Legal Tax Cheats: Lux Leaks, Swiss Leaks, U.S. Leaks - What does it all mean?
The FACTs on how our financial system and tax code incentivize tax avoidance and evasion by both individuals and companies and perpetuate financial secrecy that facilitates crime, corruption and money laundering.
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*** MEDIA BRIEFING ***
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Tax Day right around the corner, the FACT (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency) Coalition is kicking off a continuing series of briefings for members of the media on the FACT Coalition, individual tax evasion, corporate tax avoidance, tax haven abuse, beneficial ownership and incorporation transparency, and anti-money laundering efforts.
The briefing will be moderated by Elise Bean, former Staff Director for Sen. Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Named by Washingtonian magazine as one of the 100 most influential women in Washington, Ms. Bean headed up numerous investigations into tax haven abuse during her 15-year tenure, including profit-shifting by multinationals like Apple, Microsoft, and Caterpillar, offshore tax shelters promoted by legal and accounting firms like KPMG and Cravath Swaine, and tax evasion facilitated by major financial institutions like UBS and Credit Suisse.
WHO: Elise Bean, Moderator, former Staff Director, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Interim Director, Levin Center, Wayne State Law School
Rebecca Wilkins, Executive Director, FACT Coalition and Tax Justice Network USA
Heather Lowe, Legal Counsel and Director of Government Affairs, Global Financial Integrity
Stefanie Ostfeld, Senior Policy Advisor, Deputy Head of U.S. Office, Global Witness
Scott Klinger, Director of Revenue and Spending Policies, Center for Effective Government
WHAT: FACT Coalition Media Briefing
WHERE: National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Zenger Room, 13th Floor
WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 2015
9:00 – 11:00 am
(Complimentary breakfast to begin at 8:30.)
If you are interested in attending the briefing, please email or call Nick Jacobs at the contact information listed below.
Media Contact:
Nick Jacobs
[email protected]
202-841-1466
Founded in 2011, the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition unites civil society representatives from small business, labor, government watchdog, faith-based, human rights, anti-corruption, public-interest, and international development organizations. We seek an honest and fair corporate tax code, greater transparency in corporate ownership and operations, and commonsense policies to combat the facilitation of money laundering and other criminal activity by the financial system.
SOURCE FACT (Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency) Coalition
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