Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadlines, Fines and Penalties are Suspended
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced March 2 that “with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, but it will further not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners after the forthcoming rule changes take effect either.”
The forthcoming rule changes refer to a Feb. 27 announcement by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Treasury, that it will issue an interim final rule no later than March 21, 2025, that extends beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting deadlines, recognizing the need to provide guidance and clarity to reporting companies as quickly as possible. FinCEN also intends to solicit public comment on other potential revisions to existing BOI reporting requirements.
Treasury further reported that it intends to issue a proposed rulemaking that will narrow the scope of the BOI reporting rule to foreign reporting companies only.
Again, as of now, members do not need to meet the March 21 BOI reporting deadline. By March 21, FinCEN will announce a new BOI reporting deadline. NAHB will continue to follow the updates and keep members informed.
Latest from NAHBNow
Tom Woods, 2015 NAHB chairman, passed away on Monday, Sept. 21. A Blue Springs, Mo.-based home builder and its former mayor, Woods served as president of Woods Custom Homes.
Sales of newly built single-family homes increased 6.4% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 684,000, following an upwardly revised July estimate, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The pace of new home sales was 2% lower than a year earlier.
Latest Economic News
Adults ages 55 and older make up a large and growing share of the U.S. population and play an important role in the U.S. housing market. In 2024, around 103 million Americans were ages 55 or older, ranging from adults still in the labor force to retirees.
Single-family homes started construction in 2025 typically had two full bathrooms, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Construction.
The remodeling industry is taking on a larger role within the residential construction sector. Structural tailwinds, such as an aging housing stock, the growing trend of aging-in-place among older home owners, and record-high housing wealth, will continue to grow remodeling’s market share further.