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My understanding is that the foreign entity that acts as the haven has to be a legitimate business entity. This hiring binge aligns well with keeping that faca
by godzillabrennus 11y ago
My understanding is that the foreign entity that acts as the haven has to be a legitimate business entity. This hiring binge aligns well with keeping that facade up.
- raverbashing 11y agoTalk about a facade that hires 1000 people, it's almost like they're not even trying to pretend anymore
- arbitrage 11y agoThey've never tried to pretend, nor had to, because it's perfectly legal and an accepted financial standard of practice.
- sjwright 11y agoObviously Apple picked Ireland for tax reasons, but 5,000 employees is a remarkably thick facade. Compare that to 16,000 people in Cupertino — I'm pretty sure that makes Ireland Apple's largest pool of office employees outside of their HQ.
- natrius 11y agoApple's Austin campus will employ about 7000 people. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/82805/20150909/apples-austin-campus-for-7-000-employees-nears-completion.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/82805/20150909/apples-aust...
- de_Selby 11y ago>will
- mywacaday 11y agoDon't forget the 850 million Euro data center that Apply are building in Galway recently got the go ahead. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/planning-permission-granted-for-apple-data-centre-in-galway-1.2347136 http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/planning-permi...
- draw_down 11y agoThat is so silly.