FinCEN Releases Proposed Rule to Implement Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act: Client Alert Digest

Summary

On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the purpose of which is to better enable national security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other illicit activities that threaten national security. Under the CTA, most domestic businesses and foreign businesses registered to do business in the U.S. will now be required to disclose personal identifying information about their beneficial owners, senior officers, and other control persons to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). On December 7, 2021, FinCEN released proposed regulations, seeking to implement the beneficial ownership reporting requirements of the CTA. The proposed regulations can be found here. The comment period is scheduled to end February 7, 2022.