The Dubai "expats" of today are reminiscent of the "Shanghailanders" of a century ago, as described by Arthur Ransome, journalist & author of the Swallows and Amazons books
https://chinarhyming.com/2026/03/08/dubai-2026-shanghai-1927-remembering-arthur-ransomes-shanghai-mindset/

#Dubai #Shanghai #ArthurRansome #TaxDodgers #China #UAE

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#Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the #ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting

By Ray Madoff
Published December 28, 2025

Excerpt: "Elon Musk received a salary of $0 from Tesla in 2024. Jeff Bezos earns $81,840 a year of income, low enough to get the child tax credit, which he took in 2021. One of our higher-paid billionaires is Warren Buffett, and he only gets $100,000 a year in salary and bonus combined.

All of these people are keeping their taxes down by keeping their salaries down. They are not avoiding compensation altogether, however, as they are well paid through the growing value of their stock. In 2024, Bezos’ wealth increased by $80 billion, Zuckerberg’s by $113 billion, Musk’s by $213 billion. Even better, they can enjoy this growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting."

Read more:
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/28/billionaires-with-1-salaries-and-other-legal-tax-dodges-the-ultrawealthy-use-to-keep-their-riches-partner/

#TaxTheRich #Billionaires #UltraWealthy #USPol #TaxDodgers #EatTheRich

Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting.

Salon.com

If the fine is lower than the taxes would have been, then it's little more than a time-delayed coupon. Jail executives until corporate crime is not commonplace.

Morgan Stanley fined €101 million for avoiding Dutch tax - DutchNews.nl
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/morgan-stanley-fined-e101-million-for-avoiding-dutch-tax/

#taxes #corporatetax #tax #taxdodgers #netherlands

Morgan Stanley fined €101 million for avoiding Dutch tax - DutchNews.nl

The Dutch public prosecution service has fined US investment bank Morgan Stanley €101 million for avoiding dividend tax in the Netherlands through a structure that gave it an unlawful tax advantage. Morgan Stanley agreed to the penalty “shortly before the start of the criminal trial”, the public prosecution service said. Prosecutors had announced plans earlier this year to take legal action against the bank, but it is now avoiding a court case by accepting the fine. An investigation by the...

DutchNews.nl

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The hashtag #TaxDodgers doesn't seem to be used much but #TaxTheRich is very full.
I'd put them under #BillionaireCunts .

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

Latest ATO report reveals string of mostly multinational firms continue to be able to pay no or very little income tax, including Netflix, Apple and Microsoft

The Guardian
Billionaires who dodge tax cost the system far more than innocent immigrants fleeing war, poverty and persecution.
#Taxtherich #Refugeeswelcome #taxdodging #Taxdodgers #justsaying #migrantsarenottheproblem
Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta municipalities hanging

A Calgary oil company ordered by regulators to abandon 36 sites owed municipalities $278,000, including more than $51,000 to Red Deer County.

Ground News

Australia’s Tax Hopes Crash as Trump Pulls Plug on Global Reform

#Satire #TrumpTactics #OECD #AustraliaNews #TaxDodgers By: TheJestPress.com **Australia Realizes Multinational Tax Windfall Is Actually Drop In Desert, Thanks to Trump’s Bold “No Money, No Problem” Strategy** CANBERRA—Local government officials were reportedly last seen staring wistfully at the horizon this week, after Australia learned it would be missing out on billions in sweet, sweet tax revenue from…

http://thejestpress.com/2025/07/21/australias-tax-hopes-crash-as-trump-pulls-plug-on-global-reform/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Australia’s Tax Hopes Crash as Trump Pulls Plug on Global Reform

#Satire #TrumpTactics #OECD #AustraliaNews #TaxDodgers By: TheJestPress.com **Australia Realizes Multinational Tax Windfall Is Actually Drop In Desert, Thanks to Trump’s Bold “No Money, No Problem”…

THEJESTPRESS.COM
🚨 BREAKING: The ultra-wealthy are apparently allergic to paying taxes and are fleeing the UK faster than you can say "offshore account." 🌍💸 The Wall Street Journal seems to have misplaced its article, much like the rich misplace their tax obligations. 📉🔍
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/the-u-k-closed-a-tax-loophole-for-the-global-rich-now-theyre-fleeing-f078cce4 #ultrawealthy #taxdodgers #offshoreaccounts #wealthgap #taxevasion #HackerNews #ngated

The Australian government just approved Woodside's gas project extension until 2070, effectively giving them $215 billion worth of gas for free while Aussie punters pay some of the world's highest energy prices. Corporate media covered it as "activists vs government" drama, completely ignoring that we're literally handing our wealth to tax-dodging gas cartels who don't even pay royalties #auspol #Woodside #gascartel #gas #taxdodgers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNyDFDNIwik

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