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Optus among companies earning billions in Australia but paying no income tax — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 6d

“Generally most Australian companies do the right thing...

Most of the abuse we see comes from the big multinationals, and big US multinationals in particular"

CICTAR's Jason Ward in the Guardian, commenting on the latest Aus Tax Office 'Corporate Transparency Report':

cictar.org/news/guardia...

The Guardian reports on the latest ATO data and apparent tax minimization by multinationals operating in Australia

Water down investment, top up returns - The pitfalls of financing Basic Sanitation in Brazil — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

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isaac @sevier.io · 6d

From Brazil, the Union of Water, Sewage, and Environmental Workers in the State of Bahia (SINDAE-Bahia) teamed up with @cictar.bsky.social to show how the privatization of their sewer systems are enriching a Canada-based private corporation, an "asset manager" called Brookfield.

The Brazilian people are subsidising the privatisation of water resources that, before Bolsonaro’s sanitation law, were publicly owned. Large companies are using loans that benefit from federal tax i...

‘Corporate Canada's deal making needs more sunlight’ — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 8d

📣 The price of going green: Tax gaps in the Energy Transition

What are the real fiscal costs of going green? This panel explores the real fiscal costs of the energy transition. #ClimateForChange2025

📅 13–14 Oct | 📍 UNICAMP & online 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4jbO2zp

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 10d

"The Canadian government must not bow to corporate pressure — or President Donald Trump — and instead ensure that profits earned in Canada are taxed in Canada"

CICTAR's Jason Ward on why Canada should follow Australia on tax transparency in Canada's National Observer: cictar.org/news/canadao...

Jason Ward calls for greater tax transparency in Canada’s National Observer

Rights Groups Call for Probe of World Bank Hospital Funding

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 15d

The World Bank, and other development agencies are using 'development' finance to promote privatized healthcare. Bloomberg has uncovered clear evidence of the negative impacts on patients and workers. CICTAR, our comrades at KMPDU,PSI and many others demand change: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

More than 50 human rights organizations, nonprofits and international development experts are calling on the World Bank to investigate its health-care investments in Africa and Asia, citing Bloomberg ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 15d

"The link on tax & climate is essential - we need to make sure that the government policies in spending & in tax are oriented towards #ClimateJustice & not just doing greenwashing." Livi Gerbase @cictar.bsky.social

#ClimateForChange2025 this October in Brazil + online👉https://bit.ly/4jbO2zp

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 21d

“It is clear that most large US multinationals would prefer to keep the scale and location of massive profit shifting out of the public eye”

CICTAR's Jason Ward comments on the lobbying of Trump by US businesses to bully Australia into dropping tax transparency laws.

cictar.org/news/afr/usl...

US business giants ask Trump to bully Australia into dropping new tax transparency laws. CICTAR says ‘no credible evidence’ to back up their concerns. — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accounta...

US business giants object to transparency and ask Trump to bully Australia on their behalf.

Brazil Media Covers New Report From CICTAR And Sindae — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 21d

Amazing coverage in the Brazlian media of our recent report on privatized water and sanitation services, in partnership with local union, SINDAE: cictar.org/news/brazilm...

@psiglobalunion.bsky.social

Brazilian media coverage of CICTAR and Sindae’s new report on privatization in Brazil’s water and sanitation sector

Water down investment, top up returns - The pitfalls of financing Basic Sanitation in Brazil — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 26d

"paying large sums...to win a sanitation concession auction has led to cases of corruption and high fees...France banned this practice in 1995. In Brazil, not only are we not prohibiting it, we are encouraging it with public funds”
Livi Gerbase (CICTAR)

New report here: cictar.org/all-research...

The Brazilian people are subsidising the privatisation of water resources that, before Bolsonaro’s sanitation law, were publicly owned. Large companies are using loans that benefit from federal tax i...

Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 29

“My judgment on this is that this company is absolutely set up to never make taxable profit,”

CICTAR's Jason Ward comments in the Guardian on related part transactions and 'loss making' operations at Adani in Australia:
cictar.org/news/guardia...

The Guardian reports on how Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue

Australia to miss out on tax top-up from multinationals | The Business | ABC NEWS

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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Talking tax on TV (squatting @ MUA - Sydney Branch) calling out Trump for attempting to run a protection racket for giant US tax dodging multinationals
@cictar.bsky.social

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 22

"Trump is essentially running a protection racket for larger US multinationals that most people already know are the most aggressive in dodging their tax obligations on...the vast profits they make in Australia and around the world."

CICTAR's Jason Ward on ABC: cictar.org/news/abc/tru...

ABC News: Australia to miss out on tax top-up from multinationals as Trump ends OECD reform. Read, listen, watch — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

ABC reports on how Australia will miss out on tax take as a result of G7 countries ‘caving’ to Trump

Environmental platform ‘Sumaúma’ reports on the tax exemptions that are fuelling deforestation and pollution in the Amazon — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

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Mateus BF @mbf.net.br · Jul 16

[ #política: NÓS CONTRA ELES - E AS EMPRESAS DELES]

Livi Gerbase explica:
"Apesar de receberem bilhões em incentivos fiscais federais não sabemos quanto as empresas pagam de impostos, nem seus investimentos ou empregados. Precisamos q multinacionais contribuam com o Brasil e paguem seus impostos"
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Despite receiving billions in federal tax incentives, we don’t know how much tax they pay in Brazil". CICTAR's Livi Gerbase quoted in Sumaúma's excellent report on the Brazilian tax exemptions on destructive global agribusiness. Written with support from CICTAR: cictar.org/news/sumauma...

Sumaúma article on tax exemptions for agribusiness es operating in Brazil

Environmental platform ‘Sumaúma’ reports on the tax exemptions that are fuelling deforestation and pollution in the Amazon — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Despite receiving billions in federal tax incentives, we don’t know how much tax they pay in Brazil". CICTAR's Livi Gerbase quoted in Sumaúma's excellent report on the Brazilian tax exemptions on destructive global agribusiness. Written with support from CICTAR: cictar.org/news/sumauma...

Sumaúma article on tax exemptions for agribusiness es operating in Brazil

Fair Observer publishes CICTAR op-ed on Merck shareholder transparency push — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 14

'Merck can hide its murky profit shifting and tax dodging for a bit longer, but greater tax transparency is coming soon'. CICTAR's Principal Analyst Jason Ward writes about the recent shareholder vote on tax transparency at global pharma giant Merck.

cictar.org/news/fair-ob...

‘Fair Observer’ article by CICTAR’s Jason Ward

Uber in New Zealand: The Business of Misclassification — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · Jul 9

4/4 *data regarding Uber’s “shifting” of hundreds of million in profits can be found in the recent @cictar.bsky.social Uber report, co-produced by Workers First: cictar.org/all-research...

a photo of four people standing on the steps of the new zealand supreme court. three are holding workers first union flags, while the person in the middle has a hand on their hips and is raising a fist skyward. they all look awesome

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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · Jul 7

Uber shifts 100s of millions of dollars out of the NZ economy while paying a pittance in tax.

This @cictar.bsky.social/Workers First report shows that in 2023 they paid $1.2 million in tax while transferring $200 million+ in “intercompany service fees” out of NZ.

Report: cictar.org/all-research...

text reading “this report argues that misclassification sits at the centre of the Uber model”
a subtitle reads “Costing the Uber model in Aotearoa”

text reading “It underestimates revenue… while overestimating losses.”
a subtitle reads “Costing the Uber model in Aotearoa”

text reading “We estimated 2023 grossbooking revenue to be $867 million… That year Rasier and Portier incurred a corporate income tax expense of just 1.2 million.”
a subtitle reads “Costing the Uber model in Aotearoa”

text reading “”Intercompany service fees” account for 83-94% of revenue.”
a subtitle reads “Costing the Uber model in Aotearoa”

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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · Jul 2

A new report from Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (@cictar.bsky.social), commissioned by #WorkersFirstUnion, shows how misclassification sits at the heart of Uber’s business model... (1/6)

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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our new report on Uber in NZ!

With @workersfirstunion.bsky.social we allege the company misclassifies its profits as “service fees” to avoid taxes, much as it appears to misclassify its drivers as contractors to avoid mini wage, sick leave and union rights

👉 cictar.org/all-research...

Uber in New Zealand: The business of misclassification

CICTAR quoted in Guardian article on ‘cruel joke’ tax concessions on donations to Australia’s richest private schools — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research

cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · Jun 26

Jason Ward, CICTAR's Principal Analyst, said it was “ludicrous that donations to these elite private schools, should be tax deductible...while the state public school systems are struggling with higher rates of teacher turnover and class sizes.” cictar.org/news/guardia...

CICTAR’s Jason Ward quoted in Guardian article on tax subsidies for elite private schools