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Palantir Technologies, one of the world\u2019s most influential \u2014 and controversial \u2014 surveillance tech companies, enjoyed an effective tax rate of just 1.4% globally last year while paying no US federal income tax despite recording substantial profits, an analysis released on Wednesday revealed.<\/p>\n

The study, , was written by the Center for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR) in partnership with the European Federation of Public Services Unions. The report \u201cexamines how Palantir is capturing ever-larger government contracts while paying no US federal corporate income tax and shifting much of its foreign profits back to the US, avoiding taxes in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2025 the company reported $1.657 billion in pre-tax profit, booked $22.7 million [in] corporate tax paid globally, and paid $0 in US federal income tax, resulting in an effective tax rate of just 1.4% globally,\u201d CICTAR found.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe report\u2019s core claim of profit-shifting is based on the gap between revenue and profit location: 26% of Palantir\u2019s revenue came from outside the US, but 96% of pre-tax profit was booked in the US,\u201d the analysis states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration has not only been granting record amounts in new contracts to Palantir but is running a global protection racket to help it \u2014 along with larger US tech giants \u2014 avoid paying tax both in the US and globally,\u201d the report contends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Europe, the report finds a pattern of subsidiaries providing services to the US parent on cost-plus terms, leaving low taxable margins locally while related-party payments move value back to the US,\u201d CICTAR added.<\/p>\n

Palantir maintains that it complies with applicable tax laws in every jurisdiction where it operates. Company representatives have said that transfer pricing arrangements and other accounting practices cited by critics are standard among multinational corporations and comply with existing regulations.<\/p>\n

The Palo Alto, California-based company\u2019s soaring revenues are partly driven by government contracts, with the US Department of Defense being the data analytics specialist\u2019s biggest client. Palantir is also integral to the Trump administration\u2019s deadly anti-immigrant crackdown, selling technology used by Department of Homeland Security agencies \u2014 including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) \u2014 to identify, track, and target people for arrest and deportation and manage their cases.<\/p>\n

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Palantir has also drawn scrutiny from Democratic US lawmakers, including Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who demanded answers following reporting last year that the company was \u201camassing troves of data on Americans to create a government-wide, searchable \u2018mega-database\u2019 containing the sensitive taxpayer data of American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palestine defenders have also denounced Palantir and other tech giants for selling technology to the Israeli government and military despite findings by rights groups, scholars, national governments, and a United Nations commission of inquiry that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Alex Karp, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Palantir, told CNBC<\/em> last month: \u201cI am the most publicly supportive CEO of Israel. I think Israel is on the side of good.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Europe, advocacy groups have raised concerns about Palantir\u2019s contracts involving sensitive medical records, immigration systems, and predictive analytics. Campaigners argue that centralized data platforms create attractive targets for misuse, unauthorized access, or mission creep beyond their original purposes.<\/p>\n

CICTAR\u2019s report concludes that \u201cEuropean public authorities should be able to exclude companies that take public money while shifting profits away from the national tax base that funds public services, and provide the basis for national security that Palantir claims to defend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to the report, Andrea Egan, general secretary of UNISON, the largest trade union in the United Kingdom, said that \u201ca big multinational aggressively avoiding tax and dodging its responsibility to pay a fair share is probably no surprise. But the fact the UK and other countries are rewarding Palantir with massive government contracts is what beggars belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSystems that enable tax to be shirked on an industrial scale clearly have to change,\u201d she added. \u201cThe likes of Palantir need to stump up what\u2019s due. Tech giants raking off billions in profit can\u2019t be free to pay what they please. Ministers shouldn\u2019t award contracts to run public services to firms that are starving them of cash.\u201d<\/p>\n

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