> it took this many years for an article? It took this many years for an article to be interesting enough to HN to be submitted... Apple isn't the only compan

> it took this many years for an article? It took this many years for an article to be interesting enough to HN to be submitted... Apple isn't the only company with this kind of deal, and California has been looking into them for years. For example, Williams-Sonoma is appealing a ruling against their deal with Shafter, also covered in Bloomberg Tax two years ago: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/williams-sonoma-tax-deal-with-one-city-leaves-others-crying-sham https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-state/william...