On 1/21/25, the IRS issued Bulletin Issue Number: 2025-02 to remind the FATCA Responsible Officer that Certifications are due 7/1/25 for the Certification period ending December 31, 2024. The Bulletin also provided a...more
On 1/8/25, the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) published its 2024 Annual Report to Congress and identified taxpayers’ problems and provided suggestions to further protect taxpayer rights and ease taxpayer burden. “By law,...more
1/28/2025
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
Compliance ,
FATCA ,
FinCEN ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Returns ,
U.S. Treasury
On 11/15/24, FinCEN updated two Beneficial Ownership Information Access FAQs. The theme of the 11/15/24 update is Beneficial Ownership Access in accordance with the Corporate Transparency Act. FinCEN had previously update...more
On 10/29/24, FinCEN announced Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Relief to specific victims of Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Beryl, and Hurricane Francine. BOI Reporting Relief...more
12/2/2024
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
FEMA ,
Filing Deadlines ,
FinCEN ,
Hurricane Season ,
IRS ,
Natural Disasters ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Relief ,
Time Extensions ,
U.S. Treasury
On 10/3/24, FinCEN published twenty five (25) new updates to the BOI FAQ webpage. The BOI FAQs 10/3/24 address: access to BOI reports, third party service providers, entity conversion, identifications, community property and...more
An ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to foreign nationals and others who have federal tax reporting or filing requirements and do not qualify for Social Security...more
On August 2024, the IRS, for the third time in two years, reminded taxpayers that crowdfunding monies may be taxable. Due to the popularity of crowdfunding monies raised online, the IRS issued News regarding how money raised...more
FinCEN seeks to safeguard residential real estate as evidenced by the issuance of the Final Residential Real Estate Rule issued 8/28/24 and taking effect on 12/1/25. The Final Rule requires “certain” industry professionals...more
10/8/2024
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Cash Transactions ,
Condominiums ,
FinCEN ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Transfers ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Residential Real Estate Contracts ,
Single Family Housing ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
On 9/10/24, FinCEN updated its BOI FAQs page by adding four new FAQs that provide more clarity to BOI Reporting Companies. The new FAQ’s address the areas of companies that cease to exist, foreign companies that stop doing...more
“FinCEN alienta a las instituciones financieras a compartir esta guía de referencia con los clientes a los que se les pueda solicitar que reporten información sobre dueños beneficiarios” es el mensaje que FinCEN publicó el 26...more
“FinCEN encourages financial institutions to share this reference guide with customers that may be required to report beneficial ownership information” is the message that FinCEN released on 7/26/24. The FinCEN Notice to...more
El 7/24/24, FinCEN actualizó su página de preguntas frecuentes sobre BOI (“Beneficial Ownership Information”) para incluir una pregunta nueva y una nueva actualización. FinCEN afirma que seguirá brindando orientación sobre...more
On 7/24/24, FinCEN updated its BOI FAQs page to include one new question and one new update. FinCEN states that it will continue to provide guidance on how to submit beneficial ownership information; including updating the...more
El 6/28/24, el Tesoro de los EE. UU. y el IRS emitieron regulaciones finales con una fecha de vigencia del 9/9/24 que requieren que los brokers de custodia reporten las ventas e intercambios de activos digitales a partir del...more
On 6/28/24, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations with an effective date of 9/9/24 requiring custodial brokers to report sales and exchanges of digital assets beginning in calendar year 2025. Meaning,...more
El 7/8/24, FinCEN actualizó su página de preguntas frecuentes de BOI para incluir tres nuevas preguntas y una nueva actualización. FinCEN afirma que continuará brindando orientación sobre cómo presentar información sobre...more
On 7/8/24, FinCEN updated its BOI FAQs page to include three new questions and one new update. FinCEN states that it will continue to provide guidance on how to submit beneficial ownership information; including updating the...more
Los contribuyentes que intencionalmente han no han cumplido con obligaciones tributarias o relacionadas con impuestos pueden resolver su incumplimiento y limitar su exposición a un proceso penal presentando una solicitud a la...more
El 6/10/24, FinCEN actualizó su página de preguntas frecuentes para incluir siete nuevas actualizaciones. FinCEN afirma que continuará brindando orientación sobre cómo presentar información sobre beneficiarios reales;...more
On 6/10/24, FinCEN updated its FAQs page to include seven new updates. FinCEN states that it will continue to provide guidance on how to submit beneficial ownership information; including updating the FinCEN BOI FAQs 6/10/24....more
El 5/8/2024, la OFAC enmendó y emitió una Regla Final Interina sobre las Regulaciones de Reportes, Procedimientos y Sanciones (“RPPR”) que establece requisitos estándar de presentación de reportes y mantenimiento de registros...more
On 05/08/2024, OFAC amended and issued an interim final rule on the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations (RPPR) which sets forth standard reporting and recordkeeping requirements and license application and other...more
El 4/18/24, FinCEN actualizó su sección de preguntas frecuentes y agregó una nueva sección titulada “Acceso a información de BOI”. Esta nueva sección aborda el enfoque gradual de FinCEN para brindar acceso a BOI (información...more
On 4/18/24, FinCEN updated its FAQ Section and added a new section titled “Access to BOI Information”. This new section addresses the phased approach from FinCEN to providing access to BOI – beneficial ownership information –...more
FinCEN se ha enterado de intentos fraudulentos de solicitar información de personas y entidades que pueden estar sujetas a requisitos de presentación de reportes en virtud de la Ley de Transparencia Corporativa (“CTA”). Los...more