Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey has accused Australia's powerful business lobby groups of failing to represent ordinary tax-paying businesses and instead pushing the interests of profit-shifting multinationals.

Speaking after the release of Apple's Australian accounts, which revealed the tech giant had paid just $80 million in tax despite reaping $6 billion in local revenue, Mr Harvey said companies that paid their fair share of tax were being left without a voice in Canberra.

'If one person has got no voice, and the other person has a voice, that's a disadvantage.'

"Without mentioning names, there's a lot of lobbying going on, and they're presenting their case as if they've got a legitimate gripe," the owner of the Harvey Norman franchise said.

"They [multinationals] have lots of lobbyists in Canberra trying to present their case as to why they shouldn't be penalised [over tax].