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Corporate Transparency Act Shakeup: Domestic Companies off the Hook, Foreign Entities Still Reporting

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This interim final rule, released on March 21, 2025, means that only foreign entities registered to do business in the United States will still need to meet the CTA’s reporting requirements. Originally enacted to increase...more

Morgan Lewis

Treasury Department Releases Final Regulations Applicable to the Hydrogen Tax Credits

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On January 3, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury released final Treasury regulations applicable to the hydrogen production tax credit under Section 45V and the investment tax credit for hydrogen production facilities...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Thursday March 27, 2025

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March 26, 2025 - The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled “A New Era for the CFPB: Balancing Power and Reprioritizing Consumer Protections.”...more

Stinson LLP

U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons now exempted from CTA; April 25, 2025 deadline set for Foreign Companies

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On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury published its revised Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule, also known...more

Hinckley Allen

CTA Requirements Reinstated for Non-U.S. Companies

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule implementing the Department of the Treasury’s March 2, 2025 announcement that U.S. companies and U.S. beneficial owners will not be subject to any reporting requirements...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

For 2025, Crypto Taxpayers Can Get Their Ducks in a Row; But Senator Cruz Says “Nyet” to DeFi Regs

Last year, the Treasury and IRS released two sets of final crypto reporting regulations. The first set, in July, imposed rules for custodial brokers. The second set, in December, imposed rules for DeFi. This piece provides...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

FinCEN Removes BOI Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule (Interim Rule) that removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports under the Corporate Transparency...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

OFAC Recordkeeping Requirement Extended to 10 Years

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On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule extending the recordkeeping requirements under OFAC’s regulations from five years to 10 years. This change...more

McCarter & English, LLP

The Evolution of the CTA: FinCEN Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for US Companies and US Persons, Sets New...

On March 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it is issuing an interim final rule to remove the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) beneficial ownership...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: FinCEN Narrows CTA Scope - Key Updates

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) whereby...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: “Stable, as She Goes”: The Cryptocurrency Industry’s Steady Start to a New Congress

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A few months ago, in our client alert titled “Mr. Bitcoin Goes to Washington,” we discussed the cryptocurrency industry’s significant political resurgence in the wake of the 2024 election. We not only forecasted a more...more

Perkins Coie

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Releases Interim Rule Limiting Application of CTA to Foreign Companies Registered to Do...

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published the text of an interim rule formally revising the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) definition of “reporting...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

US Treasury Issues Interim Final Rule That Removes the Requirement for US Companies and US Persons To Report Beneficial Ownership...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on March 21, 2025, that FinCEN had issued its Interim Final Rule that provides that FinCEN will not require US companies and US persons to report beneficial...more

Mayer Brown

The Finalized Disclosure Requirements for Partnership Basis-Shifting Transactions: Slightly Less Onerous, but Still Premature

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On January 14, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) addressing reporting obligations with respect to certain...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New York State Bar Association Tax Section Proposes Withdrawal of Proposed Spin-Off Regulations

On March 17, the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association (the “Tax Section”) released a report on the proposed regulations on corporate spin-offs and reorganizations that were issued in January. As we discussed...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Corporate Transparency Act: U.S. Treasury Issues Interim Final Rule and New Deadlines

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On February 18, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced it was providing an extension for filing beneficial ownership reports (“BOI reports”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) until...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

CTA Reporting Relief: FinCEN Interim Rule Exempts US Companies from Reporting Beneficial Ownership & Foreign Companies from...

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The Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (FinCEN) on March 21, 2025 announced an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) which, if finalized in its current form, exempts all domestic...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Update: FinCEN Eliminates Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies and U.S. Persons

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that significantly narrows the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements under the Corporate...more

Morgan Lewis

US Designation of Cartels as Terrorist Organizations Increases Risk of Doing Business in Mexico

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Recent US government actions indicate a possible increase in US financial crimes investigations and enforcement targeting drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations in Latin America....more

Bowditch & Dewey

Corporate Transparency Act – CTA for Foreign Reporting Companies Only

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On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that eliminates reporting requirements for domestic reporting companies via redefining “reporting company” to include...more

Ruder Ware

Bye Bye Bye: FinCEN Issues CTA Update

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN announced an end to Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements for U.S. citizens and domestic companies. In line with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s announcement earlier this month,...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Announces Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt From Filing

As promised, in order to reduce the burdens on placed on legitimate businesses, while still working to detect, prevent, and prosecute financial crimes, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Treasury Department Formally Exempts U.S. Companies from CTA

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The guidance U.S. companies have been waiting for after years of ups and downs is finally here. In line with our last update, on March 21, 2025, FinCEN issued an interim final rule exempting U.S. companies and persons from...more

Cole Schotz

CTA is No Longer Applicable to U.S. Entities and U.S. Persons; Foreign Entities Face New Rules

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On Friday, March 21, 2025, FinCEN announced an interim rule that removed Beneficial Ownership (“BOI”) reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). FinCEN’s new...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Narrowed

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The U.S. Treasury Department has significantly scaled back the reach of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Under a new interim final rule released by Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), U.S.-formed companies...more

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