Launch of U.S. Beneficial Ownership Registry Caps Year of Wins On Key FACT Priorities

Major wins on corporate transparency and anti-money laundering policy, the dawning of a new era of multinational tax transparency, and expanding recognition of the role of U.S. financial secrecy in enabling environmental crimes all helped to define a landmark year of impact for the FACT Coalition and our allies.

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Fairness, Transparency, and Enforcement: FACT’s Principles for Taxing U.S. Multinational Corporations After 2025

With negotiations surrounding the expiration of large parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act already underway, lawmakers must move quickly to close costly loopholes, prevent offshoring of jobs and profits, and provide adequate tax transparency for U.S. multinational corporations.

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Full Report: “Dirty Money and the Destruction of the Amazon: Uncovering the U.S. Role in Illicit Financial Flows from Environmental Crimes”

Click here to read the FACT Coalition’s latest report analyzing the ways in which U.S. financial secrecy helps abet and reward environmental criminals in the Amazon region.

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Senate Budget Bill Includes Crucial New Funding for Nation’s Financial Crime Fighters

August 7, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements

FACT applauds the Senate Appropriations Committee’s new bill expanding funding for the nation’s primary financial intelligence unit, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, by more than $25 million.

Investors with $2.3T in Assets Call for Enhanced Tax Transparency, Treasury to Finalize New AML Rules in August: Just the FACTs 8/1/24

August 1, 2024 | Newsletter

A new petition from investors with $2.3 trillion in assets under management calls for additional tax transparency from U.S.-listed multinationals, Treasury updates its timeline for key anti-money laundering rulemakings, and the U.S. announces a new initiative targeting the proceeds of environmental crimes in the Amazon.

Investors with More than $2.3 Trillion in Assets Demand SEC Rulemaking to Require Greater Multinational Tax Transparency

July 31, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements

A new petition filed on behalf of 87 investors with more than $2.3 trillion in assets under management calls on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to require greater tax transparency from U.S.-listed companies.

FACT Applauds Announcement of Intergovernmental Initiative to Combat Illicit Finance and Nature Crimes

July 30, 2024 | Press Releases & Statements

FACT welcomes the government’s commitment to targeting the proceeds of nature crimes like illegal mining and deforestation through the new Amazon Region Initiative Against Illicit Finance.