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The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) went into effect on January 1, 2024, and requires certain corporate entities to file a report concerning beneficial ownership. There are a number of defined exemptions from the...more
In 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which will be administered and enforced by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the United States Treasury Department, in an effort to implement...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) remains the law of the land, at least for now, and companies should prepare to comply. Recently, a federal district court in Alabama found the CTA to be unconstitutional. In the wake of...more
Riding a wave of ownership disclosure laws began with the passage of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), on December 22, 2023, Governor Hochul signed New York’s own “LLC Transparency Act” (the NY-LLCTA), passed by...more
After years of anticipation, the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) officially went into effect on January 1, 2024. Now that we are two months into the CTA era, below are a few updates and recommended action items based on...more
New York State’s LLC Transparency Act, that will come into effect December 21, 2024, complements the Federal Corporate Transparency Act by requiring New York limited liability companies and foreign limited liability companies...more
This client alert is an update to an earlier MoFo client alert issued on December 8, 2022. In a final rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Final Rule”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more
Many U.S. companies are now subject to a bipartisan federal law that aims to boost corporate transparency and counter illicit activities within the United States. As of January 1, 2024, regulations implementing the Corporate...more
New York is poised to impose its own set of disclosure requirements on certain businesses later this year with a new law that mirrors the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In December, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into...more
A few years ago, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act, 31 U.S.C. 5336 (“CTA”), which established certain required information filings with the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). The...more
In 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which is designed to bring the U.S. into compliance with international anti-money laundering (AML) standards. The CTA is aimed at combatting anonymous shell...more
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
On Dec. 22, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York Limited Liability Company Transparency Act (“NY LLC Transparency Act”) into law. The NY LLC Transparency Act is modeled on the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”),...more
Beginning January 1, 2024, most small businesses in the United States will have to report information about the people who own and control the business to the federal government. This new reporting rule was established by...more
Starting in 2024, all “reporting companies,” meaning any entity formed by filing with a secretary of state or similar office, will be required to file a “beneficial ownership report” with the U.S. Treasury Department’s...more
A new regulation under the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that, for the first time, will require disclosure of information about all U.S. formed corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships...more
In January of 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (the “CTA”) as part of the 2021 Defense Bill. Initially introduced in 2019, the CTA requires private companies to disclose their “Beneficial Owners”...more
Many entities across the United States are about to have increased reporting requirements starting January 1, 2024. After a long anticipated-wait, FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, issued a final rule on the...more
1. What Is the Corporate Transparency Act and Why Was It Enacted? Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) on January 1, 2021, to address concerns that the inaccessibility of U.S. companies’ beneficial ownership...more
Do you own an interest in a company? Manage a company? Help organize companies? Know someone else who does? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to be aware of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)....more
The reporting requirements for beneficial ownership information under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will come into effect on January 1st, 2024. The CTA, a bipartisan law enacted by Congress on January 1st, 2021,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As you may know, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is set to take effect on January 1, 2024 (“Effective Date”), impacting many privately held corporations, limited partnerships, statutory trusts,...more
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require a substantial number of closely held entities to disclose certain information to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more
Many private companies will be subject to new federal reporting regulations at the start of 2024, risking civil or possibly criminal penalties for noncompliance. Under the Corporate Transparency Act (the Act), certain...more
Increasing demand for transparency and tax rules focused on the ownership of foreign financial accounts and interests in foreign trusts and entities affect private wealth planning. There are steps you can take to comply with...more