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This is not about asking for more money. This is about companies cannot fleeing rational tax rates of normal countries into countries which specialize in "steal
by oaiey 5y ago
This is not about asking for more money. This is about companies cannot fleeing rational tax rates of normal countries into countries which specialize in "stealing" the companies from normal countries and making this their code business.
- fcanela 5y agoWhy shouldn't people or companies be able to move where they can grow, prosper or have rules according to their values or projects? Curiously, when we talk about taxes the focus is often in the country that is harboring people instead the one that made itself unattractive.
- ric2b 5y agoWe're not talking about companies that _actually_ move to these countries, they just pretend to, on paper.
- oaiey 5y agoI think it does not matter where you put your company, you have to follow the rules of the market where you sell your goods. And these markets just said: you have to pay at least 15% tax to continue selling stuff here. Free trade is not a one direction story.
- sumedh 5y ago> This is about companies cannot fleeing rational tax rates Some of the US states operates one of the biggest tax havens in the world, is the US govt going to shut them down?