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There's an additional delicious irony here. These companies have headquartered themselves in Ireland for tax dodging purposes. Carefully legal through loop hole
by kevin_b_er 8y ago
There's an additional delicious irony here. These companies have headquartered themselves in Ireland for tax dodging purposes. Carefully legal through loop holes, but tax dodging. Except they must still abide by the law of the place their tax shelter is. Which means GDPR compliance. I have no sympathy for Twitter here.
- rahimnathwani 8y ago"These companies have headquartered themselves in Ireland" According to Twitter's most recent 10-Q, filed with the SEC: - The company is registered in Delaware - The principal place of business is on California If the parent company is registered in Delaware, and its stated principal place of business is Market Street, how can it be headquartered in Ireland for corporation tax purposes?
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- Someone 8y ago“Twitter International Company” has its headquarters in Dublin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter: ”In 2015, following an updated terms of service and privacy policy, Twitter users outside of the United States are legally served by the Ireland-based Twitter International Company instead of Twitter, Inc. The change made these users subject to Irish and European Union data protection laws”