Estate and Succession Planning
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Estate and Succession Planning Department is one of the largest and most respected groups of estate planning attorneys in Florida. We are frequently…
Dean Mead’s Tax Department handles tax planning issues for businesses and individuals. The attorneys in our department have extensive experience in a full range of…
Published: March 26, 2025 (Orlando, FL) On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). In the article “Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt from CTA”, attorney…
Read MorePublished: March 26, 2025 On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule, effective March 26, 2025, which modified certain aspects of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements. The rule introduced key changes, including exemptions for domestic reporting companies and adjustments to reporting obligations for foreign entities: Exemption…
Read MorePublished: March 3, 2025 (Orlando, FL) Attorneys Michael Minton and Austin Alderman presented “Navigating the Tax Policy Landscape” during Saunders 2025 Lay of the Land Florida Conference. Joining Steve Hamic, CPA and Managing Partner at Hamic, Previte & Sturwold, P.A., the three panelists addressed questions posed by Tyler Davis, President of Saunders Real Estate, concerning:…
Read MorePublished: January 9, 2025 In his article “CTA Meets the Supreme Court”, attorney Austin Alderman shares details pertaining to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s application filing with the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) from the Fifth Circuit. The author writes, “The Supreme Court’s…
Read MorePublished: January 9, 2025 On December 3 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit paused the requirement for reporting companies to file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (BOIR), as required by the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The month of December was a busy one for the CTA as it included: court appeals, initial…
Read MorePublished: December 27, 2024 (Orlando, FL) Effective December 26, reporting companies are not currently required to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and related reporting obligations. Dean Mead attorney Austin Alderman continues to remain abreast of the ongoing debate within the courts regarding the unconstitutionality of the reporting requirements. The injunction of the CTA…
Read MorePublished: December 27, 2024 Effective December 26, reporting companies are not currently required to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and related reporting obligations. An injunction of the CTA, as ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, follows an ongoing debate within the courts regarding the constitutionality of…
Read MorePublished: December 26, 2024 On December 23, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government’s motion to stay an injunction previously issued by a Federal District Court in Texas. As a result, filing obligations and enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) are again in effect. — As a result of the decision, reporting…
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