Businesses & Corporations

This week brought even more developments to the legal challenge to the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") and its Beneficial Ownership Information Report ("BOIR") filing obligations.

As estate + business planners, we’re dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex legal requirements - read on for more information on this developing issue... 

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is designed to increase transparency and combat financial crimes by requiring many U.S. companies to report their beneficial ownership information ("BOI") to FinCEN.

However, recent legal action has temporarily paused these requirements!  Learn more in today's blog...

The Good News:  If your LLC qualifies as an “inactive entity,” you may be exempt from having the hassle of submitting a “Beneficial Ownership Information” (BOI) Report to FinCEN.  

The Bad News:  In our experience, most dormant / unused companies don't actually qualify as "Inactive" under the CTA rules... 

Read on for 6 questions to figure out whether your company qualifies as "inactive" in this week's blog...

Check out this week's blog to find out what you need to know - now - about the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"), which is estimated to impact over 30 million - mostly small + mid-size - businesses.

This new federal law likely affects you if: 

• Are a business owner;

• Have beneficial ownership in a business (individually, or thru another company or trust); 

• Have substantial control over a business 

The failure to comply with the CTA is not to be taken lightly, with steep fines ($500/day + $10,000 for criminal fines), plus a possibility of two years in jail! 

Read on for a link to our comprehensive guide to the CTA + BOI Reporting, to see if you're impacted  + what you need to do... 

Even if you're nowhere close to thinking about retirement, there are things you can implement in your business right now to prepare for way down the road...

On Friday, the president signed into law a coronavirus relief package that should help many small businesses reeling from coronavirus shutdowns and slowdowns

Federal Tax Deadline moved to July 15th... To help, Tiffany has  prepared two tax “cheat sheets” one for personal federal filings and geared to small businesses owners...

We write to you today to update you with Phillip Ballenger’s action plan in light of the escalating spread of the novel Coronavirus.  This post includes important updates for our clients as it relates to our ongoing business operations, important Court updates, and fact-based resources. 

We will continue to send further information on our procedures as this develops, all of which will also be posted on our blog, so please check back for updates. 

Link to a timely Kiplinger article by article by H. Dennis Beaver on legal advice related to the Coronavirus situation...

Kiva lenders have shown their commitment to providing financial assistance to all by making 0% interest loans to U.S. entrepreneurs...