In advance of the Second U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, leaders in the U.S. and Africa must seize the moment to advance a new partnership to curb Illicit Financial Flows, corruption, and tax dodging.
The bipartisan ENABLERS Act continues to gain steam heading into conference as an amendment to the annual must-pass defense bill, providing lawmakers with a historic opportunity to end the complicity of U.S. professionals in the laundering of illicit funds by kleptocrats and criminals the world over.
Australia may become the first country to require a wide range of MNEs (multinational enterprises), including some headquartered in the United States, to report key tax and operating information that is fully disaggregated on a country-by-country basis,
In recent decades, public interest organizations—such as the Transparency International, Global Financial Integrity, FACT Coalition, and Tax Justice Network—have labored to shine sunlight on the tax practices of huge multinational entities that siphon significant resources that properly belong to the people.
It is vital that Australia maintain its proposed definition and implement final laws that require [public country-by-country reporting] from any [multinational corporation] with established taxable contacts in Australia,” Ryan Gurule, policy director at the FACT Coalition, said in a statement.
Australia is poised to deliver a global breakthrough in tax transparency with a new budget for FY2023 including strong public country-by-country reporting (PCbCR) requirements for certain large multinational enterprises (MNEs).
