Thread: List of companies in Australia that paid no tax.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Well I must be one of those "bastards" as I have been avoiding and using every legal trick possible for the last 20 yrs.

I have only been a wage earner but have had a couple of very astute financial advisers over that time , which has seen me enter retirement very happily.

I think some people here know very little about taxation or they wouldn't be saying the things they are.

These companies are doing nothing wrong , breaking no laws , but are continuing to add value to most of your lives.....just as I have done for myself.

Same here.
We agree!!...Can you believe it?!
Pickles.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

Same here.
We agree!!...Can you believe it?!
Pickles.

Lucky I was already sitting down!

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Errr, Frank.
You know the "Packer" referred to in this thread, Kerry, is dead, and (I am reliably informed) has been for several years.

Could be why he's paying no tax?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Errr, Frank.
You know the "Packer" referred to in this thread, Kerry, is dead, and (I am reliably informed) has been for several years.

I was wondering what that stink was, thanks, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tombie

...I work my arse off, challenging members of the Executive board to propose ideas that may, MAY, just keep the business viable - so that the board doesn't decide to close down major segments resulting in lay offs.

I'll let the wife know your working your arse off to keep the joint running. In return she might come up with some ideas to assist.

Gee Tombie, Imagine having to work 80 hours, must be hard.
Most of my working life as an employee and self employed I worked an average of 84+ hours/week. And those hours were productive hours, actually out there earning the CASH FLOW you talk about.
You blame the unions for Australia's troubles, more Packer/Murdoch bull**** that you seem to have been Brainwashed with.
Quote: "oh the poor workers, always getting screwed" brain washing"
Without the ****ing "workers" you would be on the Dole.
You people up in your Ivory Towers think your sweat earns your company money, no it is those workers you seem to think are beneath you that actually bring in the cash, they earn money you drain it.
This will be a third world country with attitudes like yours and others on here.
No unions, no manufacturing industry, no value added goods exported, foreign owned Agriculture and mining with foreign workers, a larger immigrant intake with less jobs for Australians.
This is Australia NOW, a foreign workforce to make Australian workers more compliant, Agricultural land bought up for mining and ownership of export crops and minerals and Tombie crowing what a good thing that he doesn't have to pay his share of the Taxes.
Most of my working life I paid more than half of every penny I earned in taxes, why because I didn't have a corporate structure to hide behind, I didn't have whole firms of accountants and lawyers moving money and company assets offshore to avoid paying tax.
I had to pay taxes on my Gross earnings, like the majority of Australians, because Governments knew their big business bosses wouldn't be forking over their share, someone has to pay for Government.
Those people that bash unions, I have noticed over the years are always first in line to accept union fought for wages and awards, and also the first to whinge about having to join a union and pay union fees, ****ing Hypocrites!
Regards Frank.

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Did I not recognise the workers? I believe I did...

And, I pay a lot of tax - I minimise by leasing etc. but I still throw a sizeable chunk into the coffers.

You are sounding like the stereotypical "whinging worker"...

Workers make things, but you wouldn't be making **** without a plan or direction.
You wouldn't be operating machinery without a maintenance program, investment, projects.

Completely different to the fantasy world you claim. Work force is a primary area of company cost - it comes from wages.

A $375mil project 8 years ago was over $230mil in wages alone.

And if those big companies didn't keep investing / chasing profit. You wouldn't have a bloody job...

Do you forget BHP was the "syndicate of 7" when they started out.

Keep dreaming.

Originally Posted by Tank

Those people that bash unions, I have noticed over the years are always first in line to accept union fought for wages and awards, and also the first to whinge about having to join a union and pay union fees, ****ing Hypocrites!

Typical attempt at logic.

That's like claiming those who claim freedom but never went and fought for it are hypocrites...


Right up there with those who spend all their time complaining about being a poor worker and do nothing to improve their position..