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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: The FACT Coalition’s 2023 Year of Impact
FACT Executive Director Ian Gary reflects on the policy victories, new Coalition members, media hits, and emerging issues that defined FACT’s 2023, and turns an eye to the year ahead.
Multinational companies do not publicly report on where they are making their money or what taxes they are paying to whom. Investors, policymakers, and citizens have no idea exactly how they are gaming the system—what they tell us versus what they tell other countries. They should have to write it down in one place and report it on a country-by-country basis, so that the public, policymakers, and shareholders can see what they are really paying.
FACT Executive Director Ian Gary reflects on the policy victories, new Coalition members, media hits, and emerging issues that defined FACT’s 2023, and turns an eye to the year ahead.
A former top Treasury official laid out the case for public country-by-country reporting requirements for U.S. multinationals at a recent Senate Budget Committee hearing, and a long-awaited rule introducing anti-money laundering responsibilities for investment advisors is now under regulatory review.
UN Development Dialogue highlights growing momentum for public country-by-country reporting, Canada passes public beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and the UN votes to begin international tax reform negotiations.
FACT executive director Ian Gary joined experts and allies from Oxfam America, Tax Justice Network Africa, UNDP, and the Australian and Nigerian governments for a panel on global tax transparency as a part of the UNDP’s Dialogue on Tax and SDGs in New York.
In her debut blog, FACT policy director Zorka Milin details how the ongoing Microsoft profit shifting dispute makes a clear case for greater tax transparency requirements for major multinationals.
Progress on public country-by-country in jurisdictions around the globe continues to reinforce the need for decisive action by the Securities and Exchange Commission to set a consistent, strong standard for multinational public tax reporting.