FinCEN BOI Final Rule Q&A #5
What information must “reporting companies” report?
Cite as FinCEN BOI Final Rule Q&A #5 (August 11, 2026 final rule)
Reporting companies do not need to report BOI of any U.S. persons, including U.S. company
applicants and U.S. person beneficial owners.
A reporting company is required to report:
• Its legal name;
• Any trade names, “doing business as” (d/b/a), or “trading as” (t/a) names;
• The current street address of its principal place of business if that address is in the
United States, or, for reporting companies whose principal place of business is
outside the United States, the current address from which the company conducts
business in the United States;
• Its foreign jurisdiction of formation;
• The State or Tribal jurisdiction where it first registers; and
• Its Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) (including
an Employer Identification Number (EIN)), or where a reporting company has not
been issued a TIN, a tax identification number issued by a foreign jurisdiction and the
name of such jurisdiction.