“It’s a bit rich for the executives to get so much money when the company, which was initially a public enterprise … [doesn’t] contribute tax revenue from its profits back to its home country,” CICTAR's Jason Ward quoted in the Guardian, on CSL's tax payments cictar.org/news/guardia...

'This is a phoney use of a non-profit status in order to create private wealth. It absolutely makes no sense' CICTAR's Jason Ward talks to Australian National Broadcaster, ABC about the proposed tax games of private healthcare company Healthscope: cictar.org/news/abc/hea...

"If you had loved ones in an aged care home that was owned by men convicted of torturing more than a million chickens, you’d surely want to know" CICTAR's Jason Ward explains why Australia's move to transparency on business ownership is a good thing: cictar.org/news/canberr...

Another great podcast from Canadian podcaster Millennial Moron. This time with CICTAR's Jason Ward. Together they look at the private equity style behaviour of Canadian pension funds, and take a dive into the detail of the scandal surrounding the French care company ORPEA. cictar.org/news/podcast...

How much profit does Starbucks make in the US State of Oregon and how much does it pay in taxes to the state? We don’t know. Find out WHY we don't know in the new podcast from @ocppnews.bsky.social with CICTAR's Jason Ward: cictar.org/news/podcast...

You may have heard of corporations using #OffshoreTaxHavens to avoid taxes, but what does that actually look like? The latest episode of Policy for the People breaks it down @itep.org, @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social, @cictar.bsky.social

'The partial privatisation of our electricity system has prevented growth... A state of manufactured scarcity has delivered rising energy bills...and huge dividends to shareholders' New paper from NZCTU, with CICTAR research support, on problems of energy privatization: cictar.org/news/nzctu/p...

“Generally most Australian companies do the right thing... Most of the abuse we see comes from the big multinationals, and big US multinationals in particular" CICTAR's Jason Ward in the Guardian, commenting on the latest Aus Tax Office 'Corporate Transparency Report': cictar.org/news/guardia...

From Brazil, the Union of Water, Sewage, and Environmental Workers in the State of Bahia (SINDAE-Bahia) teamed up with @cictar.bsky.social to show how the privatization of their sewer systems are enriching a Canada-based private corporation, an "asset manager" called Brookfield.

📣 The price of going green: Tax gaps in the Energy Transition What are the real fiscal costs of going green? This panel explores the real fiscal costs of the energy transition. #ClimateForChange2025 📅 13–14 Oct | 📍 UNICAMP & online 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4jbO2zp

"The Canadian government must not bow to corporate pressure — or President Donald Trump — and instead ensure that profits earned in Canada are taxed in Canada" CICTAR's Jason Ward on why Canada should follow Australia on tax transparency in Canada's National Observer: cictar.org/news/canadao...

The World Bank, and other development agencies are using 'development' finance to promote privatized healthcare. Bloomberg has uncovered clear evidence of the negative impacts on patients and workers. CICTAR, our comrades at KMPDU,PSI and many others demand change: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"The link on tax & climate is essential - we need to make sure that the government policies in spending & in tax are oriented towards #ClimateJustice & not just doing greenwashing." Livi Gerbase @cictar.bsky.social #ClimateForChange2025 this October in Brazil + online👉https://bit.ly/4jbO2zp

“It is clear that most large US multinationals would prefer to keep the scale and location of massive profit shifting out of the public eye” CICTAR's Jason Ward comments on the lobbying of Trump by US businesses to bully Australia into dropping tax transparency laws. cictar.org/news/afr/usl...

Amazing coverage in the Brazlian media of our recent report on privatized water and sanitation services, in partnership with local union, SINDAE: cictar.org/news/brazilm... @psiglobalunion.bsky.social

"paying large sums...to win a sanitation concession auction has led to cases of corruption and high fees...France banned this practice in 1995. In Brazil, not only are we not prohibiting it, we are encouraging it with public funds” Livi Gerbase (CICTAR) New report here: cictar.org/all-research...

“My judgment on this is that this company is absolutely set up to never make taxable profit,” CICTAR's Jason Ward comments in the Guardian on related part transactions and 'loss making' operations at Adani in Australia: cictar.org/news/guardia...

Talking tax on TV (squatting @ MUA - Sydney Branch) calling out Trump for attempting to run a protection racket for giant US tax dodging multinationals @cictar.bsky.social

"Trump is essentially running a protection racket for larger US multinationals that most people already know are the most aggressive in dodging their tax obligations on...the vast profits they make in Australia and around the world." CICTAR's Jason Ward on ABC: cictar.org/news/abc/tru...

[ #política: NÓS CONTRA ELES - E AS EMPRESAS DELES] Livi Gerbase explica: "Apesar de receberem bilhões em incentivos fiscais federais não sabemos quanto as empresas pagam de impostos, nem seus investimentos ou empregados. Precisamos q multinacionais contribuam com o Brasil e paguem seus impostos" 👇

"Despite receiving billions in federal tax incentives, we don’t know how much tax they pay in Brazil". CICTAR's Livi Gerbase quoted in Sumaúma's excellent report on the Brazilian tax exemptions on destructive global agribusiness. Written with support from CICTAR: cictar.org/news/sumauma...

'Merck can hide its murky profit shifting and tax dodging for a bit longer, but greater tax transparency is coming soon'. CICTAR's Principal Analyst Jason Ward writes about the recent shareholder vote on tax transparency at global pharma giant Merck. cictar.org/news/fair-ob...

4/4 *data regarding Uber’s “shifting” of hundreds of million in profits can be found in the recent @cictar.bsky.social Uber report, co-produced by Workers First: cictar.org/all-research...

Uber shifts 100s of millions of dollars out of the NZ economy while paying a pittance in tax. This @cictar.bsky.social/Workers First report shows that in 2023 they paid $1.2 million in tax while transferring $200 million+ in “intercompany service fees” out of NZ. Report: cictar.org/all-research...

A new report from Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (@cictar.bsky.social), commissioned by #WorkersFirstUnion, shows how misclassification sits at the heart of Uber’s business model... (1/6)

Our new report on Uber in NZ! With @workersfirstunion.bsky.social we allege the company misclassifies its profits as “service fees” to avoid taxes, much as it appears to misclassify its drivers as contractors to avoid mini wage, sick leave and union rights 👉 cictar.org/all-research...

Jason Ward, CICTAR's Principal Analyst, said it was “ludicrous that donations to these elite private schools, should be tax deductible...while the state public school systems are struggling with higher rates of teacher turnover and class sizes.” cictar.org/news/guardia...

For decades, we've been told that governments must cut corporate tax to create jobs Now the data is in: there is no evidence that lower corporate taxes lead to job creation & tax dodging suppresses wages Read more via @psiglobalunion.bsky.social 👉 publicservices.international/resources/di...

Excellent coverage in France of @cictar.bsky.social Starbucks tax report: "The only thing the 'fair trade' label does is allow them to charge their customers more and hide an incredible system of global tax evasion," says Jason Ward of CICTAR"

“tax transparency continues to have momentum with a wide range of mainstream investors,” Jason Ward @cictar.bsky.social nearly 1/4 “of shareholders supported the call for public country by country reporting.” @factcoalition.bsky.social www.taxnotes.com/tax-notes-to...

'The Merck proposal earned nearly 23 percent of the vote' “The outcome shows that the issue of tax transparency continues to have momentum with a wide range of mainstream investors,” Jason Ward (CICTAR) told Tax Notes. cictar.org/news/taxnote...

US MNCs, already the most dodgy globally, could now avoid even more US tax payments! Trump & Co cut corporate taxes while gutting public services for those most in need. Shame!!! House Bill’s $164 Billion Giveaway to Multinational Corporations Puts America Last @iteptweets @cictar.bsky.social

Australian Private hospital chain Healthscope of private investment firm Brookfield is broke www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The danger of private provision of public services is that the company walks away leaving the state to pick up the pieces @epsu.bsky.social @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social

Merck shareholders get a chance to vote on a resolution requiring public country by country reporting in 1 week #tax #transparency Big Pharma aggressively dodges tax & the risks are mounting... @factcoalition.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @icrict.bsky.social @globaltaxjustice.org @taxjustice.net

Predatory finance is taking over Asia Pacific. CICTAR researcher Ed Miller @labourcartel.bsky.social joins our friends at @grain.org to discuss how workers, food & public services are at risk and how we fight back 📅 22 May 🕑12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney ✅Register here: grain.org/e/7270

“Despite some progress, the world’s largest multinational corporations – many with unprecedented monopoly power – continue to shift hundreds of billions in profits ever year to tax havens.” #TaxTransparency #CbCR @factcoalition.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social taxjustice.net/2025/05/12/l...

A new tax tool in Australia - it's going to get even better when the new public country-by country reporting data comes through thanks to Australia’s new world-leading multinational tax transparency reporting taxjustice.net/2025/05/12/l... from @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social

'It’s time for workers to end the use of their money for short-term unsustainable profit extraction through privatization' CICTAR's Jason Ward and Livi Gerbase consider the problems of pension fund capitalism on the website 'Critical Takes': criticaltakes.org/workers/the-...

CICTAR is proud to have worked with E tū on a report looking into the lack of transparency in the aged residential care sector in Aotearoa with a focus on the global age and health care care giant, BUPA: cictar.org/all-research...

'At the Centre for International Corporate Tax and Accountability Research, Edward Miller is dubious' Coverage from @newsroom.co.nz of Methanex in NZ where the local subsidiary seems to have paid a $70m dividend to foreign owners whilst claiming to be unprofitable: newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/30/m...

CICTAR's work on Brookfield Asset Management is proving of increased interest recently. For some reason... cictar.org/news/cbc/mar...

We're big in Brazil! CICTAR's work is featured in 'Caneta Crítíca' a Brazilian illustrated newspaper, aimed at students, that believes that economic discourse needs to be appropriated by people. In English: cictar.org/news/canetac... And in Portuguese: cictar.org/news/canetac...

“Maybe this is a sector where markets alone are not going to drive the kind of outcomes we need” CICTAR’s Ed Miller discusses electricity prices, (lack of) data, the impact of privatization on workers and consumers and the failure to invest in a just transition. + Graphs! cictar.org/news/lockedo...

The US is an extreme case of corporate dominance, but the same is true worldwide. The response to criticisms of MNC tax avoidance is generally that "we follow the law", but who wrote those laws in the first place? corporate lobbyists! @cictar.bsky.social

Great work from the Fair Tax Foundation looking into the tax affairs of the Big Six. Companies that receive huge funding from governments, as highlighted by CICTAR cictar.org/research-the... but don't seem to give so much back: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social

Brilliant piece of research @ftm.nl on tax avoidance and evasion strategies of Tesla to prevent profits are taxed. With complicity of Dutch tax authorities. And European corporate lobby wants to make it even harder to find out by simplifying [= abolishing] reporting. @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social

Want to know which corporation has been paying tax in Australia and which has not? CICTAR has worked with The University of Technology Sydney and Tax Justice Network Australia to develop a tool that will give you the answers: @taxjustice.net michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...

Australia's future must be funded by those who can most afford to pay New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax #auspol @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net Roman Lanis & Mikhail Shashnov michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...

“Taxpayers should decide whether they think such profits and royalties are an appropriate use of public funds..." CICTAR's Ed Miller, interviewed in a New Zealand Herald investigation into the failures and finances of the (UK based) global food giant Compass: cictar.org/news/nzh/com...