Which term describes splitting transactions into smaller sums to avoid triggering reporting thresholds?

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Structuring, also known as smurfing, is the practice of breaking a large cash transaction into smaller deposits to stay under reporting thresholds. This term fits best because it directly describes the deliberate action of dividing funds so the bank doesn’t trigger required reports, like a Currency Transaction Report, when cash totals would otherwise exceed the limit. In many places, reporting is required for cash over a specific amount, so depositing smaller sums to avoid that threshold is the tactic being described. The other options describe related ideas but do not capture this specific evasion tactic: reluctance to furnish ID concerns verification practices, legitimate transactions refer to ordinary activity, and frequent large transactions describe a pattern without the element of breaking up amounts to dodge reporting.