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.
Statement by FACT Executive Director Gary Kalman
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is traveling to Europe this week for, among other reasons, the purpose of talking with European Commission officials to argue against invalidating a special tax deal that allows Apple to direct tens of billions of dollars in worldwide revenues to Ireland and pay a tax rate in the range of 1%.
Rule Would Help Address Problem of Corporate Tax Inversions
The FACT Coalition submitted comments in support of a proposal from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to combat an egregious corporate tax avoidance technique known as earnings stripping. The rule is one of two Treasury proposals aimed at combatting so-called corporate tax inversions. FACT also submitted comments supporting the other proposal, which targets “serial inverters.”
Rule Would Help Address Problem of Corporate Tax Inversions
The FACT Coalition submitted comments in support of a proposal from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to combat an egregious corporate tax avoidance technique known as serial inverters. The rule is one of two Treasury proposals aimed at combatting so-called corporate tax inversions. FACT also submitted comments supporting the other proposal, which targets “earnings stripping.”
Coalition Submits Comments in Support of Two Treasury/IRS Rules to Combat Abusive Tax Dodging by Multinationals
WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury today in support of two proposed measures to combat abusive tax dodging through corporate tax inversions. In April, the Treasury Department announced two new measures to make it harder for multinational corporations to invert to dodge taxes. One measure targets a tax dodging technique known as “earnings stripping,” while the other rule targets repeat offenders known as “serial inverters.”
Statement of Clark Gascoigne, Interim Executive Director, Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition
Note: Yesterday evening the U.S. Department of Treasury announced regulatory actions to further limit the ability of multinational corporations to benefit from the tax avoidance maneuvers known as “inversions” and “earnings stripping.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Clark Gascoigne, the Interim Executive Director of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition, issued the following statement today reacting to the announcement of new measures by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to counter corporate tax inversions:
The Honorable Jacob J. Lew
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
Dear Secretary Lew,
On behalf of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition, I am writing to urge the Department of the Treasury to take all measures within its authority to curtail the ability of corporations to avoid paying taxes by engaging in corporate inversions. Explicitly, FACT believes that the Treasury Department could take further steps to prevent inversions through the use of its regulatory authority under Sections 956 and 7701 of the U.S. Tax Code.
