Beneficial Ownership
Information Reporting Requirements
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/29/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2026
23,519,866
23,519,866
53,319,713
53,319,713
0
0
The Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN) exercises regulatory functions primarily under the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended
by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA
PATRIOT Act), Public Law 107–56 (October 26, 2001), and other
legislation, including the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The
overall legislative framework is commonly referred to as the Bank
Secrecy Act (BSA). The CTA added a new section to the BSA, 31
U.S.C. 5336, to provide for collection of information about certain
legal entities’ beneficial ownership. FinCEN is issuing this
statement to support the request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of: (1) the report (BOIR) that will be used
to collect beneficial ownership information, as required by the
Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements final rule
(the “final rule”) that was published on September 30, 2022, which
implements the information collection required by 31 U.S.C. 5336;
and (2) the application (the “FinCEN identifier application”) that
will be used to collect information from individuals that seek to
obtain a FinCEN identifier, in accordance with the final
rule.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.