my problem with it is not so much that google is paying fewer taxes, but that this complex tax structure encourages "innovation" in tax avoidance rather than i

my problem with it is not so much that google is paying fewer taxes, but that this complex tax structure encourages "innovation" in tax avoidance rather than innovation in things that actually create value. How much money goes into building and checking the legality of those tax avoidance schemes? a lot, I bet. I'm fairly certain, for example, that my company would not be able to afford something like that. A simpler tax law not only makes things more fair (maybe it's just sour grapes, but I don't think it's fair that there is one tax rate for corps like mine, who have one part-time accountant, and another, much lower tax rate for giant corporations that can afford massive teams of tax lawyers.) but it makes the economy more efficient. The goal of closing those loopholes should be to make it in Google's best interest to spend their effort on, say, improving search rather than avoiding taxes.