NOTE: The federal courts issued an injunction recently (Dec 2024) halting enforcement of the BOI reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act which removed the January 2025 deadline for now.

The Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rule requires reporting companies to disclose certain information. Generally, reporting companies must disclose their legal name, any DBA names, the address of their principal place of business in the U.S., jurisdiction of formation, IRS TIN or EIN as well as information concerning beneficial owners. There are rules and exceptions as to what constitutes a reporting company.

A beneficial owner is any individual who exercises substantial control over a reporting company or one who owns or controls at least 25% of the ownership interests. Information disclosed about beneficial owners includes full legal name, date of birth, current address, and the number and image of either a U.S. passport, state driver’s license or other identification document issued by a state, local government or tribe. Once again, there are rules that help define who constitutes a beneficial owner.

This course uses published guidance from FinCEN to provide an overview of the rules and reporting requirements.