In her debut blog, FACT policy director Zorka Milin details how the ongoing Microsoft profit shifting dispute makes a clear case for greater tax transparency requirements for major multinationals.
Progress on public country-by-country in jurisdictions around the globe continues to reinforce the need for decisive action by the Securities and Exchange Commission to set a consistent, strong standard for multinational public tax reporting.
Widespread adoption of public country-by-country reporting requirements could be the silver bullet African nations need to overcome numerous challenges, including the scourge of illicit financial outflows and tax evasion.
Under new standards, many U.S. companies will now have to provide additional information on their total cash taxes paid across jurisdictions, as well as more effectively break down the calculation of their effective tax rates for a given income year.
FACT welcomes the Australian Senate’s introduction of important updates to disclosure requirements surrounding the subsidiaries of public companies, and recommends that Parliament swiftly introduce final legislation to mandate public country-by-country reporting.
Pressure from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development contributed to the Australian government’s decision to alter and delay legislation mandating public country-by-country reporting from large multinational companies last month, according to recent front-page reporting by the Financial Times.
