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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - FinCEN Releases New Corporate Transparency Act Rule Exempting U.S....

On March 21st 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) released a new interim final rule that exempts U.S. entities and U.S. beneficial owners from the reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act...more

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CTA Drastically Pared Back

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As promised by the US Department of Treasury in early March, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule removing the requirement for US companies, their beneficial owners, and US persons to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Corporate Transparency Act Is Now Just for Foreign Reporting Companies

On March 21, 2025, FinCEN released an interim final rule (IFR) removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to submit beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Important Update On The Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a new interim final rule that removes the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons. The rule...more

White and Williams LLP

Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Narrows Scope of Reporting Requirements and Extends Deadline

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In the latest twist in the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements saga, news came from Washington on March 21, 2025, that the Financial Crimes...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Corporate Transparency Act Shakeup: Domestic Companies off the Hook, Foreign Entities Still Reporting

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This interim final rule, released on March 21, 2025, means that only foreign entities registered to do business in the United States will still need to meet the CTA’s reporting requirements. Originally enacted to increase...more

Montgomery McCracken

Corporate Transparency Act No Longer Applies to Entities Formed in the U.S.

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On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a division of the United States Department of the Treasury, published in the Federal Register an interim final rule that substantially narrows the...more

Kilpatrick

New Corporate Transparency Act Rules Adopted | Foreign Companies Registered to Do Business in the U.S. Must Report Their...

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Consistent with a U.S. Treasury Department press release that we previously reported on, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new rules under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that only...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Scope of Corporate Transparency Act Dramatically Narrowed Under New Rule

In an interim final rule (IFR) announced March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) dramatically narrowed the scope of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Under the IFR, which is effective...more

Holland & Hart LLP

FinCEN EXEMPTS U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons from CTA Reporting Requirements

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The Corporate Transparency Act (together with its implementing regulations, the CTA) is a federal law that went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA is aimed at combating financial crimes such as money laundering,...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Interim Rule Removes CTA Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule to the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that eliminates beneficial ownership...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.

CTA Reporting Rule Narrowed to Foreign Companies Only

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released its anticipated interim final rule for the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)...more

Ruder Ware

Bye Bye Bye: FinCEN Issues CTA Update

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN announced an end to Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements for U.S. citizens and domestic companies. In line with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s announcement earlier this month,...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Announces Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt From Filing

As promised, in order to reduce the burdens on placed on legitimate businesses, while still working to detect, prevent, and prosecute financial crimes, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Treasury Department Formally Exempts U.S. Companies from CTA

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The guidance U.S. companies have been waiting for after years of ups and downs is finally here. In line with our last update, on March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule exempting U.S. companies and persons from...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Updated Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules: All U.S. Companies Are Exempt; Only Foreign Companies Must Report

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (“FinCEN”) narrowed the scope of the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) filing requirement under the Corporate Transparency Act...more

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

CTA Update: Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt from Reporting to FinCEN

Although the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is no longer halted by nationwide preliminary injunctions, U.S. companies and their beneficial owners are not required to report beneficial ownership information pursuant to...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Corporate Transparency Act Update - FinCEN Interim Rule

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On March 21, FinCEN issued an interim rule that implements the reduced scope of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) previously announced on March 2....more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

FinCEN Announces US Companies and Persons Exempt from CTA Reporting

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that exempts all domestic (US) companies from reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Non-U.S. companies that are...more

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FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Reporting No Longer Required for all U.S. Companies

After months of uncertainty regarding enforcement of beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new rules...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Corporate Transparency Act’s January 1, 2025, Deadline Looms for Reporting Companies Existing Prior to 2024

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The reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, went into effect on January 1, 2024, and certain deadlines of January 1, 2025, are fast...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG)

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The extraterritorial expansion of ESG laws and policies will reach a significant turning point in 2024. Investors, government regulators, and consumers are demanding greater transparency and disclosure when it comes to a...more

Miller Canfield

The Corporate Transparency Act: An Overview

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What is the CTA? The CTA was passed by Congress on January 1, 2021 as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. The purpose of the CTA is to prevent illicit activity, including the use of shell and front companies to...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Begins: Are You Ready?

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Effective January 1, 2024, companies must disclose their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the United States Department of Treasury. The reporting requirement is part of the U.S....more

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