Posts by melgross

Quote:Originally Posted by robbyx That's not true. Apple complies with all local tax laws. Why should they be double taxed? The income was earned outside the us and taxes were paid where the income was earned. Instead of demanding...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta True. There are two important factors to consider: 1. While everyone is supposed to pay sales tax on items purchased out of state (where required by law), few people do so. If the law changes to...

Quote:Originally Posted by Frood  Even more so than R&D and marketing- Apple doesn't make a whole lot of money in France.  They also make next to nothing in 'profits' in the US. Apple's Irish subsidiary has China build iPhones for...

Quote:Originally Posted by PhilBoogie R&D, Marketing come to mind. I don't understand your statement. Those are expenses, subject to tax refunds.

Quote:Originally Posted by Don108 By "costly" to Apple what you actually mean is "paying their fair share of taxes instead of hiding profits offshore." If they can't use the money because they'd have to pay some of it in taxes,...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta One thing that the analyst has missed is that Apple has already reserved cash to cover taxes for much of the money stashed overseas. So bringing it back would not affect their P&L. It would,...

I agree. I've been following this tech for years. It's one that's always a few years from being practical. Of course, that was said about flat screen Tv's, portable computers, etc. but they had serious advantages, such as size and...

What really grabbed me about the article, is how snide the writer is. "I was thinking about lunch". Twice! Was that really necessary?

I recently bought a HP m575n, and I'm pretty happy with it. I've got my old CLS8500n still, but don't need the 12x18 printing ability of that any longer. While I can't say much about their home machines, their commercial models are built...

Quote:Originally Posted by Gatorguy I gave a link to a document showing that back in post 53 Mel. http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/155670/apples-ios-googles-android-account-for-record-92-of-smartphone-shipments/40#post_2266401 I...