For many other small businesses, it is not.
There are millions of businesses which still operate largely on paper invoices and registers. Owners can't understand the text of the BOI website or the technical requirements, which includes registering for Login.gov.
Others are completely engrossed in their day to day operations and won't even hear about the dire warnings from an obscure federal agency. If they happen to check the Yahoo or Hotmail accounts they use for their business (often their personal communications too) they are just as likely to ignore it as spam.
That leaves it up to local accountants to fill the gap. Many don't know, or aren't keeping track of this because it's not a tax thing. When I asked my accountant about it she didn't answer for more than a month, and then sent out an explanation to all of her clients along with the following message:
If you want to engage us to prepare the BOI, our hourly rate is $250 will apply, with a one hour minimum. To minimize your fee, it is imperative for you to provide us with all the information required at once. Please contact our office if you wish us to prepare the BOI and we will send an engagement letter that will need to be signed and a list of documents we will need to prepare the BOI.
Ignoring the $500 per day fines and threat of prison time, can you see how dealing with this is a non-starter for a lot of small businesses?
