dec. 5 order and injunction against enforcement of the Corporate...more
It cannot be gainsaid that the Corporate Transparency Act has been a major headache for millions of business entities. The CTA is part of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced plans to provide relief to victims of recent hurricanes and natural disasters, including Hurricane Helene. FinCEN is providing an additional six months to...more
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
On September 10, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published updated guidance in the form of new and revised frequently asked questions (FAQs), C.14-C.16 and G.4, regarding beneficial ownership information...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024 (the Effective Date) and imposed beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements on any entity that is created or registered by filing...more
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
In its first step in linking CTA and banking laws, FinCEN recently posted a Notice to Financial Institution Customers regarding reporting beneficial ownership information under the CTA and banking regulations...more
The federal banking agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the...more
On April 18, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released updated FAQs related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) Rule. The last round of updates occurred in...more
The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) has re-rated the U.S. as “largely compliant” with FATF’s Recommendation 24, which pertains to transparency related to beneficial ownership of legal persons. Specifically, FATF...more
After years of anticipation, the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) officially went into effect on January 1, 2024. Now that we are two months into the CTA era, below are a few updates and recommended action items based on...more
On February 16, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding residential real estate. The final version of the NPRM published in the Federal Register is 47...more
On December 21, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published its final rule setting forth the circumstances under which beneficial ownership information reported to FinCEN pursuant to the Corporate...more
El 12/21/23, FinCEN emitió una regla final que implementa las disposiciones de acceso y salvaguardia de la Ley de Transparencia Corporativa (CTA) (la “Regla de Acceso”). La Regla de Acceso tiene como objetivo garantizar que:...more
On 12/21/23, FinCEN issued a final rule implementing the access and safeguard provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (the “Access Rule”). The Access Rule aims to ensure that: (1) only BOI authorized recipients...more
Background - In January 2021, the United States Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. This law, while intended to prevent criminal actors from hiding and...more
A few years ago, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act, 31 U.S.C. 5336 (“CTA”), which established certain required information filings with the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). The...more
On December 21, 2023, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released a final rule to implement the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) access requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) (the...more
On December 21, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), the National Credit Union Administration, along with...more
This week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the much-anticipated final rule (“Final Rule”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) regarding access to beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more
Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting - On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more
Brief Overview: On November 8, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a final rule specifying the circumstances under which a reporting company may report another entity’s FinCEN identifier in lieu...more
I. Introduction - Effective on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require all nonexempt entities to report certain identifying information of its beneficial owners (as defined below) and company...more