How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
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Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#2Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper.
The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice.
The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether.
If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate.
Edit: I get accused of supporting corporatism below. I don't. I just support anyone to avoid taxes as much as possible and oppose all forms of collectivism.
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#3This is an amazing write-up i read to counteract the piece about google's tax avoidance... I had to find it on another site though, how do you get the link to go around the paywall?
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#4Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
I generally enjoy reading hn but such right wing ideologies make me feel sick in the stomach.
Please take into account when making such statements the US (or whereever you live) is not the world. And just because you got brainwashed after decades of conservative government doesn't mean the rest of the world is. But the rest of the world also participates in this community.
Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#5Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
Also makes your taxes higher.
Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#6Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
How about a progressive consumption tax replacing the income tax to encourage savings? It might be impossible to implement... for now.
Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#7Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
Makes your furniture cheaper... and your taxes higher.
Helps big companies and the politically-connected... hurts upstarts and people who focus on business not politicking.
Makes people angry at tax distortions, not taxes themselves.
So this sort of gaming doesn't advance your hopes at all.
You'll have better luck with fair, broadly-based taxes, and structural protections against constant tinkering with both the progressivity and exceptions. Then we could have a rational discussion about the overall level of taxation, or possible replacements for taxation, without the distracting class-warfare and favor-trading sideshows that dominate tax policy in conventional shallow politics.
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#8What's with posting articles from 2006? There are more recent sources with updates, including from FT.com (behind a paywall) and the investigative documentary about this which aired last week in Sweden:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=...
Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#9Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
I generally enjoy reading hn but such right wing ideologies make me feel sick in the stomach. Please take into account when making such statements the US (or whereever you live) is not the world. And just because you got brainwashed after decades of conservative government doesn't mean the rest of the world is. But the rest of the world also participates in this community.
I generally enjoy reading HN, but reddit-style thought-policing like this makes me sick to my stomach.
The guy's not a rapist or a neo-Nazi, he's just not a socialist. Get over yourself.
Re: How IKEA is structured to minimize tax and maximize control
#10Love it. Makes my furniture cheaper. The only thing unethical about it is that these tax avoidance schemes have inherit economies of scale - startups can't afford the advice. The solution is not to eliminate the tax paradises (which would cause a revolution btw), but to eliminate the tax code altogether. If your ideology insists on coercion than at least make it a flat rate. Edit: I get accused of supporting corporat…
I generally enjoy reading hn but such right wing ideologies make me feel sick in the stomach. Please take into account when making such statements the US (or whereever you live) is not the world. And just because you got brainwashed after decades of conservative government doesn't mean the rest of the world is. But the rest of the world also participates in this community.
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