The U.S. Chamber and AIG Foundation's Multimillion Dollar Tax Fraud

In October 2010, amid a mounting scandal concerning the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s foreign fundraising practices, U.S. Chamber Watch, joined by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Corporate Ethics International, and Main Street Alliance, filed an amended complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that the U.S. Chamber may have intentionally attempted to conceal a series of transactions funneling over $18 million meant for charitable purposes from the AIG-affiliated Starr Foundation to the U.S. Chamber for use in its political advocacy.


Amending a complaint filed with the I.R.S. in September 2010 by U.S. Chamber Watch, the 23-page amended complaint raised the seriousness of the allegations based on research and statements from U.S. Chamber staff indicating that the U.S. Chamber and its affiliated charity, the National Chamber Foundation, may have intentionally – even willfully – misreported the transactions on its tax forms.  


Behind the Chamber's Shady Moves

Want more? Read the legal complaint, learn the background, and take action below!

Read the Amended Complaint. Click here to view the amended complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by U.S. Chamber Watch, CREW, the Main Street Alliance, and Corporate Ethics International. Click here to view the original complaint filed by U.S. Chamber Watch with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Get the Facts. Click here for talking points on the amended complaint.  Click here for a Q and A on the original IRS complaint and its implications.

Read the coverage.  

  • Click here for our press release announcing the amended complaint filing
  • Click here for our press release announcing the original filing
  • Click here for video coverage by Bloomberg as well as print; and here for previous coverage by the New York Times

Take Action. Demand that the IRS investigate these troubling allegations.  Sign the petition.

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