Treasury delays deadline for small businesses to file new form to avoid risk of fines for noncompliance

The U.S. Treasury Department delayed a Jan. 1, 2025, deadline to file a new “beneficial ownership information” report by about two weeks, to Jan. 13. It delayed the BOI reporting requirement following recent federal court rulings. The requirement was created by the Corporate Transparency Act, which aims to curb illicit finance. Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, on a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The U.S. Treasury Department has delayed the deadline for millions of small businesses to Jan. 13, 2025, to file a new form, known as a Beneficial Ownership Information report.

The Treasury had initially required many businesses to file the report to the agency’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, by Jan. 1. Noncompliance carries potential fines that

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