Press Releases & Statements

Large Companies Dodging $767 Billion in U.S. Taxes through Offshore Loopholes

ITEP Report Reveals Fortune 500 Companies Booking Record $2.6 Trillion in Untaxed Profits Abroad
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Washington turns its attention to tax reform, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy underscores the immense scale of offshore tax avoidance: Fortune 500 companies have booked a record $2.6 trillion in profits offshore, allowing them to avoid up to $767 billion in U.S. taxes.

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Legislation Proposes Strengthening Foreign Bribery Safeguard

Foreign Business Bribery Prohibition Act” Would Empower Private Sector to Assist in Combating Corruption
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) introduced legislation Thursday to strengthen safeguards against foreign bribery in a move welcomed by anti-corruption advocates.

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New Bill Takes Aim at Offshore Tax Avoidance

FACT Coalition Statement on  Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Thursday takes aim at offshore tax avoidance by closing a number of loopholes in the tax code.

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FinCEN’s Continued Effort to Purge Dirty Money from Real Estate Welcomed by Experts

Statement by the FACT Coalition on Treasury’s Decision to Renew Geographic Targeting Orders to Identify Buyers in Luxury Real Estate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department, announced that it was renewing its temporary orders seeking to uncover illicit activity in the luxury real estate sector.

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Report Shows House Tax Plan Fails to Curb Tax Avoidance

Statement by the FACT Coalition on ITEP Study
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report published Wednesday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) explains—among other things—how the House tax plan fails to curtail tax avoidance, contrary to the conventional wisdom in Washington.

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