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.
With the Senate set to take up consideration of a package of over 50 tax breaks, the FACT (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency) Coalition is reminding the American people of two of the more egregious breaks included in the bill and of their impact on this country.
FACT and a number of other organizations sent the attached letter to Senators in May 2014 regarding the tax extenders.
“The House Ways and Means Committee should reject two tax breaks that benefit tax dodging corporations at the “expense of the rest of us. The controlled foreign corporation (CFC) look-through rule and the active financing exception have enabled multinational corporations to avoid U.S taxes by shifting profits to shell companies in tax havens around the globe.
Faith leaders, small business owners, activists, and others will be fanning out across Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers in both chambers and in both parties of the impact that offshore tax haven abuse and the use of anonymous shell companies are having on communities as the FACT (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency) Coalition kicks off its Advocacy Days.
With Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (OR) to begin consideration of renewing the set of expired tax breaks, or “tax extenders,” this week and embarking on the first major action of his chairmanship, the FACT (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency) Coalition is urging him to take a stand against multinational corporations that have used some of these extenders to avoid paying taxes and reject these egregious provisions.
Senator Carl Levin speaks during the FACT Coalition’s 2014 Advocacy Days in Washington, DC.
