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anantksundaram said: gwydion said: anantksundaram said: hmlongco said: flaneur said: If I had to guess, I'd say we will consciously and conscientiously merge our two present economic systems into some kind of creativ…
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libertyforall said: mdriftmeyer said: The Big 6 Banks are ready to invest $90 Trillion in Climate Change, but you voted for a moron who denies its very existence. Right, to think that humans cause climate change vs. volcanoes and othe…
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anantksundaram said: hmlongco said: flaneur said: If I had to guess, I'd say we will consciously and conscientiously merge our two present economic systems into some kind of creative, evolutionary benevolence based on Nature, and …
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srice said: gwydion said: srice said: This is a huge problem for the US Treasury, because if this EC decision sticks - there's over $1T of taxes the EC could claw back and start collecting that will no longer be sent to the US T…
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srice said: gatorguy said: srice said: AAPL corporate tax rate is usually between 25%-26%. It's in their 10K every year. I wish there was better education on this topic -- Apple is not tax aggressive. Is Apple deferring tax pa…
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srice said: This is a huge problem for the US Treasury, because if this EC decision sticks - there's over $1T of taxes the EC could claw back and start collecting that will no longer be sent to the US Treasury from all the US companies which …
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SpamSandwich said: Probably because Luxembourg recently got hit by the EU tax hammer. Ireland really should "Irexit". They'd maintain their good standing with many large businesses located there. The whole of Ireland should be purchased by a …
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sockrolid said: AppleInsider said: Yahoo's tool to scan the contents of customer emails came as a result of a U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order last year, and was created by adapting otherwise benign software, a report…
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cali said: volcan said: Why would the government only make the request to Yahoo? Makes no sense since Yahoo is sort of a marginalized email service these days anyway. I believe Apple would definitely fight such an order and probably in…
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artdent said: To those in favor of this penalty, do you somehow think that by Apple paying more taxes you will pay less? If so, I'd like some of what you've been smoking. Perhaps you feel Apple has too much money and should spread the wealth…
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toddzrx said: apple ][ said: I think that we're once again going to have travel across the pond and kick some Euro ass, like we had to do before. It's been a while, but it looks like that time will maybe soon come again. This is Irela…
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anantksundaram said: The former EU Commissioner -- Neelie Kroes, who was no great friend of multinational corporations avoiding taxes -- is lambasting this EU decision and report. In The Guardian, no less. https://www.theguardian.com/technolo…
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bells said: gwydion said: adrayven said: gwydion said: The Commission declared that tax rates on European profits were illegally low at 0.005 percent in 2014, and 1 percent in 2013 No, this is not what the EC declared, wh…
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adrayven said: gwydion said: The Commission declared that tax rates on European profits were illegally low at 0.005 percent in 2014, and 1 percent in 2013 No, this is not what the EC declared, what the EC declared illegal is the deal b…
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The Commission declared that tax rates on European profits were illegally low at 0.005 percent in 2014, and 1 percent in 2013 No, this is not what the EC declared, what the EC declared illegal is the deal between the Irish Government and Apple for t…
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Soli said: crowley said: Soli said: If it was illegal a decade ago then why is only being enforced now? Why wasn't it illegal when Apple set this up with Ireland in the 1980s? Because it only became widely known when attent…
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Soli said: This is BS for any company. If the EU wants to change close the loophole that companies are exploiting then they have the right to do so, but to retroactively charge them for taxes they weren't legally required to pay only after fi…
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phone-ui-guy said: I want the US to allow this money to come up for 10%. That would cover most of this tax bill leaving only 2.5% tax going to Ireland. Ireland would get more money and US companies could bring their off-shore dollars home at …
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boltsfan17 said: So the EU wants Apple to pay billions in back taxes, yet the EU won't say why none of its annual audits are ever approved? Ridiculous. What annual audits do the EC?
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thewhitefalcon said: volcan said: I don't know how far back these taxes are being assessed but even the IRS only audits up to 6 previous years. The EU will go back as far as they want to in order to stave off collapse. Soon, compani…