What does FinCEN do with CTRs?

Federal law requires financial institutions to report currency (cash or coin) transactions over $10,000 conducted by, or on behalf of, one person, as well as multiple currency transactions that aggregate to be over $10,000 in a single day. These transactions are reported on Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs).

What triggers a CTR report?

The reporting requirement for a CTR is triggered when a bank customer initiates a transaction of more than $10,000, not when they complete it. If a bank customer refuses the transaction or modifies it to fall below the threshold, the bank employee is required to file a suspicious activity report.

What gets reported to FinCEN?

A currency transaction report (CTR) is a report that U.S. financial institutions are required to file with FinCEN for each deposit, withdrawal, exchange of currency, or other payment or transfer, by, through, or to the financial institution which involves a transaction in currency of more than $10,000.

Does a CTR trigger an audit?

Although having a CTR on your IRS file may cause you to be audited, structuring your transactions to avoid the CTR is illegal, and it will cause you even more headaches.

How do you avoid CTR?

Do not attempt to avoid a CTR by splitting your transaction into multiple transactions, or by making a transaction just under $10,000. Deliberately evading the CTR reporting threshold is a federal crime known as “structuring.”

Is a CTR report bad?

Who files a CTR report?

A bank must electronically file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) for each transaction in currency1 (deposit, withdrawal, exchange of currency, or other payment or transfer) of more than $10,000 by, through, or to the bank.

Who is responsible for filing a CTR?

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A bank must electronically file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) for each transaction in currency1 (deposit, withdrawal, exchange of currency, or other payment or transfer) of more than $10,000 by, through, or to the bank.

Does a CTR report to IRS?

Although CTR data are officially collected and maintained by FinCEN, the IRS can use CTR data for compliance purposes. TIGTA found that 5,266 subjects of cash-in CTRs totaling more than $1.9 billion did not file income tax returns for Tax Year 2017; however, the IRS is not using this data to identify nonfilers.