I wrote recently about the need to draw a line in the sand on FATCA. Long story short, if current efforts to form an international tax cartel are not halted immediately, we can look forward to a future with a bleak economic outlook due to depressed worldwide…

Andrew F. Quinlan
Andrew F. Quinlan was a co-founder of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and served as its president for over 20 years.
Before CF&P, Andrew was Senior Economic Analyst for the Republican National Committee, and then served as a top staff member for New Jersey Congressman Jim Saxton, including as senior advisor to the Joint Economic Committee.
Andrew passed away in 2022.
With Final FATCA Rules Released, It’s Now Or Never
Last week the Treasury Department finally released the oft delayed final rules for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The 544 pages of rules seem to offer little in the way of surprises, but they do confirm that FATCA remains “the worst law most Americans…
Havoc Wreaked By FATCA Spreads
As the rest of the world is forced to deal with imperialist US tax policy, Americans and the US economy are continuing to suffer the consequences. We’ve already written about how FATCA is causing Americans being dropped from banks in Switzerland, Taiwanese banks…
“We can no longer afford to be American citizens.”
In a recent column, Cal Thomas describes the account of a friend named “Sam,” who is learning that being an American overseas comes with high costs: I had read about financially motivated expatriates, but I never knew one until I visited with my longtime…
FATCA Must GO! And Here’s WHY…
In the most comprehensive and detailed take-down I’ve yet seen of the Obama administration’s destructive FATCA law, Herman Bouma offers “11 Reasons Why FATCA Must Be Repealed.” Bouma is a Senior Tax Counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney…
Hong Kong Stands Up to FATCA Menace
The chief executive of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission is warning against allowing US and European fiscal imperialism in Asia. The boss of Hong Kong’s financial watchdog has called for the authorities to take a greater role in global regulatory…
Andrew Quinlan Remarks on FATCA to 36th Annual Conference on the Caribbean and Central America
I was asked to talk today about the implications of the most recent delays in implementing FATCA. To do so, I want to put the law in a larger context, as part of a battle which my organization has been fighting for over a decade. Once the context is clear, I’ll then dis…
Coerced Foreign Tax Compliance Is Killing American Jobs
This article appeared in Forbes.
Rallying Support in the Fight Against FATCA
CF&P is not backing down in the fight against FATCA. With so many insiders and special interests counseling for institutions and nations to just roll over and accept a raw deal, it would be easy to think the fight was already lost. But it’s no fait accompli…
Can Treasury Con 50 Countries Into Relinquishing Their Fiscal Sovereignty?
Fresh off new delays in its implementation of the disastrous FATCA legislation, the Treasury Department has announced that it is in discussions with more than 50 countries to sign bilateral agreements…




