Company tax
Tech giants claiming as little as 5 per cent of their revenue is taxable
Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft earn billions of dollars a year in Australia, and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has said he expects multinationals to “pay their fair share”.
- by Rachel Clun
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Victorian budget
Greens’ billion-dollar tax plan to fund Victoria’s cost-of-living relief
An 0.05 per cent quarterly levy on Victoria’s share of bank liabilities would raise an estimated $1.25 billion next financial year, costings have found.
- by Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump’s plan to unleash more chaos on the world
If you thought Donald Trump’s first term as US president was anarchic, have a look at what he plans if he gets back in the White House.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The Australian companies that paid the most – and least – tax
Mining giants paid more income tax in 2021-22 than the rest of the country’s high-value companies combined, while airlines paid none as pandemic effects continued.
- by Rachel Clun
From 30 bucks to $11b: How the ATO got oil and gas companies to pay more tax
Earnings from energy and mineral exports reached record highs in the last financial year. The ATO says a crackdown helped increase oil and gas tax payments.
- by Rachel Clun
Crown comes under fire as it tries to escape NSW tax deal
Premier Chris Minns said his government was obligated to negotiate with Crown Sydney over its $1 billion tax guarantee, but no more.
- by Michael Koziol
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Casinos
Struggling Crown seeks rewrite of $1 billion NSW tax contract
Crown Sydney wants to renegotiate the 2013 agreement in which it promised to pay $1 billion in gaming taxes over 15 years, citing economic and regulatory changes.
- by Michael Koziol
ATO claws back record $6.4 billion in multinational crackdown
A $1 billion settlement with Rio Tinto underpinned the record windfall secured by the ATO’s tax avoidance taskforce.
- by Lisa Visentin and Shane Wright
Investigation
Australian soccer
The tax haven, the PO box, the tropical island: Who owns Australian soccer
The A-Leagues’ major shareholder owns its stake in Australian professional soccer via a series of offshore tax havens, including an infamous PO box in the Cayman Islands.
- by Ben Schneiders
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Productivity
It’s time for more sensible thinking about productivity
When will we tire of all the bulldust that’s talked in the name of hastening productivity improvement?
- by Ross Gittins
Treasurer takes on big business over mergers, market power
Jim Chalmers has asked Treasury for options to toughen competition laws to protect consumers from big companies with too much market power.
- by David Crowe