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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Canadian CPCs, SPACs, and Shells Should Be Careful to Avoid U.S. Investment Company Status

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On January 24, 2024, the SEC issued new guidance on when a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) may run afoul of the U.S. Investment Company Act (the Act). While this guidance was directed at SPACs that register or file...more

Wiley Rein LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act’s Reporting Requirements Are Finally Here: What Do They Mean for Your Business?

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To combat money laundering and other illicit activities via the use of shell companies, Congress passed the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which requires most U.S. businesses (and certain foreign businesses),...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

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Beneficiarios Reales Bajo La Regla Final De FinCEN

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El 29 de septiembre del 2022, FinCEN emitió la muy esperada Regla Final (Final Rule) que establece un requisito de reporte de información sobre los beneficiarios reales, en conformidad con la Ley de Transparencia Corporativa...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Beneficial Ownership Under FinCEN’s Final Rule

On 9/29/22 FinCEN issued the very anticipated Final Rule establishing a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Beneficial Ownership Information: A Final Rule

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On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule implementing beneficial ownership requirements for certain U.S. and foreign entities registered to do business in the United States,...more

Sands Anderson PC

Corporate Transparency Act: The Coming Federal Reporting Requirements for Smaller Businesses — Episode 3

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Episode 3 – Information Required to be Reported and Who is a “Beneficial Owner” - Episode 1 in our series outlined the purpose behind the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and Episode 2 described what constitutes a...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: The Coming Federal Reporting Requirements for Smaller Businesses — Episode 2

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Episode 2 – Reporting Companies and Exceptions - Episode 1 in our series outlined the purpose behind the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and provided an overview of the CTA and the most recent proposed regulations. This...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Pulling Back the Curtain: Congress Establishes a Beneficial Ownership Registry for U.S. and Foreign Businesses

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On January 1, 2021, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto, passing into law the annual National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (“NDAA”). ...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Commission Payments to IC-DISC Recharacterized as Non-Deductible Dividends

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In Summa Holdings, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2015-119, the Tax Court recharacterized an exporter’s deductible commission payments made to an IC-DISC as non-deductible dividend payments to the exporter’s shareholders...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Gulliver’s Travels, Truth or Fiction?

There was once a man named Gulliver who traveled widely and wrote a book about his adventures called Gulliver’s Tales. During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a...more

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