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Tech Giants Face Tax Scrutiny

Updated 2026-10-01 02:55 UTC 2 sources Neutral

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has released a database highlighting major companies, including Microsoft and Netflix, that pay minimal corporate tax on large revenues. The move is part of broader efforts to increase transparency in corporate taxation.

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The Guardian

Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues

ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/01/labor-anthony-albanese-ato-ndis-thriving-kids-coalition-gree

2026-10-01 02:30 UTC

Variety

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on If He Sees Paramount-Warner Bros. As Competition, and If He Courted Casey Bloys: ‘We Had a Very Well-Publicized Lunch’

If Ted Sarandos is concerned about any competitive edge that a Paramount/Warner Bros. merger might pose, he’s not showing it. Speaking Wednesday at the Bloomberg Screentime conference, Sarandos was mostly dismissive of any rivalry: “It’s looked on paper so far it’s one and one,” he

2026-10-01 02:44 UTC