Now they weren't just following the laws they were inventing fictional structures where apple for instance kept pretending that its EU profit were in transit to

Now they weren't just following the laws they were inventing fictional structures where apple for instance kept pretending that its EU profit were in transit to an headquarters where it would be taxable despite the fact that apple did not transfer any of the money from Ireland to any "Headquarters".[https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2016/08/30/apples-tax-defense-seems-flawed/#974ae679fe4a https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2016/08/30/apples-t...] Just because you convince a bunch local politicians to look the other way, your still not a law abiding company when your not paying taxes anywhere as even apple aren't allowed to be that stupid about the realities of tax law.