The Department of the Treasury

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Ministers Take Steps to Protect the Global Financial System

Washington – Today, U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary, Steven T. Mnuchin, chaired a meeting of Ministers and other senior…

8 years ago

Terrorist Financing Targeting Center Hosts Exercise on Disrupting Illicit Finance

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – The Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) this week convened a regional capacity-building workshop in Riyadh focused…

8 years ago

Treasury Offers Underpayment Penalty Relief to More Taxpayers

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury lowered the withholding underpayment threshold to 80 percent, delivering more taxpayers…

8 years ago

Treasury Sanctions Venezuela’s National Development Bank, and Subsidiaries, in Response to Illegal Arrest of Guaido Aide

Washington – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Banco de Desarrollo Economico y…

8 years ago

Treasury Designates Two More Shipping Companies for Attempted Evasion of North Korea Sanctions

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of two…

8 years ago

Treasury Sanctions Venezuela’s Gold Mining Company and Chief for Propping Up Illegitimate Maduro Regime

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated CVG Compania General de…

8 years ago

U.S. Government Fully Re-Imposes Sanctions on the Iranian Regime

WASHINGTON – Today, in its largest ever single-day action targeting the Iranian regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office…

8 years ago

Trump Administration Sanctions Russian Bank for Attempting to Circumvent Sanctions on Venezuela

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Evrofinance Mosnarbank, a Moscow-based…

8 years ago

Treasury Sanctions Venezuela’s State-Owned Oil Company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.

Trump administration Intensifies Pressure on Maduro and Regime Insiders, Demonstrates U.S. Commitment to Leverage Economic Pressure to Support the Venezuelan…

8 years ago

Tax Refunds Now up 1.3 Percent over 2018, Increase 19 Percent from Last Week

The average American's tax refunds are up in 2019, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Mainstream media has reported for…

8 years ago

Trump Administration Sanctions Russian Entities and Individuals Over Malicious Cyber Activities

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five Russian entities and three Russian…

8 years ago

U.S Treasury Grants Americans Abroad One Year Reprieve From the June 15, 2018 Repatriation Tax Payment

Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury granted significant relief to Americans abroad subject to the Repatriation tax. According to the…

8 years ago

Treasury targets Iranians providing missile support to Huthi rebels

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five Iranian individuals who have provided…

8 years ago

Treasury issues new sanctions against Russian individuals over 2016 election interference, cyber attacks

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five entities and 19 individuals under…

9 years ago

Trump expected to announce Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary

A Film producer and former Goldman Sachs partner is expected to be nominated as the next Treasury Secretary by President-elect…

10 years ago