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You keep mixing up "muddying the waters to avoid paying tax" and "lack of clarity" The "lack" you speak of is generated by a megacorporation to avoid paying the
by izacus 3y ago
You keep mixing up "muddying the waters to avoid paying tax" and "lack of clarity" The "lack" you speak of is generated by a megacorporation to avoid paying their part - and you keep attributing it to the wrong party.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 3y agoIt's not apple V. EU. It's Ireland Vs. EU. The real crux of the argument is; Does Ireland have the authority to grant Apple it's deal.
- NoboruWataya 3y agoIt is the EU institutions who are disagreeing with each other, Apple have nothing to do with it. The General Court of the EU isn't muddying the waters to help Apple avoid paying tax. This is the General Court's judgment by the way: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62016TJ0778 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62...
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoCorporations will always attempt to lower their costs. It's like blaming the rain for being wet. It isn't inherently necessary to have a tax system so convoluted that these games are even possible. If you tax wages and companies employ people in your jurisdiction then they have to remit the tax. If you tax sales and people buy things in your jurisdiction then companies have to remit the tax. If you tax property and companies own property in your jurisdiction etc. etc. The problem is governments keep trying to tax companies not based on what happens in their jurisdiction but what happens outside of it, which they can only do sometimes, and that gives the companies an opportunity to find ways to make it one of the times they can't. Just stop doing that and tax the things that actually happen in your jurisdiction.