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I suspect the deal is "we'll help you evade the taxes you should be paying other countries if you give us a slice"
by gaius 9y ago
I suspect the deal is "we'll help you evade the taxes you should be paying other countries if you give us a slice"
- davweb 9y agoThat's more or less what was already happening; which is why the EU told the Irish government they had to stop giving Apple a preferential tax rate unavailable to other companies. Ireland didn't want to collect this money.
- IBM 9y agoThe "deal" is that Ireland is holding the back taxes in escrow until the appeals are exhausted. And because it's such a large amount, Ireland had to hire managers/custodians for it. The terms are probably about what the money is going to be invested in.
- djroomba 9y agoThis is what will happen. Its a miscarriage of international justice.