Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act amends 31 U.S.C. 5336(b)(1)(B), the Corporate Transparency Act beneficial-ownership reporting provision. Instead of requiring companies formed before the effective date of the beneficial-ownership regulations to file within two years after the regulations' effective date, the bill gives reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024 until January 1, 2026 to file.
Who Benefits and How
Pre-existing reporting companies, small business owners, Main Street businesses, accountants advising small businesses, corporate formation services, and compliance software users benefit because they receive more time to gather beneficial-owner information and file reports before facing enforcement risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network staff, anti-money-laundering investigators, law-enforcement users of beneficial-ownership data, banks conducting customer due diligence, and transparency advocates must wait longer for beneficial-ownership data from pre-2024 entities and lose earlier access to reports that could support investigations, customer due diligence, and transparency analysis.
Key Provisions
- Amends the beneficial-ownership reporting deadline in 31 U.S.C. 5336(b)(1)(B).
- Applies to reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024.
- Extends the filing deadline to January 1, 2026.
- Reduces near-term paperwork pressure on existing small businesses.
- Delays FinCEN access to beneficial-ownership reports for affected pre-existing companies.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Extends the Corporate Transparency Act beneficial-ownership filing deadline for reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2026.
Key Policy Areas
Small Business, Financial Crimes, Compliance, Beneficial Ownership
Primary Purpose
Extends the Corporate Transparency Act beneficial-ownership filing deadline for reporting companies formed before January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2026.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Pre-existing reporting companies
- Small business owners
- Main Street businesses
- Accountants advising small businesses
- Corporate formation services
- Compliance software users
Identified Costs
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network staff
- Anti-money-laundering investigators
- Law-enforcement users of beneficial-ownership data
- Banks conducting customer due diligence
- Transparency advocates
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, …
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H606)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H599-601)
Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass …
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Pre-existing reporting companies, Small business owners
Anti-money-laundering investigators, Banks conducting customer due diligence
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "cta"
- → Corporate Transparency Act
- "fincen"
- → Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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