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CTA Deadline Approaching for Foreign Reporting Companies

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was adopted by Congress in January 2021 and became effective on January 1, 2024. Under the CTA and the initial regulations implementing it, “reporting companies” (corporations, LLCs,...more

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On Again, Off Again: FinCEN's New Interim Final Rule on the Corporate Transparency Act – U.S. Entities and Citizens Exempt from...

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Anyone who has followed the on-again, off-again history of the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) Beneficial Owner Information (BOI) reporting requirements will not be surprised that, effective March 26, the Financial Crimes...more

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U.S. Companies and Business Owners Exempted from CTA Reporting Requirements

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued an interim final rule that would exempt U.S. companies and U.S. persons from reporting their beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) as part of the Corporate...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FinCEN Drops BOI Reporting for U.S. Companies, Keeps Rules for Foreign Entities

On March 21, FinCEN released a statement that echoes the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s announcement on March 2, removing all beneficial ownership reporting obligations for U.S. companies and persons under the Corporate...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: New Rulemaking Announced: Treasury Department Suspends Reporting, Enforcement and Fines under the Corporate...

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How Did We Get Here? The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) went into effect on January 1, 2024, and was enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020....more

Clark Hill PLC

CTA Reporting and Enforcement Suspended Indefinitely

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In a whirlwind series of announcements, the Treasury Department and FinCEN have suspended all Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting and enforcement for domestic entities indefinitely. On Feb. 27, FinCEN announced that...more

Saul Ewing LLP

U.S. Treasury Announces It Will Not Enforce the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Companies and Citizens

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​On March 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it will not enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners. Treasury also...more

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U.S. Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. Citizens and U.S. Companies

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on March 2, 2025 that it will not take any enforcement action against U.S. citizens and legal entities formed in the United States or their beneficial owners in connection with...more

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Important Update – Treasury Will Not Enforce CTA Against U.S. Citizens, Domestic Reporting Companies and Their Beneficial Owners –...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Sunday March 2, 2025 that it will “not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners [ …]” This press release...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

U.S. Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against Domestic Reporting Companies and U.S....

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it will not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens, domestic reporting companies, or beneficial owners of domestic reporting companies under the Corporate...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

UPDATE: U.S. Department of the Treasury Terminates Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and...

U.S. citizens and domestic companies will no longer be subject to the CTA or its reporting requirements. Just under two weeks after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an enforcement bureau within the U.S....more

Stinson LLP

CTA Effectively Paused: No Enforcement Actions Until FinCEN Issues New Interim Final Rule and Revised Reporting Deadlines

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On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not be issuing any fines or penalties or taking any other enforcement actions against any...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Suspended for U.S. Citizens and U.S. Entities

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What Happened? On February 18, 2025, the last of the nationwide injunctions enjoining enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., (E.D. Tex.), was stayed,...more

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Treasury Department and FinCEN Announce Drastic Limits on Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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In a March 2, 2025 press release, the US Treasury Department announced that not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule under the existing...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Will Not Be Enforced Against U.S. Citizens and Entities

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In a press release issued on March 2, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury announced that “with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act…[it will] not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it would not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on a failure to file or...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Treasury Department Ends its Enforcement of CTA, But Compliance Risks Remain

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a press release announcing that, for now, the Department will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under...more

Stinson LLP

Second CTA Nationwide Injunction Stayed; New March 21, 2025 Filing Deadline

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) issued by a federal judge in Texas (Texas...more

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Business Owner Alert: Corporate Transparency Act Requires New Ownership Reporting in 2024 and Beyond

It has been many years in the making, but the effective date of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is finally here. The CTA, enacted in 2021, is designed to prevent money laundering and other unlawful activity...more

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