>> Did you want to make zero-tax status a precondition for establishing tax residency there? What gives you the right to do so? This is a pretty twisted way o

>> Did you want to make zero-tax status a precondition for establishing tax residency there? What gives you the right to do so? This is a pretty twisted way of publicly shaming someone for just asking. They have all the right to put whatever condition on any country they want. Any country has the right to not accept their conditions. If the intent of the author is to publicly shame Apple and paint them as being somehow culpable for the poor conditions of the said countries, then its not working. There are jobs that Apple bring to these countries that kick start their economies. Again, its not for nothing that countries _agree_ with their pre-conditions. The other argument presented here is that smaller companies don't get to play by these rules. Again, they can. Just that there is no incentive for a country to not tax smaller companies. Bottom line: Apple brings more to the countries than just its taxes, and that's why the countries are fine with their special tax status.