Category: Board Duties

Categories: Board Duties, Federal Law & Regulations, Financial & Reserves, General Tags: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Reserves

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. On March 18, 2026, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced changes to their lending guidelines in Lender Letter LL-2026-03. There are a number of changes announced in the Lender Letter, some of which will be discussed in later posts. This post focuses on the changes to the reserve requirements for condominium projects. The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac changes to their reserve requirements for condominium associations includes: Hawaii condominium associations [Read More...]

Categories: Board Duties, Community Association Management, Federal Law & Regulations Tags: Beneficial Owner Information, Corporate Transparency Act, CTA

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. On Friday, March 21, 2025, FinCen issued a press release on an interim final rule Removing United States Companies and Persons from the BOI Reporting Requirements. The Final Interim Rule and Explanation is posted here. The stated basis of the Interim Final Rule is: FinCEN has determined that an interim final rule is the appropriate mechanism to exemptdomestic reporting companies and United States Persons who are beneficial owners of foreign [Read More...]

Categories: Board Duties, Community Association Management, Federal Law & Regulations Tags: Beneficial Owner Information, Corporate Transparency Act, CTA

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. Yesterday, the U. S. Treasury Department issues a press release stating that it will not enforce the BOI Reporting Requirements against U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies. The press release states, “not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, but it will further not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting [Read More...]

Categories: Board Duties, Community Association Management, Federal Law & Regulations Tags: Beneficial Owner Information, Corporate Transparency Act, CTA

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. Today, FinCen posted a news release that it will not issue any fines or other penalties for any entity that does not file a BOI Report until new interim rules are adopted. Before March 21, 2025, FinCen intends to issue interim rules that will extend the deadline for filing BOI Reports. In addition, FinCen intends to solicit public comment on potential revisions to existing BOI Reporting requirements. Those comments will [Read More...]

Categories: Board Duties, Community Association Management, Federal Law & Regulations Tags: Beneficial Owner Information, Corporate Transparency Act, CTA

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. The Federal District Court lifted the injunction preventing enforcement of the CTA in the Smith v. U. S. Department of the Treasury case. The injunction was lifted by the Federal District Court in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. case. However, FinCen issued a notice that it would extend the deadline to file the BOI Reporting deadline by 30-days from [Read More...]