There is widespread agreement, across the political spectrum, that the gaming of the tax code by multinational corporations is a problem. When profits and jobs are shipped offshore, we not only harm the U.S. economy, we fuel a tax haven industry that drains wealth around the world. We seek to fix the problem of large, well-connected interests gaming the tax system.
ITEP/PIRG Report Reveals at Least 366 Corporations — 73 Percent — in the Fortune 500 Operate One or More Subsidiaries in Tax Haven Countries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study released Tuesday highlights the widespread use of offshore tax haven loopholes by large multinational companies.
History Shows Tax Giveaways on Offshore Profits Neither Create Jobs nor Spur Investment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president is expected to claim in a speech Wednesday afternoon that a zero percent tax rate for multinational corporations that book profits offshore and a tax holiday for those multinationals that have already booked stockpiles of money offshore will increase the pay of the average American household by $4,000 — an erroneous notion according to the FACT Coalition.
Alternative Group of Lawmakers Unveils Proposals that Would End the Offshore Gaming
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department announced that it would maintain an important rule to curb offshore tax avoidance Wednesday, a move that stands in contrast to the administration’s proposals to make it easier to avoid taxes by booking profits offshore, according to the FACT Coalition.
The FACT Coalition sent a letter to Senators Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden, chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Finance, with recommendations on how to improve the international tax system ahead of the October 3, 2017 hearing on “International Tax Reform.”
GOP Leadership’s Proposal for a “Territorial Tax System” Would Encourage Corporations to Send Jobs Offshore and Avoid Paying Taxes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, over 100 organizations sent a letter urging members of Congress to reject a proposal that would allow U.S. multinational corporations to pay little to nothing on their offshore profits.
The FACT Coalition joined 100 other groups in sending a letter to Congress on Monday, October 2, 2017 opposing a proposal to allow multinationals to pay low-to-no taxes on the profits they booked offshore, also known as a “territorial tax system.”
