FinCEN Scraps Beneficial Ownership Rules for US Firms

FinCEN Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements - Real Estate Investing Today

On August 11th, 2026 the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule permanently eliminating beneficial ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies and U.S. persons under the Corporate Transparency Act.  The rule takes effect upon publication in the Federal Register. According to the release, the rule makes permanent exemptions adopted in March 2025, eliminates update requirements for U.S. persons wi…

More Lawmakers Blast, Praise Final Rule to Limit BOI Reporting to Foreign Firms

Lawmakers continued to offer mixed reaction to a new final rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network exempting U.S. firms from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Sens. Chuck Grassley...

Money laundering database plan unravels as FinCEN retreats

One of the biggest new US anti-money laundering reporting regimes has effectively just been dismantled, after FinCEN finalised sweeping changes to the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership reporting requirements. As detailed by Areg Nzsdejan in a recent LinkedIn post, the original regime was designed to require millions of US companies to disclose who ultimately owns and controls them to FinCEN, laying the groundwork for what was bil…

FinCEN scraps beneficial ownership rules for US firms

FinCEN axes US beneficial ownership reporting rules, easing compliance. Read on to stay ahead of the shift.

US ends domestic beneficial ownership reporting: What it means for sanctions risk - VinciWorks

The United States has made its retreat from domestic beneficial ownership reporting permanent. On 14 August 2026, a final rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took effect exempting all entities created in the United States from the beneficial ownership information reporting requirements introduced under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).  This means US persons are also exempt from being reported as beneficial owners or …