Compliance Perspectives: Rolling Out New Compliance Initiatives
The Treasury Department announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing Corporate Transparency Act regulatory deadlines....more
CTA Update - On February 27th, 2025, FinCEN put out a release stating they will not be issuing any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on a failure to file beneficial...more
FinCEN and the Department of the Treasury both provided updates this week regarding the Corporate Transparency Act....more
The Corporate Transparency Act was passed in 2021 and took effect January 1, 2024. The purpose of the act is to help combat money laundering, fraud, and terrorism by requiring certain non exempt private companies to report...more
In a press release issued on March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department, which oversees the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the existing...more
On February 27, 2025, FinCEN confirmed that it would halt enforcement actions in relation to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) while it developed revised regulations that would prioritize reporting for “those entities...more
In a press release on March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule under the existing...more
In a major shift in policy, just days after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it would pause enforcement of the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements under the...more
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced suspension of the March 21, 2025 deadline for filing under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for any domestic companies or U.S. citizens. The Department indicated...more
On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it intends to issue an interim final rule by March 21, 2025, with extended beneficial ownership information reporting deadlines. It...more
Strap in—Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) compliance has taken yet another unexpected turn. Just as companies were gearing up to meet the March 21st deadline for filing beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reports...more
As we noted in our February 20, 2025, client alert, unless the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") or Congress decided to take action by March 21, 2025, the beneficial ownership information ("BOI") reporting...more
In a release dated March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department has indicated that all enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) against United States citizens and domestic reporting companies will be suspended,...more
On February 18, 2025—after a flurry of litigation and uncertainty surrounding the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements—FinCEN set a new mandatory reporting...more
The CTA is not dead, but it is hanging by a thread. On March 2, the U.S. Treasury Department (the Treasury) issued a press release announcing significant updates to the plans announced by FinCEN just a few days earlier....more
Having only announced its extended March 21, 2025 deadline to file beneficial ownership information reports under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) last week, on February 27, 2025, FinCEN confirmed that it would “not...more
In a bombshell release issued on Feb. 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it will not impose any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement...more
Although the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) remains in full force and effect and, along with it, a requirement for most reporting companies to file their beneficial ownership information reports, the previously...more
On February 18, 2025, the nationwide injunction against enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was “stayed” by Eastern District Court Judge Jeremy Kernodle (citing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Texas Top Cop Shop),...more
Beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are now back in effect. As a result, all entities subject to the CTA are once again obligated to file BOI reports with...more
Beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are once again back in effect following the February 18, 2025, decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been reinstated, and companies should proceed with preparing and filing their Beneficial Ownership Information Report (BOIR) ahead of the March 21, 2025, deadline....more
Mark your calendars. After months of legal back and forth, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) reporting requirements are back in effect, for now, with a new deadline of March 21, 2025....more
On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) reversed the U.S. district court’s preliminary injunction staying the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the implementing Reporting Rule in Texas Top Cop Shop v...more
Since our December 31, 2024, client alert, there has been a flurry of activity involving all three branches of the federal government regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)....more