Amazon: The World’s Largest Company Is Subsidised By You

May 24, 2022 | Research

Amazon is widely known globally for its online retail sales and delivery, but Amazon’s profits are driven by cloud computing and rely heavily on contracts with governments. A new report by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR)...

CICTAR Update: Aged Care in Australia

May 6, 2022 | In the news

The COVID-19 pandemic put care for the aged on the political agenda across the Global North, exposing the dismal conditions both staff and residents have endured for years across much of the sector. From France to Canada, unions who have long warned about the industry...

ABC: Labor and Coalition ramp up pressure on multinational tax avoidance ahead of election

Apr 5, 2022 | In the news

By Nassim Khadem, 18 April 2022 Jason Ward, principal analyst at the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research (CICTAR), said he welcomes any moves to speed up the implementation of the OECD plan but said that alone was not enough. Read...

Sydney Morning Herald: Report questions where $10-a-day aged care food budget is being spent

Mar 29, 2022 | In the news

By Clay Lucas, March 29 2022 The Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research’s new report Careless on Accountability, released on Tuesday, also looked at spending on food and said there was scant evidence the extra $10 a day given to operators...

Careless On Accountability: Is Federal Aged Care Funding Siphoned Away

Mar 28, 2022 | Research

This report provides several case studies of large Australian aged care operators that demonstrate the urgent need for government reforms to require transparency and public accountability on federal aged care funding. The Royal Commission’s two-year review found a...