Golden Dodges: How McDonald’s Avoids Paying its Fair Share of Tax
19 May, 2015
Source:
PSI, IUF and SEIU
This new report, released on 19 May, reveals that McDonald’s is using aggressive strategies to avoid paying tax in some of its largest markets.
The report Goldenwas authored by Public Services International (PSI), the International Union of Foodworkers and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and follows the recent European report that outlines McDonald’s tax avoidance strategies in Europe.
Interest in the extensive tax avoidance practices of multinational companies is growing as corporate tax scandals unfold. The report shows that across the world, McDonald’s is attracting the attention of tax authorities with investigations in at least six countries since 2005 and with the European Union only this year reportedly investigating tax arrangements in Luxembourg.
Full report:
- English: Golden Dodges: How McDonald’s Avoids Paying its Fair Share of Tax
- Portuguese: Desvios Dourados: Como o McDonald's se esquiva do pagamento de sua quota justa de impostos
Press release:
- English: Golden Dodges: McDonald’s $1.8 billion global tax avoidance strategy revealed
- French: Golden Dodges : Lever le voile sur un système d’évasion fiscale qui aurait permis à McDonald’s d’économiser 1,8 milliards de dollars d’impôts
- Spanish: Golden Dodges: Revelados los planes de McDonald’s para eludir 1 800 millones de dólares de impuestos
- Portuguese: Golden Dodges (Desvios Dourados): revelada estratégia do McDonald’s para eludir 1,8 bilhão de dólares em impostos
- German: Goldene Schlupflöcher: Globale Steuerumgehungsmodelle von McDonald’s in Höhe von $1,8 Mrd. enthüllt
- Italian: Grandi evasori: il piano di McDonald's per non pagare 1,8 miliardi di dollari di tasse
