Oxfam America leads the push for tax transparency in the extractives sector, FACT submits comments to FASB on proposed income tax disclosure revisions, and Australia prepares to vote on public country-by-country reporting.
FACT Coalition member Oxfam America released new statistics detailing support by investors with over $10 trillion in assets under management for public country-by-country reporting of tax and operational data for large multinationals.
In comments submitted April 28, FACT welcomed the application of strong reporting requirements largely in line with – and in some cases improving upon – international best practices for a wide variety of multinational enterprises, and offered recommendations to ensure the ultimate efficacy of Australia’s proposed public country-by-country reporting regime
In remarks before the House Financial Services Committee, FinCEN Acting Director Him Das outlined a number of the Bureau’s top priorities, including effectively implementing the CTA by ensuring “efficient access” to beneficial ownership information collected under the law for authorized users, and effectively verifying that information.
The legislation – expected to pass through the Australian Parliament this year – represents the first public country-by-country reporting regime with global reach to be advanced by any major jurisdiction.
Global civil society organizations collectively representing more than 100 groups sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today calling on the U.S. to advance specific, meaningful financial transparency reforms to ensure the U.S. does its part to defend worldwide freedoms in the wake of the second Summit for Democracy.
