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The 12.5% corporate tax rate is still one of the lowest in the EU, why would the jobs go elsewhere ?
by rjsw 10y ago
The 12.5% corporate tax rate is still one of the lowest in the EU, why would the jobs go elsewhere ?
- neximo64 10y agoThe EU is after EU level tax harmonisation. The fact they went after Apple is kind of a precedent for others. How would other firms be confident their taxes wont retroactively change? The Irish government is in no position to provide guarantees.
- 59nadir 10y agoThey're after every company paying the same tax in Ireland.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoCould you please substantiate your claim that the EU is going after tax harmonisation? For starters, all the facts point to non-intervention, including the topic discussed here. Also, it wouldn't make sense. A normalisation maybe, but harmonisation is stupid and a sure way of creating poverty, turmoil and destroying the EU market by removing jobs hence consumers.
- robmcm 10y agoSomething I didn't realize until talking about this yesterday, is that the tax rate is often used to reflect the infrastructure in a given location. So whilst the Irish tax rate may be the lowest, the cost of operating a business there may, in total, be higher than somewhere with a higher tax rate. Obviously I am not suggesting they will go elsewhere (given they cost of moving is probably very high) but something worth considering.
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