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…
Don’t Miss the Dec 31 Deadline for CTA
I am surprised that so many don’t know that almost every business has a December 31 deadline to file a report at FinCEN.gov/BOI. If you need help, please let us know. Some services will take your info and file it, but if you don’t know what info you need to submit, let us know. If…
Keep these 2025 Numbers Re Gift, Estate, GST Taxes
About three weeks ago, the IRS and Treasury issued Rev.Proc. 2024-40 which provides most of the updated 2025 numbers for 36 categories related to all sorts of taxes, which covers everything from tax rate tables to qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements. If you want a copy of the entire Rev. Proc, please email me…
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…
New Attorneys Here at GPM
We have been successful in adding some attorneys here at GPM in our Estate Planning and Individual Wealth Management group. I wanted to introduce them to you. Julia Leary. Through a connection at Texas A&M Law School, we were introduced to Julia Leary. She has been a real find! Julia was involved in a clinic…
CTA Reminder
The Corporate Transparency Act went into full effect on January 1, 2024. If you have an entity which was created by filing something with your state’s Secretary of State or similar office, or an Indian Tribe, or a foreign entity registered to do business in the US, you will need to file a beneficial ownership…
Retirement Plan Distributions Required by 12-31
In News Release 2023-246 just issued (“IR 2023-246”), the IRS reminded taxpayers who were born before 1951 that they may have to take a distribution from their retirement plans by December 31. Here is the text of the news release (NOTE: this text had what appeared to be links which were copied directly from the…
QCD Reminder
In News Release 2023-215 issued November 16, 2023 (“IR 2023-215” or simply the “IR”), the IRS reminded taxpayers who are age 70 1/2 or older that now is the time to consider a qualified charitable distribution or QCD. Much of the text below is copied, in some cases verbatim, from the IR. QCDs offer eligible…