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#1882970 - 01/03/14 05:03 PM DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements?
ms.understood Offline
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December 30th acknowledgements from FinCEN are just fine...today I log in to save the three acknowledgements from recent SAR filings...and they are all missing BSA ID numbers (formerly DCN).

Everything else on the form looks good, just missing a line. Has that happened to anyone else? I can't find any documentation of a change, and I've called the BSA Help Desk, but it concerns me. Just putting out feelers for anyone else out there experiencing the same thing.

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#1883116 - 01/03/14 08:56 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? ms.understood
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Hello. I just downloaded a SAR acknowledgement and there was no problem with the DCN.
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#1883174 - 01/03/14 10:37 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? Cape Codder
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Originally Posted By: Cape Codder
Hello. I just downloaded a SAR acknowledgement and there was no problem with the DCN.


Very strange! Still no word from the Help Desk for me, and I did end up finding a BSA ID in a different place...where you can track your organization's submissions. I feel better that I can at least find it elsewhere..but my forms are definitely different when I compare January acknowledgements to December.

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#1883296 - 01/06/14 03:32 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? ms.understood
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I just received by first SAR acknowledgement for 2014 and it did not contain the BSA ID # on it. Like you I was able to find it elsewhere but its kind of strange that ours are different but Cape Codder's is not. Please let me know what the Help Desk says when they get back in touch with you about this.

Thanks

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#1883434 - 01/06/14 07:12 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? C.A.L.
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I also did not get BSA IDs on the acknowledgments for the three SARs I filed on Friday. The acknowledgments also arrived about a day earlier than they have in the past.

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#1884114 - 01/08/14 12:59 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? C.A.L.
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Originally Posted By: C.A.L.
I just received by first SAR acknowledgement for 2014 and it did not contain the BSA ID # on it. Like you I was able to find it elsewhere but its kind of strange that ours are different but Cape Codder's is not. Please let me know what the Help Desk says when they get back in touch with you about this.

Thanks

I wonder if it has to do with our process - we "batch file" our SAR's but each batch contains a single SAR. The acknowledgement is then uploaded to Patriot Officer, which is where we can see the DCN. No problems so far.
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#1884146 - 01/08/14 02:47 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? Cape Codder
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SARs I filed on 1/6/2014, also did not have an assigned BSA ID #, just the BSA Tracking Number. We discrete file SARs. I have looked for some kind of notification from FinCEN and have not found anything from them to inform us of this change. If anyone finds out anything, please post. Thanks!

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#1885252 - 01/10/14 05:03 PM Re: DCN/BSA ID missing from 2014 acknowledgements? ms.understood
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Help Desk had not gotten back to me as of Wednesday. I've been unable to check my voicemail since then, so not sure if they left me a message later in the week.

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