Lawmakers target beneficial owners as US tops tax secrecy list

Danish Mehboob

May 23 2022

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There are renewed calls for the Corporate Transparency Act in Congress after the US ranked number one on the Financial Secrecy Index.

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Danish Mehboob

Senior Reporter ITR

Danish reports on all matters of direct tax and BEPS. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and what multinationals are doing to manage the tax burdens. Danish also specialises in tax technology and data management.

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