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Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

USA116th CongressS-779| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2019
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Cosponsors (1)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions to counter money laundering and efforts to significantly impede U.S. tax enforcement. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand reporting requirements for certain foreign investments and accounts held by U.S. persons, establish a rebuttable presumption against the validity of transactions by institutions that do not comply with reporting requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for tax purposes, treat swap payments sent offshore as taxable U.S. source income, require reporting of United States beneficial owners of foreign-owned financial accounts, impose additional requirements for third party summonses used to obtain information in tax investigations that do not identify the person with respect to whose liability the summons is issued (i.e., John Doe summons), and modify the rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States). The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to (1) require corporations to disclose certain financial information on a country-by-country basis, and (2) impose penalties for failing to disclose offshore holdings. The bill makes investment advisers and persons engaged in forming new business entities subject to new anti-money laundering requirements.
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Timeline
Mar 13, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1712
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 13, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1712
    Introduced in House


  • March 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 116-2140: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2019
  • HR 116-1711: No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
  • HR 116-1712: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness recordsCorporate finance and managementDepartment of the TreasuryEvidence and witnessesFederal district courtsFinancial services and investmentsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesJurisdiction and venueSecuritiesTax administration and collection, taxpayersTaxation of foreign incomeU.S. and foreign investments

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

USA116th CongressS-779| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2019
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions to counter money laundering and efforts to significantly impede U.S. tax enforcement. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand reporting requirements for certain foreign investments and accounts held by U.S. persons, establish a rebuttable presumption against the validity of transactions by institutions that do not comply with reporting requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for tax purposes, treat swap payments sent offshore as taxable U.S. source income, require reporting of United States beneficial owners of foreign-owned financial accounts, impose additional requirements for third party summonses used to obtain information in tax investigations that do not identify the person with respect to whose liability the summons is issued (i.e., John Doe summons), and modify the rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States). The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to (1) require corporations to disclose certain financial information on a country-by-country basis, and (2) impose penalties for failing to disclose offshore holdings. The bill makes investment advisers and persons engaged in forming new business entities subject to new anti-money laundering requirements.
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Timeline
Mar 13, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1712
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • March 13, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1712
    Introduced in House


  • March 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Cosponsors (1)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • S 116-2140: Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2019
  • HR 116-1711: No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
  • HR 116-1712: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalBusiness recordsCorporate finance and managementDepartment of the TreasuryEvidence and witnessesFederal district courtsFinancial services and investmentsForeign and international bankingForeign and international corporationsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesJurisdiction and venueSecuritiesTax administration and collection, taxpayersTaxation of foreign incomeU.S. and foreign investments