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It's in Ireland's best interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_on_the_green_jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_on_the_green_jersey
by nannal 3y ago
It's in Ireland's best interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_on_the_green_jersey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put_on_the_green_jersey
- vasdae 3y agoThat's the way countries should behave generally.
- nicce 3y agoCountries set the bar for human rights, morale and ethics. What if they don’t matter if some provides the money?
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago> https://www.freshbooks.com/glossary/tax/double-irish-dutch-sandwich https://www.freshbooks.com/glossary/tax/double-irish-dutch-s... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_as_a_tax_haven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_as_a_tax_haven What portion of Ireland's GDP is "American multinational companies" using them for tax avoidance? As long as it is legal for Apple to route the money it makes in America back to shell companies in Ireland and pay 12.5% corporate tax instead of something higher elsewhere, why would it ever stop?
- extraduder_ire 3y agoAround 23% in 2020, based on the difference between GNI* and GDP. It has been higher than that in the past, but increased medical manufacturing pushed it back. It's not just American companies, but they're certainly the largest. The most notable effect here is that you learn to be wary of any stat mentioning "GDP" or "GDP per capita". In 2015, when the US cut-off date for many of these transfers hit, the CSO refused to release accurate corporate tax numbers because it would have identified the companies involved.