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Is there any concensus at all on how global corporations _should_ pay tax? These sort of cases illustrate how institutions think they _shouldn't_ handle tax, bu
by aosaigh 6y ago
Is there any concensus at all on how global corporations _should_ pay tax? These sort of cases illustrate how institutions think they _shouldn't_ handle tax, but it's not clear to me how we apply tax to a globalised economy? It's seems to be a hugely complex issue with many different stakeholders. Where is the nuanced discussion about these issues that falls somewhere between "Corps are evil" and "innovation is vital"?
- apta 6y agoWhy should corporations pay even more tax? They're paying salaries, which are subject to income tax, and stock gains are also taxed when sold. Also, any sales they generate are subject to VAT/sales tax. Not to mention property taxes for their offices, etc.
- aosaigh 6y agoIs this related to my original comment or a different one? I agree with this by the way, I think that it's definitely a part of the discussion.
- mdszy 6y agoHow do corporate boots taste there, bud?
- dang 6y agoWe've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines and ignoring our requests to stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mdszy 6y agolmao all 0 requests to stop, just constant downvotes for telling people, rightfully, how much boot they're guzzling
- dang 6y ago5 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23786339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23786339 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22939116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22939116 9 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21198326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21198326 Also, your account's posting history is egregious: https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=mdszy https://news.ycombinator.com/posts?id=mdszy. This is not a borderline call. Accounts that post like that get banned here, regardless of what they're espousing.
- contravariant 6y agoPersonally I think they ought to pay any tax that doesn't require an 'unfair' transfer of revenue. Selling your product to at a nonsensical price to an affiliated company in a different country should be considered collusion as far as I'm concerned. The tricky part is pinning this down in legislation, although viewing it as collusion might make this somewhat easier as there are already laws against collusion and monopolies that you might be able to leverage.