Below is the history of the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, hereinafter also referred to as FBAR and its relationship to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), U.S. Treasury.
I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions
The legislative framework generally referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) consists of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), Public Law 107–56 (October 26, 2001), and other legislation, including the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act).[2] The BSA is codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1960, and 31 U.S.