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AssociateLuz Villegas-Bañuelos is an associate in the International Tax practice in San Antonio. She assists multinational individuals and families with a wide range of international and U.S. tax law issues, including pre-immigration ...
On December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its December 23, 2024 stay of the preliminary injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), reinstating the nationwide injunction issued by the Eastern District of Texas. As a result, reporting companies are once again not required to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) while the injunction remains in effect. FinCEN has issued a statement confirming this development, and reiterating, consistent with its position prior to the ...
On December 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government’s emergency motion to lift the nationwide injunction against the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This decision reinstates the CTA’s reporting requirements for beneficial ownership information (BOI). In response, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued new guidance, including extended filing deadlines to account for the time the injunction was in effect.
Key Update from FinCEN – Extended Filing Deadlines
- Pre-2024 Reporting Companies: Entities created or ...
Starting January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) may require your business entity to file a report with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) disclosing information about (1) the entity, (2) its Beneficial Owners (as discussed further below) and (3) for entities created or registered starting January 1, 2024, its Company Applicants (“BOI Report”). According to the government, tens of millions of entities will not qualify for an exemption and will need to start filing BOI Reports. Each entity that is registered with a U.S. state to ...