Quote Originally Posted by MV75 View Post
Gerry Harvey is the ultimate anti Australian businessman. He wants people to pay more tax while paying zero himself.
Per Harvey Norman's 2017 Annual Report:

Cash tax paid: $152m
Gerry Harvey owns 30.4% of Harvey Norman
Therefore Gerry paid $46m of tax through his Harvey Norman shareholding alone.

Compare this to Apple, which paid only $128m of corporate tax in 2016 on $7.5b of revenue. (https://www.itnews.com.au/news/apple...n-years-481972)

Other giants like Google paid even less. These multinationals divert billions of dollars of income to low tax countries like Ireland, Singapore etc to avoid paying Australian tax. These companies have now been made to pay more only due to the Federal Government introducing new laws to clamp down on this.

But let's not let facts get in the way of a good story.