Anonymous companies have been linked to money laundering, fraud, drug trafficking, sanctions evasion, corruption, tax crimes, human trafficking, organized crime, terrorist financing, and other forms of illicit activity. The Corporate Transparency Act remains our best tool to fight back.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, bipartisan outcry from lawmakers over Treasury’s move to gut the ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies, and FACT’s research prompts new legislation to end tax subsidies for foreign oil and gas drilling.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT-endorsed corporate tax transparency legislation is reintroduced in the House and Senate, sparks fly at FinCEN’s annual HFSC oversight hearing, FACT announces an event bridging transparency issues and American democracy, and more.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, Erica Hanichak and Zorka Milin are named FACT co-directors, Microsoft and other major multinationals release their first EU international tax reports, Julia Yansura contributes to hard-hitting reporting on Ecuadorian gold, and more.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, New York Times analysis shows widespread use of tax havens by major multinationals, the GAO releases a new report on risks from anonymous shell companies, and Senators Warren and Wyden call on Treasury to act to keep dirty gold out of the U.S. Mint.
In this month’s edition of Just the FACTs, FACT and allies respond to reckless House vote threatening the Corporate Transparency Act, and FACT joins 34 other civil society organizations in offering policy recommendations on illicit gold ahead of UK summit.
