Skip to main content

Business Regulation and Consumer Protection

Jump To:

Open Recommendations

Excise Taxes: Action Needed to Improve Compliance for Sport Fishing and Archery Imports
GAO-24-106569
Jul 29, 2024
Show
3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Congress Congress should consider making U.S. online marketplaces responsible for excise taxes on sales of imported sport fishing and archery equipment that they are involved in between foreign sellers and U.S. consumers. (Matter for Congressional Consideration 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, should consolidate existing guidance on federal sport fishing and archery excise taxes and ensure that it is made easily accessible to taxpayers. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Internal Revenue Service The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, should develop guidance for consumers on when they may be liable for and how to calculate, file, and pay the sport fishing and archery excise taxes. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Financial Services Regulations: Improvements Needed to Policies and Procedures for Regulatory Analysis
GAO-24-106206
Jul 18, 2024
Show
3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should develop and implement policies and procedures for consistently performing regulatory analyses that align with leading practices, including for documenting the analyses performed. (Recommendation 1
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Federal Reserve System The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should develop and implement policies and procedures for systematically performing retrospective reviews of regulations. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Comptroller of the Currency should ensure that its Policy Analysis Division develops and implements policies and procedures for systematically performing retrospective reviews of regulations. (Recommendation 3)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Drug Control: DEA Should Improve Its Religious Exemptions Petition Process for Psilocybin (Mushrooms) and Other Controlled Substances
GAO-24-106630
May 30, 2024
Show
4 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should more clearly communicate the types of information that Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners should provide to allow DEA to evaluate petitions for religious sincerity. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should more clearly communicate the standards and relevant factors to Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners in making a determination related to religious sincerity. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should establish timeframes for DEA to make determinations on completed religious exemption petitions to provide Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners with DEA's final determinations. (Recommendation 3)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Drug Enforcement Administration The DEA Administrator should provide Religious Freedom Restoration Act petitioners with information for petitioners to be able to receive updates on the agency's progress related to exemption reviews. (Recommendation 4)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Financial Literacy: Better Outcome Reporting Could Facilitate Oversight of Programs for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
GAO-24-106381
Apr 24, 2024
Show
2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, as chair of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, should coordinate with the vice chair and agencies represented on the Commission to encourage the ongoing collection of data on financial literacy program outcomes and include these data in the Commission's annual report to Congress. (Recommendation 1)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Director of CFPB, as vice chair of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, should coordinate with the chair and agencies represented on the Commission to encourage the ongoing collection of data on financial literacy program outcomes and include these data in the Commission's annual report to Congress. (Recommendation 2)
Open
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
View More Recommendations

Related Pages