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More incentive for tech companies to move to the UK?
by HumanDrivenDev 9y ago
More incentive for tech companies to move to the UK?
- oh-kumudo 9y agoUK is out of EU. And what is the point of moving to UK, when you want to the market of EU?
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoTo escape silly EU laws like this one, while still being a part of the continent and close to the market.
- jgh 9y agoHow would that escape this? They're making money off of EU people, they would have to pay the tax.
- pkaye 9y agoNot according to Ireland and Luxembourg.
- jgh 9y agoI'm not sure what you mean by that. As far as I'm aware the no law has been passed around this yet, the proposed law from the other day was a flat 3% tax on any revenue made in the EU (which includes Ireland and Luxembourg).
- pkaye 9y agoI'm saying they are paying taxes per the Ireland and Luxembourg requirement so what is the concern for the other countries in the EU?
- themihai 9y agoclose to the market to sell digital goods? Ukraine is "closer" to the EU market if you want a non-EU country "close" to the market...
- beefield 9y ago> still being a part of the continent Sorry, I understand that this is most likely just figurative, but it very much gives impression that you haven't looked at the European map for a while.
- swebs 9y agoI don't understand your comment. The UK is literally part of the European continent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
- AstralStorm 9y agoNobody cares unless there is no tax or limits on underwater data cables. In this case French can just say no.
- beefield 9y agoI immediately read the original comment as UK belonging to the mainland of Europe, but you are right, continent can also refer to continental shelf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent "The most restricted meaning of continent is that of a continuous[5] area of land or mainland, with the coastline and any land boundaries forming the edge of the continent. In this sense the term continental Europe (sometimes referred to in Britain as "the Continent") is used to refer to mainland Europe, excluding islands such as Great Britain"
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoA few miles of shallow water does not another continent make.