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Scrutiny on tax obligations for ‘visa processing 2.0’ plan
Tom McIlroy May 30, 2021 'Tax watchdogs and Labor have asked the Morrison government to explainrequirements for companies bidding to deliver a new platform aimed at digitising visa processing, after a change in rules from an abandoned outsourcing plan. The Department...
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Champions League of tax avoidance:’ Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says
Image: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Riccardo Savi/Getty May 12, 2021 Tyler Sonnemaker Uber used around 50 Dutch shell companies to help reduce its global tax burden, an Australian research group found.Despite earning $5.8 billion in global revenues in 2019, Uber...
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Ministers urged to act on Uber’s 50-company Dutch tax shelter
May 11th, 2021 'The Dutch government should thoroughly investigate the network of 50 or so Uber shell companies registered in the Netherlands because of the implications for the global economy, according to an Australian NGO which investigated the company’s tax...
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A Cheap Ride
April 26, 2021 Samira Ataei and Evert de Vos How Uber avoids taxes worldwide with Dutch private companies 'The car is untouchable in Australia. Wide streets, hardly any cyclists, plenty of parking spaces and excellent roads. The continent-sized country is fully...
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How to secure the future funding and sustainability of UK care homes
April 21, 2021 Jason Ward Care homes should be subject to far greater transparency and community oversight, especially in light of covid-19 deaths. The covid-19 pandemic has renewed the urgency of reforming the care sector around the world. With nearly 38,000...
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Greek Orthodox Church took tens of millions in rent from aged care home at centre of deadliest COVID outbreak
In the past eight years, St Basil’s aged care home paid more than $22 million in rent and fees to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese while receiving federal government funding.
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“Shocking”: Zero action over Anglicare tax haven CEO
April 2nd, 2020 Anthony Klan "Neither the board of aged care giant Anglicare Sydney or the Federal Government has taken any action whatsoever against detailed revelations its CEO - also responsible for the Newmarch House Covid disaster - previously ran international...
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On govt tech outsourcing and tax obligations
Joseph Brookes 28 March 2021 'Greater scrutiny of historical tax behaviour of tech giants should be considered by governments when awarding IT contracts, according to corporate tax experts who argue giving the work to local firms would deliver better delivery outcomes...
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Australia may face another Medicare levy to prop up aged care
7NEWS Australia Mar 3, 2021 Australian workers could face another Medicare style levy, maybe as much as $600 a year to prop up aged care in the wake of a damning Royal Commission. But critics say the industry already gets billions making fat profits with taxpayer...
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Tax haven aged care giant TriCare handed mystery $25m taxpayer “bonus”
A private, rich-lister owned, aged care giant at the heart of a string of abuse scandals – and which operates its sham “headquarters” from an offshore tax haven – has been inexplicably handed a massive $25 million bonanza by the Federal Government.
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