NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped this photo of Australia from space
The major corporations fronting the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance this week include Good Google, Bad Apple and interesting orchard of MNIs
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The names of the companies channelling money to Singapore were redacted by the Australian Tax Office in a document released under Freedom of Information, and Senate committee chairman Sam Dastyari wrote to Mr Jordan on Tuesday requesting he reveal the names to the inquiry Multinational
The Abbott government is facing overwhelming angst about the issue of corporate tax avoidance and the threat to weekend penalty rates in a string of seats it must retain to win back government. Polling Voters
When asked to give his name and title Mr Packer obliged before adding: "I appear here this afternoon reluctantly."Mr Packer stared down committee member after committee member, including men once spoken of in hushed tones as future leadership material, Michael Lee and Peter Costello. "You're either gonna have to believe me or call me a liar," Mr Packer snarled when one committee member found his answer difficult to believe Packer
Abusive Tax Avoidance and Institutional Corruption: The Responsibilities of Tax Professionals, by Gillian Brock (Harvard) & Hamish Russell (Toronto)
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