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But what can you do if countries like Ireland or Malta just allows tax evasion?
by greyman 10y ago
But what can you do if countries like Ireland or Malta just allows tax evasion?
- gozur88 10y agoThis was always the Achilles heel of the EU. In the end it can't work unless tax policies are harmonized.
- lhopki01 10y agoThe way the US won't work unless tax policies are harmonised between states.....oh wait.
- gozur88 10y agoOh wait. The difference is there's no EU-wide corporate tax, whereas US federal corporate taxes are relatively large compared to the state levies. So there's a much larger incentive for companies to seek out EU states that are willing to undercut their neighbors.
- davidf18 10y agoWell, you can threaten to throw them out of the EU if they don't fix their unfair (to other member countries) laws. The EU should have more statutory authority for laws like this just as in the case of the US Federal Government over State governments. At any rate, don't blame Amazon, Starbucks, but rather blame wealthy governments that refuse to spend the money for talent that can fix the laws (or iteratively "refix" them).