United States of America

Find details about the United States of America's commitments to and implementation of beneficial ownership transparency reforms

Records last updated: 02 May 2024

Contact person: Tymon Kiepe

Committed to one or more

  • Live register
    Following the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.

Implemented one or more

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Implementation details

Beneficial Ownership Information System (BOIS)

Name
Beneficial Ownership Information System (BOIS)
Scope
Full-economy
Register launched
2024
Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
25%
Structured data publicly available
No
Published as BODS
No
Available via API
No

Commitment details

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  • The US included broad anti-money laundering reforms, including the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The CTA will create a beneficial ownership register within the US Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), requiring certain companies to report information on their beneficial owners to FinCEN. [15 December 2020] link to commitment