You're sort of falling victim to the rules of the current game (US entity owning subsidiary in xyz location) I was working at a higher level and rejecting the n

You're sort of falling victim to the rules of the current game (US entity owning subsidiary in xyz location) I was working at a higher level and rejecting the notion that a company no longer needs to pay taxes on profits simply because they're outside their borders. The Chinese government can tax worker salaries and levy a consumption tax on goods and services sold into the production. The German government can levy a GST too. And Apple, where applicable, can deduct those taxes before calculating profits. So conceptually that's the cleanest way it should work (same for a German or Australian company. No U S A U S A thing going on here)