FINCEN Filings Terminated
Posted on March 10, 2025 by Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson
Per the U.S. Treasury Department announcement below, FinCEN is now dead except for some limited foreign entity reporting. Despite the many turbulent things happening in the U.S. government right now, this still came out of left field and is a bit surprising. We all know, however, that the political pendulum swings and suspect that, eventually, FinCEN may come back. It was, after all, addressing a very real problem.
Bottom line is that FinCEN filings are no longer required. Consequently Lasher is immediately terminating all current and future FinCEN filings (other than on a very limited basis for foreign reporting companies).
The Treasury Department is announcing last week that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, but it will further not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners after the forthcoming rule changes take effect either. The Treasury Department will further be issuing a proposed rulemaking that will narrow the scope of the rule to foreign reporting companies only. Treasury takes this step in the interest of supporting hard-working American taxpayers and small businesses and ensuring that the rule is appropriately tailored to advance the public interest.
“This is a victory for common sense,” said U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Today’s action is part of President Trump’s bold agenda to unleash American prosperity by reining in burdensome regulations, in particular for small businesses that are the backbone of the American economy.”
See https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038