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I will be downvoted for this, but I have become wary of GOG after I learned that they're incorporated in Cyprus for the sole purpose of tax avoidance. Someone w
by pdknsk 11y ago
I will be downvoted for this, but I have become wary of GOG after I learned that they're incorporated in Cyprus for the sole purpose of tax avoidance. Someone will mention Amazon (Luxembourg), Google (Ireland) and other companies now, but those are corporate behemoths from which you don't expect otherwise.
- asiekierka 11y agoHave you looked into Polish tax laws?
- VonGuard 11y agoYeah, they're Polish. It's like being founded in Delaware as an American company.
- iso8859-1 11y agoAre you referring to this?: "Delaware charges no income tax on corporations not operating within the state, so taking advantage of Delaware's other benefits does not result in taxation." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_Law#Tax_benefits_and_burdens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_L...
- gknoy 11y agoMany companies are founded as Delaware at least partly because of the legal framework and case law precedence that that state has for governing corporate bodies. Or, that's what I gleaned from an article a while back about how stock and options and things actually get transferred around.
- nerdcity 11y agoBecause taxes are innately moral...
- bjelkeman-again 11y agoNo, but they aren't innately immoral either. Context means a lot in this.