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Jason Ward

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Principal Analyst @ CICTAR Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Palantir paid no U.S. federal income tax last year despite recording substantial profits. truthout.org/articles/pal...
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Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent.
The infamous surveillance company paid $22.7 million in global corporate taxes while raking in $1.6 billion in profits.
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
'For more than a decade DP World paid no corporate income tax...DP World is now attempting to embark on an ambitious AI automation programme that could threaten up to a thousand jobs' Our new report: cictar.org/all-research... And the MUA press release release here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...
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Job Losses and Profit Shifting at DP World: How Automation Threatens Australia’s Economic Wellbeing — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
Report on DP world Australia, with MUA
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Check out this video about our new report, from our partners and comrades at the Maritime Union of Australia: www.facebook.com/MaritimeUnio... The report is here: cictar.org/all-research...
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5.1K views · 90 reactions | DubAI Ports doesn’t pay their fair share — and now they want to wipe out Aussie jobs and communities with unchecked AI and automation. They should know our ports aren’t a ...
DubAI Ports doesn’t pay their fair share — and now they want to wipe out Aussie jobs and communities with unchecked AI and automation. They should know our ports aren’t a playground for corporate...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Jim Chalmers: Make Gas Giants Pay! getup.to/wBlxGt9Ck9LCw
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Make Gas Giants Pay
Gas corporations are making record-breaking profits, and paying almost nothing in tax. It's time to change that.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Check out my article on making MNCs pay for our public services and our new #TAXDATA tool! @cictar.bsky.social
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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The Bitter Taste of Tax Dodging: Starbucks’s “Swiss Swindle”
Starbucks shifts significant coffee-trading profits to its Swiss subsidiary, exploiting low taxes and secrecy to avoid paying fair taxes in producer countries.
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 18/02/2026
Behind Starbucks’ “ethical sourcing” lies a global tax dodge shifting profits from coffee-producing countries to Switzerland. Customers pay an “ethical” premium while vital revenues for schools & hospitals are lost. - @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social, @cictar.bsky.social👉 taxjustice.net/2026/02/17/t...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"Rather than expand fossil fuel subsidies, lawmakers should close offshore tax loopholes that reward overseas extraction, reform how foreign profits are taxed, and require greater tax transparency so that Americans can see where profits are earned and taxes are paid."
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Starbucks runs a global tax dodge via Switzerland under cover of its 'ethical' sourcing scheme, dodgy!!!
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The Bitter Taste of Tax Dodging: Starbucks’ ‘Swiss Swindle’ - Tax Justice Network
This report on Starbucks provides a great example of how the current global tax system is abused in order to shift profits from producer countries in the Global South to multinational corporations hea...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
@cictar.bsky.social @coffeewatch.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org
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Starbucks: Ethical Sourcing or Swiss Swindle? - IUF
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Thrilled to see SEIU driving this much needed and long overdue multinational tax reform in California!!! @cictar.bsky.social has been pushing this for years!
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WATCH: 'Waters Edge' tax breaks would end if California bill passes
Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication to add a video.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Jason Ward, principal analyst @cictar.bsky.social. “The new FASB data provides welcome and specific details to what we already knew in a broad sense. Most large US multinationals are huge global tax dodgers and major abusers of tax havens."
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Companies’ Big Overseas Tax Bills Spur Profit-Shifting Concerns
Some big US-based multinationals are paying more in taxes to other countries than to their own, fueling questions about whether companies are shifting profits abroad to cut their tax bills.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"CICTAR recommends that tax authorities in countries where Starbucks operates support centers carefully analyze payments made between these units and the subsidiary in Switzerland." @cictar.bsky.social @coffeewatch.bsky.social reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/02/star...
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Starbucks compra café na Suíça e pode prejudicar Brasil, diz estudo
Estudo internacional aponta que rede de cafeterias tem prática de registrar na Suíça as compras do grão, gerando lucros de 18%
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As @steph-sejourne.bsky.social cobbled together a coalition of CEOs to support his Made in Europe label giving access to billions of public funding, we do not want that money to go to companies that swindle and undermine funding of public services No public money to tax avoiders @politico.eu
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Coffee Watch @coffeewatch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New CICTAR report shows Starbucks shifts global coffee profits to Switzerland via an 18% mark‑up, moving an estimated US$1.3B over a decade. Meanwhile, little support reaches farmers. A clear case of profit extraction from the Global South.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@cictar.bsky.social Starbucks report lands in Brazil's largest newspaper! Time for coffee-producing countries to tax the profits Starbucks shifts to Switzerland and to push for global tax reforms!!! (paywall & Portuguese warning)
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Mônica Bergamo: Starbucks concentra lucros na Suíça e repassa impostos para países produtores, diz relatório
OUTRO LADO: Empresa diz cumprir integralmente as leis tributárias em todo o mundo
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Profit shifting from coffee-growing countries -under the guise of 'ethical' sourcing- leaves a bitter taste! This case study makes the case for global reforms & suggests coffee-producing nations must tax profits shifted to Switzerland now! @cictar.bsky.social cictar.org/all-research...
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The ‘Swiss Swindle’ — Does Starbucks short-change coffee-producing countries? — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
While claiming 99% of its coffee beans are ‘ethically’ sourced, Starbucks’ shifts profits to Switzerland, leaving scant revenue for coffee-producing countries and perpetuating poverty in farming commu...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
State policymakers should raise revenue to counter cuts to federal funding enacted in the harmful 2025 Republican megabill. One good place to start: making large corporations pay their fair share. www.cbpp.org/blog/corpora...
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Corporate Fair Share Taxes Can Help States Support Public Services Amid Federal Cuts
State policymakers should raise revenue to counter the harm from new budget pressures. One good place to start is by making large corporations pay their fair share.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This government-hired debt collected paid $0 in corporate tax – despite revenue of more than $100 million. Tell Jim Chalmers: No tax, no pay getup.to/2ndvZfMC8Y8iQ @cictar.bsky.social
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Jim Chalmers: No tax, no contract
This government-hired debt collected paid $0 in corporate tax – despite revenue of more than $100 million. Tell Jim Chalmers: No tax, no pay
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Seriously! Time for govt's to stop outsourcing, especially to tax dodging corporations, particularly private equity owned or multinationals... @cictar.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social @cpsu.org.au
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Debt collector hired to chase unpaid taxes for the ATO pays zero corporate tax itself
Neither Recoveriescorp nor its parent entity has paid the tax since securing multi-million dollar government contracts
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
EU Should Use Tax Transparency For Public Bids, Report Says @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social www.law360.com/tax-authorit...
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EU Should Use Tax Transparency For Public Bids, Report Says - Law360 Tax Authority
The European Union should require large companies to submit country-by-country tax reports to authorities when bidding for public contracts, a tax transparency group and EU public-sector union said ah...
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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Public contracts shouldn’t reward aggressive tax avoidance. As governments spend more on outsourcing, cloud and AI, EU #procurement rules must require #tax transparency from major bidders - and exclude those who won’t provide it. Read the new report 👉 www.epsu.org/article/new-...
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New report on how EU procurement rules keep awarding the tax avoiders
EU procurement reforms must stop rewarding tax dodging corporations with public money, unions warn.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"Jason Ward, ...[@cictar.bsky.social] said the business appeared to be structured in ways “to have avoided reporting and tax obligations in Australia”. He said the federal gov't should subject those bidding for public contracts to higher levels of transparency." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years
Telco Services Australia generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 and $130m the year before but paid zero tax
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
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Starbucks’ Swiss Scheme: ‘Fair’ Trading or Global Tax Dodge? — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
Report reveals $1.3 billion Starbucks profit diverted to Swiss subsidiary over the last decade. 99% of all the corporation's coffee is transferred, on paper, through Switzerland, despite most of it ne...
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The FACT Coalition @factcoalition.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
FACT submitted comments ahead of today's House hearing on the U.S. international corporate tax system. As the administration pursues tariffs in the name of repatriating American jobs, our tax code actively rewards offshoring. Read the full comment here: thefactcoalition.org/fact-submits...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
There was a "heavy reliance on Accenture, which has been involved in several previous Canberra tech wrecks" and has a local and global track record of major tax dodging! @cictar.bsky.social www.innovationaus.com/govt-shields...
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Govt shields $800m aged care tech work from scrutiny
The Aged Care minister has defied a Senate order to detail the procurement and roll out of $800 million of upgrades to government aged care technology systems that were outsourced to global software a...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Trump’s protection racket for the world’s largest corporate tax dodgers continues, this makes the G7’s Pillar 2 exemptions for US MNCs even more absurd! @cictar.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Public country by country reporting, it's coming soon... The world's best multinational tax transparency reporting requirement! (best for now...) @cictar.bsky.social www.law360.com/tax-authorit...
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Australia Issues Guidance On Public Country-By-Country Law - Law360 Tax Authority
Australia issued guidance Friday on how to comply with its public country-by-country reporting law, including filing instructions, formatting and the information required to be disclosed.
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
'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...
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Private Healthcare company Healthscope under fire over proposal to farm millions in employees' tax benefits — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
ABC report on tax shenanigans proposed by a private health company, owned by Canadian asset managers Brookfield, as it seeks to re-launch itself as a non-profit outfit.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A Tesla executive is leading Australia’s R&D review. That’s not OK. Public roles should serve the people – not billionaires. Add your name to demand Denholm’s resignation and new integrity laws: getup.to/ABPAKt22oClX...
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Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!
Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy
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Oregon Center for Public Policy @ocppnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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
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How big corporations hide their profits — and how to stop it - Oregon Center for Public Policy
I want to thank Jason Ward and Spandan Marasini for sharing their insights into how it is that big corporations hide their profits and what we can do to
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Corporate lobbyists doing what they do! "Numerous supporters of the proposal, including union leaders and advocates for education, public health, direct personal care and other services... Sen. Liz Miranda... said the change would ensure large multinationals "actually pay their fair share" of taxes"
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COST Decries Massachusetts Foreign-Source Income Tax Plan - Law360 Tax Authority
A Massachusetts proposal supporters said would fight offshore corporate tax avoidance and raise $400 billion annually would violate the U.S. Constitution and place the state at odds with other jurisdi...
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"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...
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‘Corporate Canada's deal making needs more sunlight’ — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
Jason Ward calls for greater tax transparency in Canada’s National Observer
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“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...
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Optus among companies earning billions in Australia but paying no income tax — Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research
The Guardian reports on the latest ATO data and apparent tax minimization by multinationals operating in Australia
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cictar.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Livi Gerbase from the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR) joins Canadian podcaster extraordinaire ‘Millennial Moron’ to discuss ways that Brookfield and other Canadian pension fund managers are leveraging tax havens and tax-advantaged programs to privatize public utilities in Latin America. 


Using CICTAR’s case studies of Isagen in Colombia and BRK Ambiental in Brazil they discuss the decline in capital investment into infrastructure, increases in prices to consumers, stagnant wages for workers, and the massive increase in debt charges to these former public utilities - which are potentially being used as a profit-shifting scheme to avoid paying taxes to the local governments where these utilities are located.

CICTAR highly recommends a full perusal of this illuminating youtube channel, described as ‘Canadian content for people who love to hate Canadian content’ and providing accessible, but detailed insight into themes linking closely with a lot of our work.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Palantir is the data giant behind ICE's attacks on immigrants. Its co-founder is JD Vance's billionaire benefactor. Stephen Miller owns around $250,000 of its stock. Its CEO got up to an $85 MILLION Trump tax break over 7 years. You see what's happening here, right?
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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
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Australia to miss out on tax top-up from multinationals | The Business | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"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 profits, the vast profits they make in Australia and around the world." @cictar.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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Australia to lose revenue as Trump tax backdown 'protects American companies'
The man who spearheaded negotiations on a global minimum tax rate says Australia could miss out on significant revenue from US multinational companies after the G7 "caved" to Donald Trump.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Trump’s tax policy is now crystal clear! He aims to run a protection racket to help US MNCs dodge tax in the US and globally!!! Transparency! @cictar.bsky.social @globaltaxjustice.org @icrict.bsky.social @taxjustice.net @factcoalition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/b...
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He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Jason Ward of @cictar.bsky.social 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.”" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Cruel joke’: tax concession drives donations to Australia’s richest private schools and must stop, critics argue
Eleven private schools received more than $3m from donors in 2023, topped by St Aloysius’ College in Sydney with $9.1m
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Even shareholders at the dodgiest US Big Pharma Co are demanding tax transparency, Merck is Murky... @cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net @factcoalition.bsky.social @icrict.bsky.social @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social @globaltaxjustice.org taxjustice.net/2025/06/24/b...
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Bad Medicine: A Clear Prescription = tax transparency - Tax Justice Network
Merck shareholders backed a call for greater tax transparency. Jason Ward explores what this means for Big Pharma, investors, and global tax justice
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"Jason Ward, principal analyst for @cictar.bsky.social ... applauded that the treasurer's speech" and called for "a continued focus on making sure that large corporations and multinationals are paying their fair share...to ensure integrity in Australia's tax system" www.taxnotes.com/tax-notes-to...
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Australian Treasurer Launches National Discussion on Tax Reform | Tax Notes
Tax Notes is the first source of essential daily news, analysis, and commentary for tax professionals whose success depends on being trusted for their expertise.
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
EU Annual tax report shows that average tax-rate for high income declining from 42.9 to 39.9 % The 0,001 % saw their wealth increase between 1995-2023 with 224% So much scope for wealth taxes @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
Trend in top statutory personal income tax rate 2019-2024
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Trump is attempting to run a protection racket for US MNCs, this is not America First, it's corporations first and the damn the rest or us... @cictar.bsky.social @factcoalition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...
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Opinion | This Loophole Buried in Trump’s Bill Is Anything but Beautiful
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
As the US descends further into fascism... "One of the very thin silver linings of the second Trump presidency.... Trump has pulled the mask off America, and the leering face behind it isn’t pretty." www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/d...
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Musk and Trump's undignified divorce rips the mask off modern America, in all its faded glory
The Musk-Trump clash has continued Trump's tradition of happily exposing the once-secret nature of how power operates in the United States.
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Tax avoidance of Starbucks exposed news.mongabay.com/2025/04/repo... by @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @epi.org
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Report accuses Starbucks of tax avoidance through ‘ethical’ Swiss subsidiary
Starbucks has defended its little-known Swiss subsidiary handling its ethical coffee sourcing after a critical report accused it of “major global tax avoidance.” The report, released by the Centre for...
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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"
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Starbucks, entre café équitable et allergie aux impôts
En 10 ans, Starbucks a transféré 1,3 milliard de $ en Suisse pour éviter d’avoir à payer des impôts dans d’autres pays où ses filiales sont implantées.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“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...
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Investors Seek Tax Transparency at Merck | Tax Notes
Nana Ama Sarfo reviews a recent tax transparency shareholder proposal filed at Merck.
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Jason Ward @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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
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