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Bowditch & Dewey

The Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Filing Reminders and Legal Updates

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The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) became effective on January 1, 2024. In March 2024, a U.S. District Court from the Northern District of Alabama held that the CTA was unconstitutional [Nat’l Small Business United...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Wait Is Over: Corporate Transparency Act Takes Effect

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its requirements for privately held companies to report their beneficial ownership information went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires most corporations, limited...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NY’s LLC Transparency Act and NYC Real Estate – Albany Wants to Know the Secrets that You Keep[i]

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A national study released in 2015 reported that “nearly half the residential purchases of over $5 million were made by shell companies rather than named people.”[ii] Because shell companies could often be formed without...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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Small Business Owners: New Federal Reporting Requirements Start January 1

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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

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

FinCEN’s New Rules for Reporting Beneficial Owners Create Opportunity for Whistleblowers

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is enacting new rules for January 1, 2024, requiring companies to report their beneficial owners to FinCEN. Violations of these new...more

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U.S. Senate Considering Update to Federal Anti-Money Laundering System

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A bipartisan group of Senators, with the support of the American Bankers Association, recently introduced bill S.2563, known as the ILLICIT Cash Act. The acronym “ILLICIT” stands for “Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

“Panama Papers” Law Firm Announces Its Closure Due to Fallout from Massive Data Breach

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The beleaguered law firm at the center of the international Panama Papers scandal – Mossack Fonseca – has announced that it is closing its doors. It offered no apologies....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

New GTO covers Wire Transfers

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On August 22, 2017, FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) published a new Advisory regarding Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) covering residential real estate transactions in certain counties or boroughs of New...more

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FinCEN Issues New Geographic Targeting Order for Shell Companies Purchasing High-End Residential Real Estate

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In its latest effort to combat money laundering within the real estate sector, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has issued a new Geographic Targeting Order (“GTO”) broadening its scrutiny of shell companies...more

The Volkov Law Group

FinCEN Expands Crackdown on Real Estate Buyers

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Building on early successes, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced new rules targeting buyers of high-end real estate properties. Earlier this year, FinCEN adopted rules focusing on high-end...more

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Panama Papers: Prosecutors Launch Investigations

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When a scandal hits the media like the Panama Papers leak of 11.5 million confidential legal records, we all know what to expect. Criminal investigations, regulatory responses, and of course, congressional hearings of some...more

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