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> Ireland is cutting taxes far below the EU average to attract all companies they can. That's a dick move Allowing people and their companies to keep more of t
by patrickaljord 10y ago
> Ireland is cutting taxes far below the EU average to attract all companies they can. That's a dick move
Allowing people and their companies to keep more of their money while creating tons of jobs in a high unemployment country. What a dick move indeed. /s
- creshal 10y ago> people and their companies Oh? Apple, Google and other US-based multinationals are owned by their European employees? > creating tons of jobs in a high unemployment country Less creating, more shifting them from other countries. It benefits Ireland at the expense of the rest of the Union.
- FilterSweep 10y agoI'd also argue there's very little "Creating" OR "Shifting" going on from Apple in this tax haven. They can keep the vast "majority" of the (read: "well paid") jobs in Cupertino with Stanford, UCBerkeley, CalTech, etc grads. All the while reaping the tax haven benefits abroad.[0] [0] Found a better source, 6.5K employees in Ireland: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/25pc-of-apples-european-workforce-based-in-cork-30487720.html http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/25pc-of-apples-euro... , with 1000 to be added by 2017. Their center in Cork, Ireland is a distribution base, which is different than the product design, R&D, and development that goes on in America. Compared to the amount, in billions, of taxes avoided, the "Tons of jobs" grandparent is claiming doesn't seem to be true.
- patrickaljord 10y agoThey hired 6,000 people across Ireland. http://www.apple.com/ie/customer-letter/ http://www.apple.com/ie/customer-letter/