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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FinCEN Southwest border GTO challenged by Texas trade group

On April 1, 2025, the Texas Association for Money Service Businesses filed a lawsuit in San Antonio federal court challenging the recent Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) applicable to money services businesses (MSBs) located...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

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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

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

Burr & Forman

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

Bilzin Sumberg

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

Pierce Atwood LLP

Out With a Bang: Treasury Restricts Corporate Transparency Act to Foreign Reporting Companies

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On March 2, 2025, the 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....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

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Corporate Transparency Act Enforceable Again

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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

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

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

CTA Beneficial Reporting Filing Obligations Resumed

The filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) have once again been restored. In yet another reversal of the on again, off again saga, on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more

Kerr Russell

CTA Enforcement Reinstated with New Compliance Deadlines

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has stayed the last remaining nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in Smith v. U.S. Department of the Treasury....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

It Lives: Trump Administration Defends Corporate Transparency Act; May Modify its Application

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On February 5, 2025, the Trump administration added a new chapter to the saga that has been implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), filing a notice of appeal and motion for stay against an Eastern District of...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Corporate Transparency Act Updates

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(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

Baker Donelson

CTA Filings Remain Voluntary... For Now

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A flurry of activity in the courts and guidance from FinCEN this week has the Corporate Transparency Act back in the news. However, the recent activity does not result in any immediate change for businesses. Filing beneficial...more

Ruder Ware

CTA Reporting Requirements Paused – FinCEN Under Pressure

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In an alert posted this morning, FinCEN has announced that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership reports even with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order yesterday. Instead of issuing a new...more

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