Posts by asdasd

Quote: Originally Posted by Droid          Again it's the fact that the entities in Ireland are being run from the US (as Tim Cook & Peter Oppenheimer said), but the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley    Not in Ireland, which has a weird loophole where corporate income tax is only paid if the company is incorporated there and is controlled by there.  Which is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley  You may define "proper" differently to me in this context, but I think it's very apparent that this isn't actually the case. The Irish subsidiaries are clearly being used to...

Quote: Originally Posted by s.metcalf  Given the state of the Irish economy I'm surprised Ireland is continuing to allow virtually tax-free status to corporations while its citizens undergo extreme austerity measures....

Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley    I'm really not sure how I can providence any evidence better than them paying less than 1% corporation rate on the fortune in the Irish subsidiaries, and a similar...

Levin is a total fraud. He indicates that Apple Cork has no employees - it built the Mac,Lisa, PowerBooks and iMacs and all the other stuff. I know. I worked there. Since then manufacturing has mostly moved to China but it supports the...

Quote: Originally Posted by EWTHeckman  Each government sets its own tax rates to meet its own needs. Ireland's government is apparently frugal with the money it takes in. Why should they raise their rates—and thus,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley    If they are doing nothing wrong then why are you leaping to defend them?  That's what's funny about the reaction.  Precious Apple is under attack from the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Crowley  Amazing reactions in this thread :D   Apple could be caught stealing babies and this place would defend them.   What is Apple doing which is...

Quote: Originally Posted by tribalogical      Well, there's the great irony. The same people calling Apple out on this issue are the same people who wrote the damned tax laws to begin with. All...