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>Maybe if they didn't restructure their organizations so as to avoid taxes in all but the lowest tax jurisdictions, they wouldn't be fined by places where they
by drstewart 4y ago
>Maybe if they didn't restructure their organizations so as to avoid taxes in all but the lowest tax jurisdictions, they wouldn't be fined by places where they actually make the money.
So to be clear, these fines aren't legitimate but instead are backdoor taxes meant to compensate for the government's inability to capture the taxes they've established? Is that your position here? And you're insinuating this is a good thing?
- spoonjim 4y agoIt’s more like an import tariff in disguise. Countries other than the US, China, and Sweden have been under-successful in tech so they tax the exporters who supply their markets with these fines.
- mvc 4y agoThe good thing would be for the companies to report profits where they make them but apparently we can't rely on their good nature to do that. I don't have a problem with governments resorting to tactics like this in order to get market participants to pay their fair share. But then, I'm not a billionaire and never will be so it aint ever gonna affect me.