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Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz In the case of the ipad and content providers, they have absolutely no reason to look at it any differently that they do the kindle or sony ereader. So why are they? Because history has shown that when you m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jcoz Why do content providers NEED native iphone apps? I mean the whole base of your points is predicated on the fictitious need to have a native app to view content on an ipad. This is not the case AFAIK. R…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mikeysbistro But I think there is a case to made that the price fixing argument does apply in the case of Apple's rule of "equal or better pricing". Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edition, defines price fixing as an "arti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin You can laugh all you want. Bottom line is Apple is not doing anything illegal. There is no antitrust issue here. Apple is not telling providers how they should conduct business beyond Apple's own platform. Th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin You're right, that was never mentioned before, but neither was subscriptions. Apple instituted subscriptions and with came enforcing the original terms of not letting anyone sell anything in-app (this means an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin No they didn't change the terms... they started ENFORCING them. Go read the original rules. Even Sony said, "Apple changed the way it enforces its rules," on its website after Apple rejected their app. And…
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Quote: Originally Posted by GordLacey Umm....there's no mention of a race in that post, so how is it racism? Because anyone who does not agree with 100% of what Obama says and does is only disagreeing because he is black and they are a racist.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mikeysbistro I don't think there's anything unfair about Apple's terms, EXCEPT for the part requiring that the iPad price be equal or better than prices in non-Apple outlets. It seems to cross the line into price fixin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss This past year, ExxonMobil, Bank of America, and GE paid no federal income taxes, and they are hardly alone. Put that in your political pipe and smoke it. Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss No, m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss point I made is the point I made. It's simple and direct. You listed several companies and said they paid no tax last year. I looked just one up and found that it paid no tax in 2009, but did pay tax in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss A company can report substantial profits and pay far less than the book rate, nothing at all, and even have the government owe them money, because the tax code is full of special interest dodges and loophol…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dcsimages I'd have to look into this. I haven't done work for foreign clients outside the US, but I have been paid by foreign clients for work done in the US and for US clients for work done outside the US and in bo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dcsimages If you set a floor at say $15,000, you'd need to raise the rate to about 28% to remain revenue neutral. As far as S corps go, individuals using S corps generally pay themselves as low a salary as possible …
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Quote: Originally Posted by dcsimages Actually this is untrue. The US has reciprocal tax agreements with almost every country including Australia. If Apple leaves it's earnings in Australia it pays taxes to Australia. If Apple brings tho…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I read it in Forbes. Try again. OK, so what exactly did Forbes say? Company financials are public on the SEC's web site. If they lie about or distort their tax expenses in their filings the CEO and CFO…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dcsimages In order to pay the current expenditures of the federal government a flat tax would have to be about 23%. So in other words, a massive, destructive blow to 70% of the working population, virtually no diffe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss This past year, ExxonMobil, Bank of America, and GE paid no federal income taxes, and they are hardly alone. Put that in your political pipe and smoke it. which year? 2009 or 2010? Durring a massive do…
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Here, This study lists the effective tax rates, taking into account deductions and so forth. Worth a read if you think the current US system is letting companies off easy. The key point is a lower rate would INCREASE federal tax revenue, not lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by newbee I'll just respond to your first "fact". According to you, the US has the "2nd highest taxes in the world". According to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...centage_of_GDP .... there are…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mac23456 I would disagree, the long term implications of smaller and longer lasting battery technology reaches far beyond the computer industry, think electric cars. This could be a whole other revenue source for apple…