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>Apple’s deal with Iowa, which includes about $20 million in a state investment tax credit and a 20-year tax abatement from the city of Waukee worth nearly $190
by desdiv 9y ago
>Apple’s deal with Iowa, which includes about $20 million in a state investment tax credit and a 20-year tax abatement from the city of Waukee worth nearly $190 million, underscores all these elements.
Dumb question: how do these deals not violate the Equal Protection Clause?
Other businesses in Waukee obviously aren't privy to the same state tax credits from Iowa and the same tax abatement from the city of Waukee. Doesn't that mean that the tax code is effectively discriminating against all these non-Apple businesses?
- ceejayoz 9y ago> Other businesses in Waukee obviously aren't privy to the same state tax credits from Iowa and the same tax abatement from the city of Waukee. Sure they are - they can request it, just like Apple does, and be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. It's no more an equal protection violation than city government hiring one person over another is.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoJust like petitioning a king for favorable treatment.
- harryh 9y agoIt looks like a graduate student at George Washington wrote a paper on this question: http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/65st0033.pdf http://taxprof.typepad.com/files/65st0033.pdf You've piqued my interest here. It does seem a bit strange.