Bottom of the canal: Pfizer’s billion-dollar tax ploy
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has engaged in a series of paper transactions to create a A$936 million loss in Australia – effectively a billion-dollar exercise in avoiding tax.
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Family trusts often cause more harm than good
Overwhelmingly, trusts are used to minimise tax, avoid paying creditors and to avoid the fair division of property after a relationship breakdown.
Gilead and the billion-dollar odyssey
How much can a multinational take before its social licence to operate in this country expires? How much corporate welfare is too much?
Rumours of the death of multinational tax avoidance are greatly exaggerated
The Australian government took out ads this month boasting of victory in the fight against multinational tax avoidance. It is no small irony that taxpayers forked out for this bald-faced lie.
New tax treaty will close loopholes that allow multinationals to avoid tax
A treaty Australia has just signed will amend existing tax treaties to limit international tax avoidance.
Ireland is in prime position to profit from Brexit relocations
Dublin's role in global business is threatened by Trump's tax plans, so the opportunity presented by Britain's EU exit will have to be snatched with both hands.
Tax take shrinks as online accommodation agents rake it in
Australian authorities have allowed predatory online travel agents to shrink their tax base while penalising Australian accommodation operators thanks to onerous commissions and vanishing competition
The BHP rebrand might be a success even if it doesn’t drive sales
BHP's rebrand is unlikely to affect the bottom line, research shows. But if it improves relations with politicians and voters, it would still be a success.
How fan loyalty fails to help football’s much-needed financial reform
Stories of financial mismanagement in football have become all too common. Where is the outcry?
Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant
eBay still deems its Australian business to be a Swiss business and thereby avoids millions in income tax and GST.
How Trump’s tax proposal could weaken faith in the system’s fairness
The administration's plan to significantly cut the tax rate on so-called pass-through entities will likely lead to creative tax planning and outright evasion, damaging faith in the system.
Chevron is just the start: modelling shows how many billions in revenue the government is missing out on
New modelling shows governments need to ensure that corporations benefiting from the use of Australia's resources, are contributing the same as they do in other jurisdictions.
FactCheck: do 679 of Australia’s biggest corporations pay ‘not one cent’ of tax?
In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, ACTU Secretary Sally McManus said 679 of Australia's biggest corporations pay "not one cent of tax". Is that right?
Indonesia’s tax amnesty enters its third phase with good results so far
The success of the first phase prompted financial observers to hail Indonesia's tax amnesty program as one of the most successful in the world.
An original Republican tax plan offers Trump a radical tool for corporate tax reform
The GOP has a proposal on the table that could send shockwaves through the tax avoidance industry.
The tax office’s transparency reporting is looking a little opaque
As long as the ATO doesn't question why companies are reporting zero tax payable on their income, the public won't know if serious tax avoidance is happening.
Australia’s Google Tax may be the second in the world but it’s too early to tell if it’s the ‘toughest’
There are still a few real-world tests the Diverted Profits Tax or "Google Tax" will have to face before the government can claim it's among the toughest in the world.
Race to the bottom on company tax cuts won’t stop tax avoidance
Countries around the world are moving to cut company tax rates, but it's unlikely to stop tax avoidance by multinationals.
There is one way to put a stop to BHP’s tax avoidance
Transfer pricing is a common form of legal tax avoidance, and it's costing governments millions.
ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
Keeping public information about companies locked up behind paywalls and maintained by private interests is not in the public interest.
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