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> Does feel a bit like the EU should get the cash, not the state that was responsible for it The EU court judges that a member country didn't tax a company eno
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
> Does feel a bit like the EU should get the cash, not the state that was responsible for it
The EU court judges that a member country didn't tax a company enough, so the EU takes the money? That would be ripe for abuse.
- cryptonym 2y agoCountry should get the tax cash, then company and country should both be fined by EU.
- petesergeant 2y agoNo more so than any other fine the EU raises
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoIf the EU can judge that one country's taxes have been "unfairly low" for the last N years, and take what would have been the tax receipts for the last N years, they can raise a lot more than they do by fines. This is especially true if they decide to do it for all of the businesses in a country, instead of just for a few. I mean, look, the EU is still a place that is more or less governed by rule of law. All I'm saying is that, if the EU keeps the money, that creates the temptation to abuse it.
- petesergeant 2y agoThey didn’t do that, they decided that specific tax deals made with specific companies were outside of the law
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoYes, I know that. That's all that has happened... so far. And I maintain that, to keep it that way, it is good that the money not wind up at the EU, but rather at the member state.