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Press Round Up: Union Win on Public Country-by-Country Reporting in Australia, ORPEA and Revera’s UK Taxes
It's been a big few weeks for CICTAR in the media. Our recent investigation into Microsoft's suspect tax behaviour garnered huge interest in the world's press. But even with all this attention on one case, there has been ample media attention on other CICTAR...
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From Africa to Australia, Global Media Calls Out Microsoft’s Tax Dodging
Our investigation into how Microsoft uses a web of shell companies to potentially dodge billions in tax has gained widespread coverage in the world's media. Australia's public broadcaster, ABC, ran a story, 'Minimising tax is legal. A new report accuses Microsoft of...
read moreCICTAR Celebrates Global First in Tax Transparency for Multinationals in Australian Government Budget announcement
25th October 2022 CICTAR welcomes the commitment by the Australian government, announced today as part of the federal budget, to introduce greater tax transparency for multinational corporations operating in Australia. The expected Australian legislation to require...
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ICIJ: Uber shifted scrutiny to drivers as it dodged tens of millions in taxes
By Scilla Alecci, 11 July 2022 CICTAR researchers estimated that, in 2019, the year of the IPO, Uber avoided at least $556 million in taxes globally. In recent corporate filings, Uber said it is currently facing numerous audits by tax agencies in the U.S. and abroad....
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CICTAR Update: Aged Care in Australia
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...
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ABC: Labor and Coalition ramp up pressure on multinational tax avoidance ahead of election
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 more on...
read moreSydney Morning Herald: Report questions where $10-a-day aged care food budget is being spent
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...
read moreBFM Business: Unions accuse ORPEA of real estate speculation
February 24, 2022 The company generates "income for its shareholders through real estate speculation on the land and construction of its own retirement homes," says the report, prepared at the request of the two unions by the Centre for Corporate Research and Tax...
read moreCapital: Nursing home: Orpea accused of real estate speculation by trade unions
February 24, 2022 The Orpea group has used the income from its retirement homes to build up a vast real estate portfolio partly managed from tax havens, and engages in "speculation" to enrich its shareholders to the detriment of care for residents, accuse the CGT and...
read moreLe Monde: Orpea, its rents on the rise, its number of caregivers on the decline
By Béatrice Jérôme, February 24 2022 Every hour, Orpea has been operating one more bed in the world since 2015. Europe's leading group of retirement homes and private clinics has experienced rapid international expansion in recent years. Even if it means reducing the...
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