Posts tagged "multinational tax avoidance"

The budget papers don’t say how many companies will be affected, but globally the OECD says no more than 100 corporations will have to pay the tax.

The power of the modern consultants, like PwC, to influence government is akin to the influence Church officials once wielded.

Bad faith business practices are why the Australian government is taking action to stop large multinational corporations from hiding behind false structures to unfairly reduce their tax bill.

ATO Commissioner Chris Jordan has accused tax agents of asking clients questions that "lead taxpayers to a deduction", as the one-year anniversary of last year's ATO outages approaches.

By Miranda Stewart, Australian National University

Australia, with another 70 countries, has signed a multilateral treaty to create more…

South Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon has used the government’s major bank levy to call for a “turnover tax” on internati…

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson could stand in the way of the federal government’s “omnibus bill” of welfare reforms, claiming the cuts are…

By Antony Ting, University of Sydney

When introducing the draft legislation for the diverted profits or so-called “Google tax”, Fede…

The introduction of a so-called “Google tax” on large multinationals that are suspected of shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions is …

By Antony Ting, University of Sydney

US President-elect Donald Trump made an election promise to cut the US federal corporate tax rate f…

By John Mangan, The University of Queensland

One of the most common ways multinationals take advantage of current laws to reduce their t…

By Roman Lanis, University of Technology Sydney and Brett Govendir, University of Technology Sydney

The Australian government shouldn’…