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If you’re a business owner of a registered entity such as a corporation, partnership, or LLC, or the trustee or beneficiary of a trust that owns such an entity, you may be subject to a reporting obligation under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that was enacted on January 1, 2021. By mandating the disclosure of beneficial ownership information,...

Unless your entity qualifies for 1 of the 23 exemptions, all entities—including limited liability companies and limited partnerships—created prior to January 1, 2024 are required to file reports under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) by January 1, 2025. Willful violations can result in civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with the...

Cyber threats are seen as the third most impactful risk to businesses over the next three years, after the cost of capital and economic downturns, respectively. Threat actors are not only deploying new tactics using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct more targeted and sophisticated attacks, but they are also advancing familiar threa...

Hiring successfully for a Family Office is not an easy task, not when there are unique issues and challenges. However, from experience and conducting a full review into single Family Office recruitment covering the varied range of Family Office activities, this strategic guide with examples identifies the critical aspects of the hiring process—incl...

At its core, the New York LLC Transparency Act (NYLTA) aims to bolster transparency and combat unlawful activities by requiring the disclosure of beneficial ownership information (BOI) by limited liability companies (LLCs) organized under or operating within New York. While the NYLTA was initially slated to take effect during 2024, an amendment has...

This report, which is rich with actionable data and insights from over 4,576 risk and human resource professionals, is your guide for a proactive, predictive, and disciplined approach to people risk management. It outlines key workforce threats under five pillars of risk—including technological change and disruption, health, well-being and safety, ...

For board members and non-executive directors, generative AI stands as a pivotal innovation that offers unprecedented opportunities to drive business value, improve productivity, reach broader audiences, streamline operations, and help address complicated global issues. However, it also raises complex business and ethical questions. To gain the ful...

Amid the growing excitement surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, CFOs in asset management and banking remain keenly focused on the impact that these tools can have on their clients. AI is enabling asset management firms to provide investors with valuable insights from extensive datasets, assisting the...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rules in August 2023, requiring registrants to provide and report timely information about their cyber risk so that investors can make informed investment decisions. With the rules in place, the SEC expects tha...

Cryptocurrency has revolutionized the financial markets but also created tax traps for the unwary investor. Building on proposed regulations issued in 2023, the IRS has increased its oversight of cryptocurrency transactions by requiring brokers, beginning in 2025, to report investor sales and exchanges in connection with such transactions. Taxpayer...

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is effective as of January 1, 2024. If a U.S. entity is not exempt, it is a reporting company and must file a “Beneficial Ownership Information” (the BOI). The same is true for a foreign entity registered to do business in a U.S. state. Given the penalties for failure to file, identifying reportable individuals ...

The importance of meeting U.S. tax and reporting deadlines cannot be overstated. With the IRS continuing to strengthen its efforts to enforce compliance with initiatives specifically targeting foreign information reporting, this U.S. reporting checklist by Kozusko Harris Duncan can help family advisers and trustees of foreign trusts determine what ...

In this podcast episode of, litigation attorney Eddie Jauregui is joined by corporate attorney Michael Titens to discuss a federal court decision involving the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In the case, the plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the CTA and Congress' ability to enact it, with the court ruling against the government in e...

In this podcast episode of "Corporate Transparency Talk," tax attorney Alan Granwell with Holland & Knight, offers a high-level overview of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), highlighting its aim to make companies disclose their real owners to fight illicit financial activities like money laundering and terrorism. Mr. Granwell explains how t...

For foreign families and individuals who are interested in investing in the United States, there are key factors to consider. In this 10-minute interview, attorney Ruben Diaz of Foley & Lardner joins Brian Lucareli to discuss in-bound investing and top-of-mind issues when helping clients through the process of investing into the U.S. from Latin...