Get FinCEN 110 2005-2024

A United States person that has a financial interest in or signature authority over foreign financial accounts must file an FBAR if the aggregate value of the foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year.

When and Where to File -This report must be filed with the U.S. Department of the Treasury: Designation at P.O. Box 33112, Detroit MI 48232-0112. The report must be filed no later than 30 days after the first transaction to be exempted.

Ineligible Businesses Serving as a financial institution or as agents for a financial institution of any type. Purchasing or selling motor vehicles of any kind, vessels, aircraft, farm equipment, or mobile homes. Practicing law, accounting, or medicine. Auctioning of goods.

The regulation requires that multiple purchases during one business day be aggregated and treated as one purchase. Purchases of different types of instruments at the same time are treated as one purchase and the amounts should be aggregated to determine if the total is $3,000 or more.

The Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994 established a two-phase exemption criteria. Under Phase 1, transactions conducted by banks, government departments or agencies, and listed public companies and their subsidiaries are exempt from CTR reporting.

Any bank that wishes to designate a customer as an exempt person must file FinCEN Form 110, Designation of Exempt Person, with the IRS Detroit Computing Center no later than 30 days after the first transaction to be exempted. Send your completed form to: IRS Detroit Computing Center.

There are certain businesses which are ineligible for exemption from CTR reports under Phase 2; these include any business which is engaged in certain activities including, but not limited to, practicing law, accounting, and medicine, engaging in gaming or trade union activities, or operating a pawn brokerage or real ...

Regulatory Requirements for Transactions of Exempt Persons A bank must electronically file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) for each transaction in currency (deposit, withdrawal, exchange of currency, or other payment or transfer) of more than $10,000 by, through, or to the bank.