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You're correct. It's a shake down of American companies. The US Treasury released a paper detailing how Apple at least was abiding by all laws and not really do
by plandis 9y ago
You're correct. It's a shake down of American companies. The US Treasury released a paper detailing how Apple at least was abiding by all laws and not really doing anything out of the ordinary. I suspect Amazon is in a similar place.
Basically, best case Europe can't be bother to have well written laws and punish the companies arbitrairly. Worst case, this is an attack on US business by foreign governments.
- whostolemyhat 9y agoIt's a shake-down of companies which have tried to avoid paying taxes.
- ionised 9y agoThose poor poor, US businesses. How they suffer! > Basically, best case Europe can't be bother to have well written laws and punish the companies arbitrairly. Worst case, this is an attack on US business by foreign governments. This is a blatant dismissal of actual issues because its easier to blame the big bad foreign governments than it is to look at the shitty (and illegal) behaviour of Irish tax authorities and American companies devising shitty tax deals because they believe they are above the law. These tax arrangements were not legal, they never were. The rules need to be enforced and they will be. This is not a punishment, it's a correction. Crying about 'shakedowns' is pointless dishonest. Address the actual issues.