> Did they pay taxes on the products they sold in Germany? Almost not. > If so, I'm not sure what your problem is with them? Apple is probably the company pa

> Did they pay taxes on the products they sold in Germany? Almost not. > If so, I'm not sure what your problem is with them? Apple is probably the company paying fewest taxes of all companies in Germany. Normal mortals pay much much more taxes. There is a difference between paying almost no taxes, and paying the same tax as everyone else. In the end small businesses can't move their money to Cayman islands or wherever and factually circumvent the law. We have a lot of old infrastructure which needs some money, like schools: http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/lehrerverband-fordert-zehn-milliarden-euro-fuer-schulen-a-1175565.html http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/lehrerverband-fo... -> such buildings are not uncommon in certain areas. One of the biggest newspapers and one of the most prestigious in Germany (Zeit) estimated that Europe lost alone over iPhone sales in the last five years 8 billion euro taxes.