Resources

FACT Sheet: The Urgent Case for U.S. International Tax Reform

Concerns about competitiveness and how the OECD negotiations may interact with U.S. international tax reform consistent with the President’s Made in America Tax Plan, the Senate Finance Committee Framework for International Tax Reform, and the No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act, or NTBOA (H.R. 1785), are overstated—or, worse—purposefully misleading. To improve competitiveness for American working families and domestic businesses, and to ensure an OECD agreement is reached, Congress should act now on U.S. international tax reform.

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Acres of Money Laundering: Why U.S. Real Estate is a Kleptocrat’s Dream

What do the Iranian government, a fugitive international jeweler, and a disgraced Harvard University fencing coach have in common? They have all used U.S. real estate to launder their ill-gotten gains. In Acres of Money Laundering: Why U.S. Real Estate is a Kleptocrat’s Dream, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) dives into the murky world of global money laundering and demonstrates the ease with which kleptocrats, criminals, sanctions evaders, and corrupt government officials choose the U.S. real estate market as their preferred destination to hide and launder proceeds from illicit activities.

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