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FACT Sheet: Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

April 25, 2017

Every year, your employer, bank, the Social Security Administration, and anyone holding or investing your savings, sends you and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information about your accounts. This is a long-standing U.S. practice that combines patriotism and accountability and has created a culture of tax compliance.

However, for U.S. citizens living abroad and wealthy individuals with accounts in foreign banks, there was little accountability. While most Americans with foreign bank accounts paid the taxes they owed, some did not. For those, FATCA was passed.

New Bills Take Aim at Offshore Tax Haven Abuse

April 5, 2017

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act and Corporate EXIT Fairness Act Would Close Many of the Most Egregious Offshore Loopholes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional lawmakers introduced two measures Wednesday to close a number of offshore tax haven loopholes in a move welcomed by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition (FACT Coalition).

Offshore Tax Haven Lobby Makes Push to Defend Tax Evaders

March 27, 2017

Strengthen Measures against Offshore Tax Evasion — Don’t Repeal Them
The offshore tax haven lobby is out in force this month — kicking off a media and lobbying blitz against the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a sensible transparency measure to ferret out offshore tax evaders.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board completely misconstrues FATCA as government overreach in its March 2nd editorial, “My Big Fatca IRS”. The Journal writes:
“Almost since the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) became law in 2010 to go after fat cats stashing money abroad, these pages have reported that it has led the IRS to treat law-abiding Americans as criminals…
“With the GOP controlling Congress and White House, the time is ripe for Republicans to make good on their pledge and give Fatca the heave-ho.”
The Journal’s editorial was echoed last week by several pro-tax haven groups in a letter to lawmakers. The editorial and the letter are off-base.

A Conversation With Ecuador’s Foreign Minister on Tax Avoidance

Tax Avoidance, Illicit Financial Flows, and Global Development: A Call for a United Nations Tax Body
Thursday, January 12, 2016
Join the FACT Coalition and several other groups for a conversation with Foreign Minister Guilluame Long of Ecuador—as they take over the presidency of the G77 + China group of 134 developing nations—to discuss tax avoidance, illicit financial flows, and calls for a United Nations tax body.

FACT Sheet: Offshore Tax Haven Abuse by the Numbers

October 1, 2016

Up to $180 billion: The amount that the U.S. loses in tax revenue to offshore tax haven abuse each year.

$111 billion: Lost U.S. revenue from profit shifting by multinational corporations annually.
$40-70 billion: Lost U.S. revenue to tax evasion by wealthy individuals annually.

Fortune Magazine Op-Ed: It’s Time for the U.S. to Deal With Tax Evaders

February 2, 2016

America Is the World’s Newest Tax Haven
If I asked you to name the world’s biggest tax haven, you might come up with the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, or Luxembourg. Those of you following the recent series of so-called “corporate tax inversions” might guess Ireland.

You probably wouldn’t think of the United States, but the latest edition of Bloomberg Businessweek points its finger squarely at Uncle Sam—and not without reason.