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CTA IS BACK ON
Today the United States Supreme Court put a hold on the district court’s injunction against enforcing the corporate transparency act. The document said: Application (24A653) for stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is granted. The December 5, 2024 amended order of the United States District Court for the Eastern…
Dallas County Probate Courts Are Moving
This announcement has been posted on the Dallas County website: Public Notice: Relocation of the Probate Courts and Clerks’ Offices The Probate Courts and County Clerks’ Probate Division will be relocating to a new location at the George Allen Courthouse. To facilitate this transition, the offices will be closed from Friday, January 17, 2025, through…
FINCEN Reacts to CTA Injunction Reinstated by 5th Circuit
FINCEN has responded to yesterday’s order by the Fifth Circuit, posting on their website (https://www.fincen.gov/boi) the following (keep reading after the end of this announcement): In light of a recent federal court order, reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN and are not subject to liability if they fail…
CTA Injunction Reinstated by 5th Circuit
By order dated today, December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit reversed itself and allowed the temporary nationwide injunction from the District Court to remain in effect. Quick recap: On December 4, 2024, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division (No. 4:24-CV-478), issued a nationwide order enjoining enforcement of the Corporate…
CTA Deadlines Extended
A couple of days ago, I emailed you about the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issuing an order lifting the injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act. NOW, FINCEN has weighed in and extended the deadlines for filing beneficiary ownership information reports. Here is a copy of the announcement: Updates to Beneficial Ownership Information…
CTA Injunction Lifted – Dec 31 filings due
I have just confirmed that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order today granting the government’s emergency motion to stay the injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (see my earlier newsletter regarding the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, in Civil Action…
Corporate Transparency Act Enjoined BOI Reports NOT Due
I have just confirmed that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, in Civil Action No. 4:24-CV-478, signed and filed a Memorandum Opinion and Order today, December 3, 2024, which puts into place a nationwide injunction. If you want a copy, please let me know. Thank you to Kristina…
Not Retiring or Slowing Down, Hiring New Attorneys Here at GPM
A couple of days ago, I sent out a newsletter about new estate planning attorneys whom we have brought on in the last year or so. Unfortunately, some folks thought that meant that I, Jim Roberts, am either retiring or slowing down. That’s not the case. Not at all. As my colleagues here know, I…
Taxpayer Wins in Kaestner – Beneficiaries’ Residence Alone is Insufficient to Justify State Tax on Trust Income
On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust (no. 18-457)(https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18-457_2034.pdf). The issue in the case was whether the state of North Carolina could tax the income of the trust based solely on the North Carolina residence of…