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I'd like to know who those 9,000 American suppliers and manufacturers are. Other than Corning who supplies the Gorilla Glasses for almost all smartphone makers, I can't really name any significant domestic suppliers who would make up $55B of their "spending."
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they finally pay for part of what they owe You only owe the taxes that the law compels you to pay. There's no obligation whatsoever to pay a dime more. Do you personally look to pay the maximum amount of taxes that you could possibly justify through various readings of the tax code? Because I guarantee that your tax software or your tax accountant are not "taking advantage" of opportunities for you to pay more unless…
No but I also don't set up a pretend subsidiary in Ireland that owns my intellectual property and pays me dividends for my freelance work. To pretend that they didn't go above and beyond to avoid paying taxes is lunacy.
I'd like to know who those 9,000 American suppliers and manufacturers are. Other than Corning who supplies the Gorilla Glasses for almost all smartphone makers, I can't really name any significant domestic suppliers who would make up $55B of their "spending."
I love it. Apple gets to avoid paying taxes for years through accounting slight of hand, and then when they finally pay for part of what they owe they want a pat on the back for doing so. Corporations, man.
they finally pay for part of what they owe You only owe the taxes that the law compels you to pay. There's no obligation whatsoever to pay a dime more. Do you personally look to pay the maximum amount of taxes that you could possibly justify through various readings of the tax code? Because I guarantee that your tax software or your tax accountant are not "taking advantage" of opportunities for you to pay more unless…
I love it. Apple gets to avoid paying taxes for years through accounting slight of hand, and then when they finally pay for part of what they owe they want a pat on the back for doing so. Corporations, man.
If you read through the articles numbers don't seem to add up to 350B: The Tax repatriations count for 38 bil. The new capital is 30 billion. Supposed the 20000 people are all making a 200000 dollars/ years thats 20 biliion. Where does the other 250 billion come from?
From the link: "Apple will spend an estimated $55 billion with US suppliers and manufacturers in 2018"
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they finally pay for part of what they owe You only owe the taxes that the law compels you to pay. There's no obligation whatsoever to pay a dime more. Do you personally look to pay the maximum amount of taxes that you could possibly justify through various readings of the tax code? Because I guarantee that your tax software or your tax accountant are not "taking advantage" of opportunities for you to pay more unless…
No but I also don't set up a pretend subsidiary in Ireland that owns my intellectual property and pays me dividends for my freelance work. To pretend that they didn't go above and beyond to avoid paying taxes is lunacy.
do you pay your state government the sales tax you owe it for all of your online purchases?
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they finally pay for part of what they owe You only owe the taxes that the law compels you to pay. There's no obligation whatsoever to pay a dime more. Do you personally look to pay the maximum amount of taxes that you could possibly justify through various readings of the tax code? Because I guarantee that your tax software or your tax accountant are not "taking advantage" of opportunities for you to pay more unless…
No but I also don't set up a pretend subsidiary in Ireland that owns my intellectual property and pays me dividends for my freelance work. To pretend that they didn't go above and beyond to avoid paying taxes is lunacy.
If the law allowed me to set up a company facade so that I could keep more of the money that I earn, I'd do so in a heartbeat.
I hate the phrase "job creation". It sounds almost like the "job creators" are of divine nature. How about "hiring"?
Would like to see more investment in manufacturing here in the United States. Apple has to recognize that unstable relations between the United States, the EU, and China (along with South Korea and others)could leave them in a precarious position with their physical manufacturing capabilities. If China says, give us U.S. user data, or give us the capability to build your new 3D camera or we shut your facilities down,…
It would need a lot of investment. You need glass makers, metal shops, semiconductor shops all close together to emulate what is there in China right now. I don't know if its really possible in the US.
Most of the things in question have already previously been manufactured in the US at one point or another. The specialization / knowledge is already here. The base manufacturing capability, the buildings/plants, the inexpensive energy, the automation capabilities, the software, the access to cheap commodities, is already here.
The US is the world's second largest manufacturer, by a very wide margin to the others down the list. Only China compares in scale globally.
Call up Texas and Corning, make a deal backed with billions in investment, build the plants, and you'll be making as much glass in the US as you want within three or four years.
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/apple-corning-investmen...