In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, bipartisan outcry from lawmakers over Treasury’s move to gut the ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies, and FACT’s research prompts new legislation to end tax subsidies for foreign oil and gas drilling.
“By failing to fulfill Congress’ mandate for greater financial integrity, the Treasury Department has handed a major victory to U.S. adversaries, corrupt officials, fraudsters, and tax evaders who use our financial system to move and hide illicit wealth.”
– Erica Hanichak, co-director of the FACT Coalition
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT-endorsed corporate tax transparency legislation is reintroduced in the House and Senate, sparks fly at FinCEN’s annual HFSC oversight hearing, FACT announces an event bridging transparency issues and American democracy, and more.
Join the FACT Coalition on September 22 for a conversation with authors Vanessa Williamson (Brookings) and Casey Michel exploring why good tax policy and financial transparency are essential to American democracy.
Microsoft’s new financial disclosures demonstrate the challenge facing policymakers interested in taxing AI: massive investment in the sector is lowering tax collected today, and even when the technology becomes profitable loose international tax rules mean the U.S. might not get much new revenue.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, Erica Hanichak and Zorka Milin are named FACT co-directors, Microsoft and other major multinationals release their first EU international tax reports, Julia Yansura contributes to hard-hitting reporting on Ecuadorian gold, and more.
