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Tax Notes: Shareholder Tells SEC Amazon Should Allow Vote on Tax Strategies
By William Hoke, February 18 2022 On December 16, 2021, the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR), a nongovernmental organization, said it was collaborating with Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd. in supporting a...
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News Roundup: CICTAR and PIRC engage with global investors to support responsible tax practices
On December 17, 2021, CICTAR announced a collaboration with PIRC, attracting significant media attention for the filing of a shareholder proposal with Amazon.com, Inc. by two investors as the first action of this initiative. The proposal, which called on Amazon to...
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Amazon shareholders demand tech giant be more transparent about global tax affairs and implement global standard
PIRC said it was supporting the filing of the Amazon proposal as part of a new initiative with the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research to engage with companies in sectors with a history of aggressive tax avoidance. Read more on the This...
read moreDeath, Deception and Dividends report: ‘a timely and helpful intervention’
CICTAR’s reports are always developed in discussion with partners, with a view to supporting their campaigns for change. This blog, from Unison’s North West region organizer Dan Smith, explains the value of CICTAR’s HC-One report for the work that he does. Death,...
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UK’s biggest care home chain paid £4.8m to owners while requesting state aid
By Gill Plimmer, 7 December 2021 A BBC Panorama programme on Monday is expected to reveal more details of the company’s structure, its finances and its performance during the pandemic, based on the work of the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and...
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CICTAR on BBC News at Six
Short clip to promote Panorama's Crisis in Care: Follow the Money, which aired in conjunction with the release of CICTAR's latest report, Death, Deception & Dividends: Disturbing Details of the UK's Largest Care Home Operator. The clip originally aired on the BBC News...
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Care homes: Following the money trail
By Alison Holt, 6 December 2021 When someone says "follow the money", that is probably what Jason will be doing. He works for an organisation called CICTAR - the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research - which is funded by trade unions and...
read moreDaily Mail: How care-crisis homes made Saudis millions
By Sian Boyle, 6 December 2021 Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt said the CICTAR report exposed ‘the Wild West’ of the current social care landscape. ‘To me, it is the unacceptable face of capitalism, because this is a sector that is under enormous pressure,’ he...
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More transparency needed to tackle tax evasion via the Netherlands
November 22, 2021 This summer, Australia-based tax research institute Cictar published another report which showed taxi and meal delivery giant Uber shifted $5.8bn through 50 or so shell companies in the Netherlands in 2019 after creating a massive tax shelter. The...
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Unions accuse Uber NZ of avoiding $13m in tax
By Chris Keall, 18 November 2021 Unions say research indicates Uber avoided between $6.4 million and $12.8m in corporate tax in New Zealand for 2020. The research, carried out by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability (Cictar) and Research, was...
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