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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Patrick Commins

Optus among companies earning billions in Australia but paying no income tax

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Singapore Telecom, the locally registered owner of Optus, earned $8.2bn in 2023-24, but reported zero taxable income and paid no income tax, ATO data shows. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Scandal-ridden telco Optus, the world’s biggest meat producer, global tech firms and huge gas producers are among a host of major companies earning billions of dollars a year but paying zero income tax.

The latest corporate transparency report from the Australian Taxation Office revealed a string of mostly multinational firms continue to pay no or very little tax on income in Australia, including household names such as Netflix, Apple and Microsoft.

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