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Apple pays every franc of tax it owes France on its sales there, no one has ever shown otherwise.

• simonsarris 9y ago
  That's not true. Tax authorities in France already fined Apple a 400 million adjustment last year for tax avoidance in FY 2011 and 2013. After 2013 Apple changed their practices to be more obfuscated. http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2016/11/24/le-fisc-francais-reclamerait-400-millions-d-euros-a-apple_5037144_3234.html?xtor=RSS-3208 http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2016/11/24/le-fisc-fr...
  • vixen99 9y ago
    'évasion fiscale' has to be tax evasion not tax avoidance which implies legally minimizing a tax bill which is what every rational organization and person does.
    • StephenMelon 9y ago
      You mean what every rational organisation and person that are already rich enough to hire a “creative” accountant does?
      • hueving 9y ago
        And what every person in the US does who takes a deduction.
• usr1106 9y ago
  Taxes in France have been collected in Euros since the beginning of 2002.
  • geff82 9y ago
    Beginning 1999, if they were paid from a bank account...
  • wavefunction 9y ago
    Why are the sales booked through shell companies in countries outside of France then?