Earlier this year, FinCEN issued a fraud alert https://www.fincen.gov/boi related to the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting under the Corporate Transparency Act.
Businesses and organizations are receiving official-looking correspondence requesting payment of a “filing fee” for BOI reporting. Examples of correspondence include, but are not limited to, form 5102 or form 4022.
Please note: these are not official FinCEN forms and returning these forms with payment to the sender does not fulfill your BOI reporting requirement.
If you receive an unsolicited communication from someone via phone, text, or email claiming to represent or to be an employee of FinCEN DO NOT RESPOND. You may contact the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General at http://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/OigOnlineHotlineForm.aspx to report a fraud scam utilizing Treasury Bureaus, seals and/or employees.
Contact your Rehmann advisor for help if you receive such communication via mail, email, phone, or text, or otherwise need help filing your BOI reporting.