Under new European rules, multinationals must disclose the revenue, profit, corporation tax, accumulated earnings, and number of employees they book in each EU country. Some 22 corporate groups operating in Ireland have published their first such country-by-country reports to date, with Microsoft grabbing headlines when it confirmed a $5.6 billion (€4.9 billion) Irish tax payment for 2025. Only one group so far has availed of a limit exemption from this obligation, and it is none of the US-listed tech or pharma giants. W&R Barnett, the Belfast-headquartered agricultural commodities merchant, has omitted profit and tax data for the Republic of Ireland…

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