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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -
Snell & Wilmer

The (Almost) End of the Corporate Transparency Act

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In a whirlwind attempt to follow the roller coaster actions in the courts, the U.S. Congress, and FinCEN’s administrative efforts, Snell & Wilmer has worked to keep clients updated with the drama-filled developments of the...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Closing Call for the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Removes Reporting Requirements for Domestic Business Entities

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After almost fifteen months of legal challenges, conflicting court rulings, changing guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and a general air of uncertainty, it appears...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Update: U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons No Longer Required to Provide Beneficial Ownership Information under the Corporate...

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Following the Treasury Department’s announcement regarding the removal of fines and penalties under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has now advised that U.S....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Treasury Department Will Not Enforce Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Businesses

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After months of uncertainty, legal challenges, and changing deadlines under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Treasury Department issued a press release on March 2, 2025, stating that it would not enforce any...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Treasury Department Announces Changes to the BOI Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act

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On March 2, 2025, the Department of Treasury confirmed in a press release that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the BOI reporting requirements under the existing regulatory deadlines...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

FinCEN Announces Deadline Extension and Enforcement Pause

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The ongoing saga of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues! On the evening of February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced three key developments. What Does This Mean for Your...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

UPDATE – Mandatory BOI Reporting Requirements Reinstated; March 21, 2025 Due Date

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In our last client alert about the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), an injunction against enforcement of the CTA remained in effect. On February 17, 2025, the injunction was stayed, and there are currently no impediments to...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act Returns: What You Need to Know

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Beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are once again back in effect. In the latest in a line of dizzying decisions surrounding the CTA, in Smith v. U.S....more

Dickinson Wright

Texas Court Recognizes Supreme Court Ruling, Reinstates BOI Filing Requirement

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA or the Act) is back in play. In an Order released on Feb. 17, 2025, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas stayed its Order from Jan. 7, 2025, which had enjoined...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Return of the CTA: FinCEN Confirms that Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements are Back in Effect with a New...

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On February 19, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that beneficial ownership information reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are back in effect with a new...more

Perkins Coie

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Reinstates Reporting Requirements with March 21 Deadline

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Earlier this week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a new notice confirming that the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements are back in effect....more

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Client Alert: Mandatory CTA Compliance Returns – What You Need to Know

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On February 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas lifted the last remaining nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) previously issued in Smith v. US...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Back In Effect With Extension

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Reporting obligations related to the Corporate Transparency Act (“the CTA”) are set to return. As we previously reported, on December 3, 2024, a federal judge in Texas (Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Bessent) issued a...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Back in Effect: March 21 Is the New Deadline to File Beneficial Ownership Reports

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The Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) reporting requirements are officially back in force, requiring non-exempt entities to disclose beneficial ownership information (BOI). This week, a Texas federal court lifted the last...more

Adams & Reese

FinCEN Gets Green Light from Texas Court to Enforce the Corporate Transparency Act

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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

Clark Hill PLC

CTA Back in Effect – Reports Now Due March 21

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On Feb. 18, the U.S. District Court in Smith, et al v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury stayed the last remaining nationwide injunction on enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. After this court action, FinCEN announced that...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

CTA Filing Obligations Remain Voluntary Amid Court Challenges

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After a few days on a legal roller coaster, enforcement and reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) remain on hold as lawsuits challenging the CTA’s constitutionality continue. On Jan. 23, 2025, the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

CTA Update: Supreme Court Temporarily Lifts Injunction, but Requirements Remain Blocked

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that appears to settle – for now – a nearly two-month-long legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which began with a nationwide preliminary...more

McGuireWoods LLP

U. S. Supreme Court Vacates National Injunction Staying the CTA in One Case, But a Separate Nationwide Stay Against Enforcement...

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Here we go again – another CTA update hot off the press. In our last update, we reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court an emergency application to stay the injunction...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Provisionally Reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order on January 23, 2025, which provisionally reinstates the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while a legal challenge to it continues. This brief order, which stayed an injunction against the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

What’s Ahead as Corporate Transparency Act Comes to a Crossroads

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The recent whiplash regarding the validity of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)—it was enjoined just to particular parties, then enjoined nationwide, then un-enjoined, then enjoined again, while other courts let it...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

UPDATE : 5th Circuit Reinstates Injunction Pausing Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act

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After a preliminary injunction temporarily halted the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act ahead of its January 1, 2025 reporting deadline for companies formed prior to 2024, the Fifth Circuit has lifted the...more

Buchalter

Court of Appeals Says Corporate Transparency Act Is Enforceable Again – FinCEN Extends Compliance Deadlines

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On December 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stopped an order blocking the nationwide enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), pending resolution of the Department of the...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Update: The Corporate Transparency Act Put On Hold

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As an update to our post on the Corporate Transparency Act, on December 3, 2024, a federal district court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction pertaining to the Corporate Transparency Act in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v....more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Texas Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

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On Tuesday December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction which precludes enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (See, Texas Top Cop Shop,...more

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