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Report of cash payments over $10,000 in a trade or business (FinCEN Form 8300)

A regulatory return listed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), United States.

A joint IRS/FinCEN report of cash received by a trade or business, cross-referenced against SAR and CTR data to trace money trails and spot criminal patterns. Source

Official title: FinCEN Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business

The facts

Who files
Any person engaged in a trade or business who, in the course of that trade or business, receives more than $10,000 in cash in one transaction or in two or more related transactions. It may also be filed voluntarily for a suspicious transaction under the threshold. Source
How often
Filed per qualifying cash receipt or set of related transactions. Source
Deadline
Within 15 days following the day the reportable cash was received, under the same 15-day rule as the CTR (31 CFR 1010.306(a), 1010.330). Source
Format
Web form. Filed electronically through the BSA E-Filing System (around 200,000 were still filed on paper in the year before e-filing launched). Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the FinCEN: BSA E-Filing System; CBP Electronic CMIR; BOI E-Filing System. See how firms file with the FinCEN.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Trade and business cash reporting

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

A single form. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No standalone, published catalogue of edit checks was found on the pages read. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Form 8300 data was not found published on the pages read. Source

Official documents (2)

The FinCEN's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • FinCEN Announces Electronic Filing for Form 8300

    Guidance · HTML · 23.8 KB · 19 September 2012

    Confirms who must file Form 8300 (a trade or business receiving more than $10,000 in cash in one transaction or in two or more related transactions) and its purpose alongside SAR and CTR data.

  • 31 CFR Part 1010, General Provisions (2025 annual edition)

    Legal text · PDF · 689.1 KB · 1 January 2025

    Section 1010.306 sets the filing deadlines relied on here: 15 days after the transaction for CTR and Form 8300 reports (1010.311/1010.330), at the time of entry/departure (or within 15 days of receipt for an unaccompanied shipment) for CMIR (1010.340), and on or before 30 June each year for FBAR (1010.350). Section 1010.330 sets the Form 8300 threshold and section 1010.340 the CMIR threshold.

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Sources

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Last checked 13 November 2026.