Jason Ward

@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social

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

'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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"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 ago

U.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...

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 ago

EU 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.

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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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