After two more months of appeals, countermanding court orders, more lawsuits and total chaos, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday February 18, 2025, lifted the last of the nationwide...more
This is an important update to our December 6 eAlert on the nationwide injunction suspending the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). (The CTA requires that corporations, LLCs and other business entities report to the Treasury’s...more
12/30/2024
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This is an important update to our December 6 eAlert on the nationwide injunction suspending the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). (The CTA requires that corporations, LLCs and other business entities report to the Treasury’s...more
12/27/2024
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This is an important follow-up to our prior eAlerts (here and here) on the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires that corporations, LLCs and other business entities report to the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...more
Filings Due January 1, 2025 In October 2023, we warned our readers of a new nightmare – beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). As the January 1, 2025 filing deadline...more
As many of you may have seen in the news, on March 1, 2024, a federal district court in Alabama found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) unconstitutional. The suit, National Small Business United v. Yellen (National Small...more
3/14/2024
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As we prepare for another spooky night, many of you may have seen stories of an impending horror – the intrusive filing requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA). Congress passed the CTA in December 2020 to...more
The IRS on July 23 issued final regulations (“Final Rules”) implementing the Internal Revenue Code section 506 requirement that an entity notify the IRS of its intent to operate as a Code section 501(c)(4) social welfare...more
At the same time that the IRS is making it easier for nonprofits to shield their donors from inadvertent disclosure, states continue to adopt new laws designed to shed light on who is funding politically active nonprofits. ...more