Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
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Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#2> “This case was not about how much tax we pay, but where we are required to pay it," Apple said in a statement. "We're proud to be the largest taxpayer in the world as we know the important role tax payments play in society."
That’s a really beautiful example of spinning the story of what’s going on.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#3This is a disgraceful verdict for the Irish people. We laid ourselves bare as a tax haven for MegaCorps, and now we're not even seeing the benefits.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#4> “This case was not about how much tax we pay, but where we are required to pay it," Apple said in a statement. "We're proud to be the largest taxpayer in the world as we know the important role tax payments play in society." That’s a really beautiful example of spinning the story of what’s going on.
The thinly veiled subtext is that the place they are required to pay it is nowhere.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#5Irish media spinning this as a win for the irish people, while there are ongoing talks of increasing income tax on normal people to help cover the cost of this pandemic. Disgraceful.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#6This isn't over, they'll go to the European Court of Justice for sure.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#7This is a disgraceful verdict for the Irish people. We laid ourselves bare as a tax haven for MegaCorps, and now we're not even seeing the benefits.
No the European Court found for the Irish Government and dismissed pretty much out of hand the allegations that it had shown favouritism to Apple.
Most of that €13billion would have gone to other countries anyway.
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#8Irish media spinning this as a win for the irish people, while there are ongoing talks of increasing income tax on normal people to help cover the cost of this pandemic. Disgraceful.
No tax was owed to the Irish people from Apple. It was European commisson overreach. [Edit: been this comment is oscillating between -1 and 1 like a yoyo.]
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#9This is a disgraceful verdict for the Irish people. We laid ourselves bare as a tax haven for MegaCorps, and now we're not even seeing the benefits.
> We laid ourselves bare as a tax haven
This sort of silly emotionalism gets the conversation nowhere. If you can't write good rules to make companies give you money for efforts mostly done in other countries, what do you expect?
Re: Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
#10The commission can still appeal the decision.