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Why shouldn't they pay their fair share? Normal companies who make profits get taxed. Giant companies funnel their profits through Holland and Ireland, and pay
by mercurial 13y ago
Why shouldn't they pay their fair share? Normal companies who make profits get taxed. Giant companies funnel their profits through Holland and Ireland, and pay a paltry amount.
Back in the days, the nobility had also exempted itself from taxes. I see no reason for this state of affairs to continue.
- davidw 13y agoSo the solution is for .nl and .ie to close their loopholes, not create new taxes, no? They recently passed a similar tax in Italy, and the whole thing was about how the big bad American companies are making money and not investing in Italy. This, at the same time Fiat is decamping from Italy because the business climate is so shitty. So what's their creative answer to improve things? Another tax!
- nl 13y agoSo the solution is for .nl and .ie to close their loopholes, not create new taxes, no? .ie is the loophole, most of the time.
- davidw 13y agoI think it'd be fair if companies like Google that have their corporate EU base in Ireland were taxed in the EU at Ireland's corporate tax rate, in full. It's low, but higher than what they effectively pay.
- dmoo 13y agoTo be fair, they do pay their tax in Ireland. It just seems that there isn't a whole lot of profit earned due to 'admin-charges' http://www.theguardian.com/business/ireland-business-blog-with-lisa-ocarroll/2011/mar/24/google-ireland-tax-reasons-bermuda http://www.theguardian.com/business/ireland-business-blog-wi... Disclaimer: I am Irish