Statements from companies featured in our 'Tax Swindle' story
Many of our multinational corporations claim they are paying fair tax. The companies named in Lux Leaks, the Australian Senate inquiry into tax avoidance, the UK Parliamentary inquiry into tax avoidance, and the European Union inquiries generally do not accept the claims they are avoiding tax.
Below, you can check what the companies say and what the Australian Senate inquiry says.
Read all the Australian Senate Inquiry submissions.
What The Companies Say:
Chevron:
"Chevron Australia is vitally interested in tax policy that ensures certainty and fairness for our significant, long-term investments in Australia."
Read the Australian Senate Inquiry submission.
Apple
Read Apple's full statement to Sunday Night here
Google
Ms Maile Carnegie, Managing Director of Google Australia, to the Senate inquiry:
"...we pay the lion's share of our taxes to the country where our headquarters is based..."
Read Google excerpts from Senate inquiry
Ikea
"The IKEA Group retailer in Australia pays all taxes incurred nationally and locally in accordance with Australian laws and regulations. It also has a positive impact on the local economy by employing more than 2,500 people, as well as running several social and environmental initiatives."
Read the Australian Senate Inquiry submission.
Disney
Read the Lux Leaks report in the Australian Financial Review
Future Fund
"In the last year the Future Fund made nearly $15 billion for the taxpayers of Australia."
Read the full statement here
Read the Lux Leaks Report in the Australian Financial Review
BHP Billiton
"BHP Billiton pays billions of dollars in taxes and royalties in Australia every year and we are committed to meeting our tax obligations at all times."
Read the full statement to Sunday Night here
Read the Australian Senate Inquiry submission.
Rio Tinto
Read Rio Tinto's Tax Report 2014 here
Read the full statement from Rio Tinto here
Glencore
"Glencore operations have paid approximately $8 billion in taxes and royalties to Federal and State Governments, including $2 billion in corporate income tax."
Full statement from Glencore
Read the Australian Senate Inquiry submission.
The Lux Leaks reports from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists are all available at:
www.icij.org/project/luxembourg-leaks
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