Posts by bugsnw

In the report, Apple details suggestions on how to improve corporate taxation. Tim willingly admitted that it would likely increase Apple's tax liability. That is preferable to a complex, convoluted code that encourages tax schemes and...

You can read how this is going to play out on these boards. It's going to be distilled to rich vs. poor in many people's minds. Tax avoidance. Cheating.   It's ironic, given the backdrop of the IRS being mired in scandal. Not...

If we are going to tax corporate income, we should head towards a much lower rate and broaden the base so everyone (with income) pays something. No industry should receive political favors as once that starts, we end up with the...

DED disparages the idea of Apple buying Dropbox but in fact Apple did have them in their sights.   It might have yielded some good fruit, too. Dropbox works really well. Sync is not one of Apple's strengths.   I hope...

I don't like efforts to demonize corporations or huge classes of people (Obama likes referring to bankers as fat cats). It's not rich vs. poor.   I don't think the word "Loophole" applies when discussing Apple's legal tax...

That's interesting. Someone needs to invent a time machine so we can go back and kick Otellini in the balls and change the trajectory of iOS hardware. Would they be using smaller processes by now, i.e. more powerful, cooler chips? Intel...

Kinda funny to have a Senate investigation on how companies are starving the beast legally. I wonder what they'll learn about gov. and how it taxes its people and corporations... Flat tax or Flat sales tax. Get rid of the IRS. Let's do...

Apple could probably buy any company with Square in their name (add Squarespace) and do pretty well.   I don't get this stand. It'd be cheaper and better to just have the card dongle attached to an iPad and hand it to the...

First of all, kudos to Adobe for the astonishing level of upgrades they just announced. If only Apple was half as productive with their iApps. I went to their website and watched the videos showcasing the various applications and...

Taxes create incentives/disincentives. Repatriation of income earned elsewhere creates a huge tax liability for Apple. Hence the money stays where it was earned. Right now they can earn more than it costs to service the debt they are...