The Trump administration has gutted a regulation designed to crack down on money laundering in the United States. The move made over the weekend prompted cheers from small business advocates and congressional Republicans.
The Treasury Department announced on Sunday that it would suspend all fines and enforcement activity associated with the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act. That law, enacted in 2021, required businesses over a certain size to report who benefits from the profits of their operations. Treasury will re-propose the rule to focus only on foreign companies, a significant reduction in the law’s scope.
