The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition welcomes inclusion of critical investments in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and important but incremental steps to tackle tax dodging by multinational enterprises as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 passed by the Senate this weekend.
Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its draft appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023 that provided just $189 million to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). While it is an increase above FY2022 enacted levels, the Senate figure falls short of the funding approved last week by the House and requested by the President by a sum of $21 million.
Investors are exposed to material tax and geopolitical risks because of a lack of tax and other financial transparency, according to a report released today by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition. To give investors greater visibility into these material risks, the FACT Coalition report calls on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to use its current authority to implement rules for public country-by-country reporting (PCbCR) regarding revenues, profits, operations, and taxes paid and accrued.
Today, the House of Representatives passed a six-bill appropriations package (H.R. 8294) for fiscal year 2023 that includes $210.33 million for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved as part of the must-pass defense spending bill the “ENABLERS” Act. The Act requires certain professional service providers that are best positioned to act as “gatekeepers” to the U.S. financial system to adopt common sense anti-money laundering procedures that can help detect, flag, and prevent the laundering of corrupt and other criminal funds into the United States.
The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition applauds the House Armed Services Committee for voting today to include the ENABLERS Act in the House version of the annual defense bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (the NDAA).
