Australia warns multinationals over tax as Chevron drops appeal
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – US oil and gas major Chevron has withdrawn its High Court appeal over a A$340-million bill from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
The withdrawal means that the Full Federal Court decision of April is now final.
The company in May turned to the High Court after a Full Federal Court dismissed its appeal of the ATO bill, ruling that the US-based company had used an intra-company loan as a means to shift profits offshore, and thus avoided paying income taxes in Australia.
“While the Commissioner cannot brief me on any individual's or entity's tax affairs, the resolution of this matter is a significant win for the Australian community. The ATO’s initial estimates are that the Chevron decision will bring in more than A$10-billion dollars of additional revenue over the next ten years in relation to transfer pricing of related party financing alone,” Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer said last week.
“Not only does this result put more revenue back to the Australian people, it also strengthens the ATO’s position in pursuing other arrangements where multinationals seek to dodge Australia’s transfer pricing rules.”
She said that the resolution of this matter demonstrated the government was taking action to ensure multinational companies paid their fair share of tax on the profits they earn in Australia.
“We have already provided an additional A$679-million in funding to the ATO through the Tax Avoidance Taskforce to strengthen the ATO’s capabilities and ensure these multinational companies operating in Australia are held to account.”
The taskforce is estimated to generate A$3.7-billion from 2016/17 to 2019/20.
“We are also taking action by further strengthening Australia’s tax laws. The Multinational Anti-Avoidance Legislation has brought A$6.5-billion per annum into Australia’s tax base through the restructuring of corporate groups. More recently the Diverted Profits Tax will also put more pressure on these multinational companies to justify their international tax arrangements,” O’Dwyer said.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation