<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thank you, Rachel, for letting us know. This is good news indeed.<div><br></div><div>Vale Hartley<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 3, 2025, at 10:23 AM, Rachel Long <rachel@accessrealestateservices.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">THIS JUST CAME IN! GOOD NEWS!!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Please see below.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>--<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Rachel A. Long<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Owner/Designated Broker<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Access Real Estate Services<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>809 W. Orchard Drive, Suite 8<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Bellingham, WA 98225<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Office (360) 685-0123 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span><a href="x-msg://43/www.accessres.com" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">www.accessres.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Samantha Harris <<a href="mailto:samantha@sagelawwa.com" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">samantha@sagelawwa.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, March 3, 2025 9:49 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Samantha Harris <<a href="mailto:samantha@sagelawwa.com" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">samantha@sagelawwa.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>CTA Update<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Good morning,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Treasury Department announced yesterday that it will not enforce the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) against US citizens or domestic reporting companies (including Washington Corporations), and that it will propose a future rule that limits CTA enforcement to foreign corporations only.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It is not certain whether this will be a permanent end to the back and forth, but it appears that the Treasury Department will continue to work toward restricting CTA enforcement against entities like community associations, and, at least for the foreseeable future, our firm’s clients are not obligated to file Beneficial Ownership Interest (BOI) reports.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Here is a link to the official announcement:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Samantha Harris</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span style=""><span id="cid:image001.png@01DB8C21.724C8B30"><image001.png></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Paralegal</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:Samantha@SageLawWA.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Samantha@SageLawWA.com</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Main: 206-278-4188<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><i><sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></sup></i></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; 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