Friday, April 15, 2016

New Rules Under Bank Secrecy Act to Shortly Go Effective; I'm Sure The Timing Is Just A Coincidence


New Rules Under Bank Secrecy Act to Shortly Go Effective; I'm Sure The Timing Is Just A Coincidence

      On June 30, 2014, the Treasury released proposed regulations requiring the banks gather information as to who controls and owns business entity account holders. Previously I reviewed this proposal; HERE is a link to that discussion.
      Last Thursday (April 7, 2016) it was reported that the Treasury will shortly be issuing the final regulations. I'm sure this movement on a proposal that has been pending for nearly 2 years is entirely coincidental with respect to the release of the recent of “Panama Papers,” that being certain files from Mossack Fonseca describing various mechanisms used around the country (although largely not involving either US business organizations or US taxpayers) to evade taxes.

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