U.S. companies can exhale. All entities created in the U.S. – including those previously known as “domestic reporting companies” and their beneficial owners – will be exempt from Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting...more
3/25/2025
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Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Entities ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury
The courts have spoken, and the last nationwide injunction has fallen. FinCEN has a green light to enforce the Corporate Transparency Act, and the federal agency has set a new deadline in March for companies to report....more
2/20/2025
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Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS
As the calendar turns to 2025, there is a new development in the off-again, on-again Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). This time, the highest court has weighed in....more
1/27/2025
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Beneficial Owner ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays
Updated with FinCEN Response to Dec. 26 Fifth Circuit Decision -
Chaos is officially the perfect word to describe the situation around the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)...more
On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit overturned the Texas District Court’s nationwide injunction regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Therefore, Reporting Companies, as defined in the CTA, are now required to...more
12/27/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays ,
Time Extensions
A Texas federal court judge has thrown a Christmas curveball at FinCEN with less than one month remaining before the CTA deadline of Jan. 1, 2025. On that date more than 30 million companies would be required to report their...more
12/6/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Texas ,
Unconstitutional Condition
With the Jan. 1, 2025, deadline fast approaching for companies to submit their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced a...more
On March 1, 2024, the Northern District of Alabama Northeastern Division, in National Small Business United v. Yellen, No. 5:22-cv-1448 (N.D. Ala.), ruled the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional. However, the holding...more
3/12/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Noncompliance ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Transparency ,
Unconstitutional Condition
Once the Corporate Transparency Act goes into effect—as soon as regulations are issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, which, according to the Act, will be by January 1, 2022—new companies will be required to register with...more