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> But as a sovereign state they get to decide for themselves. Not really no. The results of the court case prove that. > There is no real way to prevent thi
by stale2002 2y ago
> But as a sovereign state they get to decide for themselves.
Not really no. The results of the court case prove that.
> There is no real way to prevent this kind of thing
Well. No way, except for through the result of an EU court case that just ruled that the tax scheme wasn't allowed.
> Apple would
Woulda coulda shoulda. The real question is "did they"? And the answer is no.
They didn't do these other schemes, and they lost the court case.
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoYou seem to be assuming that this isn't an iterative process. The process continues until the scheme is convoluted enough to satisfy the court while still being effective in attracting companies through de facto lower taxes. Meanwhile Ireland now has $13B to throw at Apple somehow to convince them to stay.
- stale2002 2y ago> The process continues until the scheme is convoluted enough to satisfy the court That works both ways. The courts can act as well by simply punishing even more convoluted schemes with larger and larger fines.
- RHSeeger 2y ago> > But as a sovereign state they get to decide for themselves. > Not really no. The results of the court case prove that. To be fair, none of the states that are part of the EU _are_ sovereign states, because there is a high authority over them. Admittedly, that's debatable, because they can choose to leave the EU (as was seen by Brexit), but unless they do, they're not in complete control.