FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 9, 2020
Diverse Stakeholders Flood OECD in Push for Public Corporate Tax Disclosures

Investors, Small Businesses, Lawmakers, and NGOs Push OECD to Require Public Country-by-Country Reporting of Key Tax Information for Multinational Corporations


WASHINGTON, D.C. - A diverse set of stakeholders has called on the Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development to mandate public disclosures of key tax information for multinational corporations. Originally agreed to in 2015, the OECD is reviewing its standard on country-by-country reporting of tax information. The deadline for filing public comments was Friday, March 6th.

The submissions included a letter [ [link removed] ] from 13 U.S. senators and 20 U.S. representatives, a letter [ [link removed] ] from 4 national U.S. small business trade associations, a letter [ [link removed] ] from dozens of investors with $850 billion in assets under management, and a letter [ [link removed] ] from three dozen non-governmental organizations, which was led by the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition. Each of these letters called on the OECD to:
* align its framework with the new Tax Standard from the Global Reporting Initiative,
* lower the revenue threshold from $850 million to cover more multinational corporations, and
* mandate public disclosure of the information.


Clark Gascoigne [ [link removed] ], interim executive director of the FACT Coalition, issued the following statement:

"We are pleased to see such widespread support for increased tax transparency, and we hope that the members of the OECD's Inclusive Framework will listen to the emerging consensus around public disclosure. The OECD took a step in the right direction in 2015 by agreeing to country-by-country reporting, albeit on a private basis. It's now time to fulfill this agreement's true potential by aligning it with the consensus framework negotiated by the Global Reporting Initiative and mandating the information be made available to investors, academics, policymakers, and developing nations through public dissemination. In codifying the emerging trend toward transparency, the OECD can help expose abusive tax-dodging schemes - better protecting taxpayers, informing policymakers, and safeguarding investors."

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Notes to Editors:
* Click here [ [link removed] ] for an online version of this release.
* Click here [ [link removed] ] to read the letter to the OECD signed by 13 U.S. senators and 20 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
* Click here [ [link removed] ] to read the press release from Senator Van Hollen and Representatives Axne and Doggett.
* Click here [ [link removed] ] to read the letter to the OECD signed by four national U.S. small business trade associations.
* Click here [ [link removed] ] to reach the letter to the OECD signed by investors with assets under management of $850 billion
* Click here [ [link removed] ] to read the letter to the OECD from three dozen non-governmental organizations, including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, FACT Coalition, Friends of the Earth U.S., Global Financial Integrity, Greenpeace USA, Health Care for America Now, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, National Organization for Women, Oxfam America, Public Citizen, and Transparency International, among others.
* The OECD has published all of the comments they received online here [ [link removed] ].


Journalist Contact:

Clark Gascoigne
+1 202 810-1334
[email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] ]
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About the FACT Coalition

The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition is a non-partisan alliance of more than 100 state, national, and international organizations working toward a fair and honest tax system that addresses the challenges of a global economy and promoting policies to combat the harmful impacts of corrupt financial practices.

For more information, visit www.thefactcoalition.org


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