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After months of uncertainty regarding enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new rules...more
Following announcements from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) on February 27, 2025, and the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) on March 2, 2025, it would appear that beneficial...more
We have written previously about the new administration’s significant shifts in its approach to criminal enforcement and prosecution of money laundering cases. Specifically, we wrote about shifts at the U.S. Department of...more
On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more
In a press release, Treasury officials confirmed they would not impose fines on U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies, effectively pausing the reporting obligations for the time being. Under the original CTA...more
After months of litigation—including a cameo before the Supreme Court—the last nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was vacated and the CTA was set to go back into effect. Since then, nothing has been...more
Is it too soon for a BOI report obituary? After a recent declaration by the U.S. Department of Justice, the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Interest reporting requirements may be a thing of the past for American companies....more
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
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
After months of back-and-forth regarding the status of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), the U.S. Department of Treasury has effectively ended the CTA’s reporting obligations for U.S. citizens and domestic reporting...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinCEN) has changed the rules once again on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Despite recently announcing that the new filing deadline for...more
Last week, we reported that the U.S. Department of Treasury (DOT) through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is temporarily staying enforcement of the monetary penalties for failure to comply with the Corporate...more
We previously reported that on December 26, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Fifth Circuit motion panel’s stay of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) of the temporary injunction granted by...more
On February 18, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice extending the deadline for reporting companies to file their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports under the Corporate...more
Accordingly, the new deadline to file an initial, updated, or corrected BOI report is now March 21, 2025. However, reporting companies that were previously given a reporting deadline later than the March 21, 2025, deadline...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) introduced substantial new reporting obligations for a wide array of corporate entities. Generally, any domestic entity formed by filing documents with a secretary of state or similar...more
On February 18, a federal court lifted the remaining injunction blocking enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), previously discussed. In response, FinCEN has stated that the reporting deadline for existing...more
In the latest twist involving the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the only nationwide injunction still in effect that barred enforcement of the CTA’s filing deadlines (Smith vs. U.S. Department of the Treasury) was stayed...more
Attention: FinCEN BOI reporting requirement deadline is now set for March 21, 2025. A decision yesterday, February 18, 2025, in the case of Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336, has returned...more
On February 17, a federal judge in Texas lifted a preliminary injunction issued in Smith v. United States Department of the Treasury, removing the last legal hurdle to the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act...more
While the United States Supreme Court recently lifted one nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated et al. v. McHenry (formerly Garland),...more
(2/6/25) Update as of February 5, 2025: The government appealed the nationwide injunction blocking CTA enforcement in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (E.D. Tex.). FinCEN updated its...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced in an alert posted on its website on January 24, 2025, that reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are not...more
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On 11/15/24, FinCEN updated two Beneficial Ownership Information Access FAQs. The theme of the 11/15/24 update is Beneficial Ownership Access in accordance with the Corporate Transparency Act. FinCEN had previously update...more