On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced an interim final rule, which was officially published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2025, removing the requirement for U.S. companies and...more
4/16/2025
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Government Agencies ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process
UPDATE as of 3/4/25: As of February 18, 2025, all nationwide injunctions barring the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) had been lifted. For approximately ten days, the CTA mandatory beneficial...more
UPDATE as of 2/20/25: The on-again, off-again Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) mandatory beneficial ownership reporting is now back in effect. On February 18, 2025, the Texas federal district court in Smith v. United...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) beneficial ownership reporting deadline has been elusive in December 2024. The “fun” began when the District Court presiding over the Texas Top Cop Shop case enjoined...more
12/30/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
FinCEN ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Stays ,
Time Extensions
UPDATE as of 12/24/24: FinCen has updated their website extending the beneficial ownership reporting deadline for reporting companies that were created or registered prior to January 1, 2024, from January 1, 2025, to January...more
UPDATE as of 12/7/2024: FinCen has updated their website addressing the recent federal court order, publicly stating that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN and...more
12/9/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Texas ,
Unconstitutional Condition
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) imposes far-reaching new reporting obligations on many U.S. businesses, and the penalties for non-compliance are substantial. With only a few months left before the January 1, 2025,...more
Under the Corporate Transparency Act, commencing on January 1, 2024, all corporations, limited partnerships, LLCs, LLLPs, and other entities formed by a filing with a secretary of state’s office must file online reports with...more
Back in August, our firm released an alert on the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), summarizing the reporting obligations and the important deadlines for entities that will be considered “reporting companies” under the...more
In recent years, we have seen high net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families become, increasingly, “global citizens.” As families and their assets touch multiple jurisdictions, a myriad of issues become especially important...more
10/5/2023
/ Asset Management ,
Estate Planning ,
High Net-Worth ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Regulatory Standards ,
International Travel ,
IRS ,
Marital Assets ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Wealth Management
The IRS recently confirmed that, for 2022, the aggregate amount that can be given away without being subject to the gift or estate tax will increase to $12.06 million per individual. Thus, as of 2022, a married couple...more
On March 25, 2021, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the For the 99.5 Percent Act (the “99.5 Percent Act”) which proposes to modify the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax.
Proposed Estate and Gift Tax Rates...more
Please join us on January 29th as we discuss the following topics on estate and gift tax planning for clients with international ties:
- Gifting to a non-citizen spouse
- The difference between U.S. “residency” for...more
1/19/2021
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Foreign Assets ,
Foreign-Citizen Spouses ,
Gift Tax ,
Gifts ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Non-Citizens ,
Non-Residents ,
Tax Planning ,
Webinars
California Proposition 19, which appeared on the November 3, 2020, ballot, appears likely to pass. The measure currently has a 51.1% “Yes” vote, although all votes have not been counted and the results of the election have...more
The California Legislature recently resumed discussion of enacting a new California wealth tax. If A.B. 2088 (referred to as the “Wealth Tax Act”) is enacted, a 0.4% tax would be imposed annually on the worldwide net worth of...more
Although it has occurred sporadically – Notice 20-17 on March 18, Notice 20-18 on March 21, Notice 20-20 on March 27 – the IRS has finally issued comprehensive (almost) guidance in Notice 20-23 on April 9 providing for the...more
4/15/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Accrual ,
IRS ,
New Guidance ,
Public Notice ,
Tax Debt ,
Tax Extensions ,
Tax Penalties ,
Tax Relief ,
Tax Returns ,
Time Extensions
Updated as of April 10, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. -
Over the last few weeks, various taxing authorities have issued guidance alleviating several of the annual upcoming deadlines and provided additional useful tax planning...more
Over the last few weeks, various taxing authorities have issued guidance alleviating several of the annual upcoming deadlines and provided additional useful tax planning information. The guidance is changing almost daily, and...more
4/1/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Estate Tax ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Franchise Tax Board ,
Generation-Skipping Transfer ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Rates ,
IRS ,
Property Tax ,
State of Emergency ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Returns ,
Time Extensions
Updated as of March 23, 2020 at 11:30 a.m.
On Friday, March 20, 2020, the IRS released updated guidance, confirming Secretary Mnuchin’s statements from earlier in the day that the April 15, 2020, federal income tax filing...more
3/24/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Income Taxes ,
Interest Rates ,
IRS ,
Relief Measures ,
State of Emergency ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Returns ,
Time Extensions ,
U.S. Treasury
This morning, the Supreme Court issued two historic rulings on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. The first ruling, in a 5-4 decision, struck down as unconstitutional a key provision of the federal Defense of...more
6/27/2013
/ Discrimination ,
DOMA ,
Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Hollingsworth v Perry ,
Proposition 8 ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
US v Windsor
The bill passed by Congress on January 1, 2013, to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” which is expected to be signed into law by President Obama shortly, permanently extends the favorable gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer...more