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I'm not saying that they shouldn't have to pay taxes. I'm saying they should have to pay what is required by law in the jurisdiction that they are in. The EU go
by zip1234 10y ago
I'm not saying that they shouldn't have to pay taxes. I'm saying they should have to pay what is required by law in the jurisdiction that they are in. The EU going after them as a special case because they have a lot of money doesn't help anything. The EU should focus on fixing the source of the issue, which is the concept of a tax haven within the EU. Going after Apple doesn't fix the root cause.
- pluma 10y agoIf they didn't have a lot of money, they wouldn't have been in this situation and there wouldn't be anything to go after. As an EU member country, this is EU jurisdiction. The root issue was that they made a deal with Ireland that is invalid under EU law. That was fixed. With apologies to Office Space: They didn't punish Apple, they just fixed a glitch.
- Oletros 10y ago> The EU should focus on fixing the source of the issue, which is the concept of a tax haven within the EU. The case has nothing to do with Ireland having low tax rates. And Double Irish has been closed