GAO Faults AFIDA Records on Foreign Owned Agricultural Land
GAO report finds MF records on foreign owned farmland lack detail and timely data. It urges more funding and six recommendations to improve AFIDA reporting, including online submissions, subsidiary disclosure, data verification, and interagency sharing with CFIUS. Investigative Midwest reporters contributed context.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
AFIDA
Department of Defense
Department of the Treasury
DOD
Air Force
Texas
North Dakota
Congress
China
North Korea
Russia
Iran
USDA
GAO
Secretary of Agriculture
Evant
Committee On Foreign Investment
United States
Interagency
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Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
Gloria Montano Greene
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Farm Service Agency
Arkansas
Syngenta Seeds
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Simplified direct tax filing may save time and money
University of Iowa professor Ryan Wilson argues that a ReadyReturn style system could auto populate returns for about 90 percent of Americans at no cost. He notes a pilot, legal debates, and software lobbying as barriers while predicting eventual adoption despite slow progress.
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University of Iowa
Tippie College of Business
Wilson
Denmark
Sweden
Spain
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Intuit
Google
U.S
Meta
H&r Block
TaxAct
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