Our Submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry

Written By Patrick Orr

Joint Submission of the Tax Justice Network –Australia (TJN) and the Make Exxon Pay Coalition

This submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics provides some new and deeper information on Exxon’s tax affairs in Australia, building on our initial submission. It examines Exxon Australia’s tax practices in Papua New Guinea (PNG); and examines Exxon’s global tax practices, including in New Zealand, the UK, and Exxon’s global web of tax haven subsidiaries.

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT

Exxon in Australia operates and owns significant oil and gas operations. Exxon supplies fuel and motor products to dozens of 7-Eleven service stations across the country.

The clear conclusion of our research is that Exxon’s aggressive tax avoidance is not unique to Australia but a core part of the oil giant’s global practices. By allowing Exxon’s conduct in Australia to continue, Australian authorities are contributing to Exxon’s global tax avoidance

 

Latest News

News
‘End of the party’
‘End of the party’

CICTAR’s Livi Gerbase writes about the implications of Australian legislation on tax transparency for Brazil

The Post coverage of CICTAR Methanexit report
The Post coverage of CICTAR Methanexit report

Reporting from the The Post in New Zealand on CICTAR’s report ‘Methanexit’ developed in partnership with 350 Aotearoa and Common Grace Aotearoa

CICTAR Principal Analyst Jason Ward makes it a hat-trick. Named in ITR ‘Global Tax 50’ for third year running
CICTAR Principal Analyst Jason Ward makes it a hat-trick. Named in ITR ‘Global Tax 50’ for third year running

CICTAR Principal Analyst, Jason Ward, makes the ITR ‘Global Tax 50’ for third year running

Australia Walks Its Own Path on Public CbC Reporting
Australia Walks Its Own Path on Public CbC Reporting

Leading industry publication ‘Taxnotes’ reports on the new tax transparency legislation brought in by Australia, following extensive lobbying by CICTAR, PSI, Union allies and civil society.

Financial Times: Australia raises pressure on multinationals with strict tax disclosure law
Financial Times: Australia raises pressure on multinationals with strict tax disclosure law

Reporting from the Financial Times (quoting CICTAR) on Australia’s approval for the world’s strictest tax disclosure laws for multinational companies, forcing them to reveal details of their finances in dozens of jurisdictions

World-leading tax transparency wins in Australia
World-leading tax transparency wins in Australia
CICTAR attends PSI Interamericas regional conference: download the materials (English, Spanish and Portuguese)
CICTAR attends PSI Interamericas regional conference: download the materials (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

CICTAR attends PSI Interamericas regional conference; download the materials (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

Canada’s largest port operator shortchanging Canadians?
Canada’s largest port operator shortchanging Canadians?

CICTAR Press release in solidarity with the ILWU Ship and Dock Foremen - Local 514 and ILWU Canada port workers

Toronto Star: Exclusive coverage of new CICTAR report on CPPIB failures
Toronto Star: Exclusive coverage of new CICTAR report on CPPIB failures

Coverage of CICTAR’s latest report on the failures of the Canadian Public Pension Investment board, CPPIB, in regard to their investments in the failing care company, ORPEA.

CICTAR’s Jason Ward talks to Tax Justice Norway about tax transparency and corporate resistance (watch)
CICTAR’s Jason Ward talks to Tax Justice Norway about tax transparency and corporate resistance (watch)

CICTAR’s Jason Ward talks to Tax Justice Norway about tax transparency and how corporations lobby for secrecy and resist change

CICTAR joins civil society voices in the G20 process, to highlight the urgency of taxing billionaires and the multinationals they profit from
CICTAR joins civil society voices in the G20 process, to highlight the urgency of taxing billionaires and the multinationals they profit from

CICTAR researcher Livi Gerbase is interviewed as part of 'civil society voices' in the G20 process

 

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Patrick Orr
Previous

All in the Family: Tax and Financial Practices of Australia’s Largest Family Owned Aged Care Companies
Next

Taking on Tax Avoidance: A Plan to End Tax Avoidance in the Extractive Resources Sector