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No they don't - in Europe they managed to cut a deal with Ireland such that only their Irish generated revenue was taxed in Irleand but all other European reven
by Marazan 11y ago
No they don't - in Europe they managed to cut a deal with Ireland such that only their Irish generated revenue was taxed in Irleand but all other European revenue was booked against their Ireland business so was completely untaxed
Apple have not just followed the law as written - they have carved out specific tax exemptions for themselves.
- sokoloff 11y ago> Apple have not just followed the law as written I think they have followed the law as written. Some people just don't like how it was written and some of the effects caused by how it was written.
- isolate 11y agoYou missed the word "just".
- sokoloff 11y agoIt's unclear what "just following the law" is as distinct from "following the law". Can you help me understand the difference? What law(s) have they violated? Have they "just violated them" or just "violated them"?
- isolate 11y agoThe sentence means that Apple haven't simply / only / just followed the law as written, they have gone further than that and carved out specific exemptions in the law for themselves. When you said, "I think they have followed the law as written." it sounds like you are challenging a claim that they haven't followed the law as written, but that wasn't the intent of the sentence. More clear? No laws were violated. A) I have not hit you, I have given you a hug. -> you did not get hit, you got a hug B) I have not just hit you, I have given you a hug. -> you got hit AND you got a hug
- Marazan 11y agoApple didn't just follow the existing law, they wrote their own addendum.