Jason Ward
@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social
Principal Analyst @ CICTAR Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research
Palantir paid no U.S. federal income tax last year despite recording substantial profits. truthout.org/articles/pal...
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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'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/...
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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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...
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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Check out my article on making MNCs pay for our public services and our new #TAXDATA tool! @cictar.bsky.social
Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 6mo agoLaunching #TAXDATA where you can find Australia's biggest 'lifters and leaners' with the tap of a keystroke A co-pro with UTS and @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/taxdata-corp...
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...
"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."
Ian Gary@ianpgary.bsky.social · 6mo agoU.S. oil companies should not get taxpayer subsidies to drill in Venezuela - or anywhere else. My latest opinion piece for the @factcoalition.bsky.social in The Hill today. thehill.com/opinion/5734...
Starbucks runs a global tax dodge via Switzerland under cover of its 'ethical' sourcing scheme, dodgy!!!
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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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!
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, 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."
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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"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...
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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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
Jason Ward@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social · 7mo agoEU Should Use Tax Transparency For Public Bids, Report Says @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social www.law360.com/tax-authorit...
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.
@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)
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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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...
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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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...
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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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
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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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
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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EU Should Use Tax Transparency For Public Bids, Report Says @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social www.law360.com/tax-authorit...
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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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-...
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, ...[@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...
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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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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Jan Willem Goudriaan@jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 9mo agoGreat action in support of #strike Baristas Starbuck in Brussels Belgium @sbworkersunited.org We joined the global call for action @seiupres.bsky.social @iufasia-pacific.bsky.social And also draw attention to the tax avoidance of the company in Switserland @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social
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...
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...
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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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...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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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...
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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'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...
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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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...
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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