If your business was preparing to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), here’s the key update:

On August 11, 2026, FinCEN issued a final rule that eliminates BOI reporting requirements for U.S.-created businesses and U.S. individuals. However, the CTA has not been repealed. Certain foreign entities registered to do business in the U.S. may still have BOI filing obligations.

What changed

The CTA’s BOI reporting rules took effect on January 1, 2024. Under the original framework, many privately held companies had to report information about “beneficial owners”—generally people who:

    • exercise substantial control, or
    • own or control at least 25% of the business.

After legal challenges and deadline changes, FinCEN issued an interim rule in 2025 that exempted many U.S. companies. The August 11, 2026 final rule makes that exemption permanent.

If your business was formed in the U.S.

Under the final rule, entities created in the United States (for example, most U.S. corporations and LLCs) are generally exempt from BOI reporting. That means a U.S.-created entity typically does not need to:

    • file an initial BOI report,
    • update a BOI report, or
    • correct a prior BOI report.

This applies even if the company previously filed a BOI report.

FinCEN has also indicated it will delete previously reported information for individuals it reasonably believes are U.S. citizens or residents from the BOI database. In addition, U.S. citizens and residents who obtained a FinCEN identifier generally are no longer required to update or correct that information.

Who may still need to file

The CTA is still in effect, and BOI reporting has not disappeared entirely.

Under the final rule, BOI reporting generally applies to certain foreign entities that:

    • were formed under the laws of a foreign country, and
    • registered to do business in a U.S. state or tribal jurisdiction (by filing with a secretary of state or similar office), subject to existing CTA exemptions.

Also important: foreign reporting companies generally do not need to report BOI for U.S. citizens or residents who are beneficial owners or company applicants. The remaining reportable individuals are typically foreign individuals associated with the foreign reporting company.

Deadlines (for foreign reporting companies)

Foreign entities that remain subject to BOI reporting must continue to comply with FinCEN’s deadlines. In general:

    • If registered to do business in the U.S. after March 26, 2025, the initial BOI report is generally due within 30 calendar days of notice that registration is effective (or public notice, if earlier).
    • If registered before March 26, 2025, initial filing deadlines applied earlier, and ongoing updates/corrections may still be required as changes occur.
Penalties for noncompliance

Willful violations can trigger civil penalties assessed per day (the statutory amount has been adjusted for inflation) and may also result in criminal penalties.

Next steps
    • U.S.-formed businesses: In most cases, there is nothing further to do for federal BOI reporting under the CTA.
    • Foreign-formed businesses registered in the U.S.: Review whether the CTA still applies and confirm your filing obligations.

If you’d like help determining whether your entity is exempt and what (if anything) still needs to be filed, contact your professional advisors.

by developer • September 14, 2026

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