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So... they are paying money to the government that they aren't required to?

• foepys 5y ago
  The problem is the EU's process which requires all countries to vote unanimous on this. Ireland is vetoing any change to keep being allowed to set their own tax rates and underbid anybody else while still keeping access to the EU market. In that regard The Netherlands aren't any better by the way.
• fabianhjr 5y ago
  They do that to pay proportionally less (not zero) and the countries they are paying proportionally less to are interested in being the fiscal hosts of those multinationals.
  • jtbayly 5y ago
    So taxation is a free market competition for global corporations.
    • fabianhjr 5y ago
      Not really, other countries have better capital controls to avoid fiscal shenanigans.