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Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

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Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#11

Nice work guys. This is great news for Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well. I think other parts of the world with bad economies need to learn from Ireland and attract startup and technology companies with incentives. The one thing that doesn't sit well with me in this situation is the PR speak from the founder and lead members masking the real reason they've dec…

I suspect you didn't read past the second paragraph.

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#12

No doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators. It's a disgrace. Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

Yes, every company should move to wherever it is they can pay the most taxes. Perhaps instead of criticizing Ireland for low taxes, perhaps the ire should be forces on jurisdictions with confiscatory taxes and burdensome regulation. I moved from New York City because I was not only paying higher prices for everything but things like rent control, exceptionally high state and local taxes, plus the added bonus of paying insanity rates for health insurance, not to mention a public school system that results in your kid having to travel across town even though there's a perfectly good school a block away. I would never again start a company in New York.

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#13

No doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators. It's a disgrace. Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

Yes, every company should move to wherever it is they can pay the most taxes. Perhaps instead of criticizing Ireland for low taxes, perhaps the ire should be forces on jurisdictions with confiscatory taxes and burdensome regulation. I moved from New York City because I was not only paying higher prices for everything but things like rent control, exceptionally high state and local taxes, plus the added bonus of payin…

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Can't tell if serious or...

EDIT: My comment was sarcastic, the blog post is satirical, and I'm from Ireland.

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#14

Nice work guys. This is great news for Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well. I think other parts of the world with bad economies need to learn from Ireland and attract startup and technology companies with incentives. The one thing that doesn't sit well with me in this situation is the PR speak from the founder and lead members masking the real reason they've dec…

Actually one of the attractions for Google is the Irish weather (cooler so less costs in keeping data centers cool) anyway, perhaps you should read past the first paragraph..

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#15

No doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators. It's a disgrace. Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

Now, I'm not sure if this is the case here but using Irish operations for tax purposes is part of a well-understood loophole. Here's a better explanation around Google's activities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKfxVlyh98Y

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#17

Nice work guys. This is great news for Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well. I think other parts of the world with bad economies need to learn from Ireland and attract startup and technology companies with incentives. The one thing that doesn't sit well with me in this situation is the PR speak from the founder and lead members masking the real reason they've dec…

Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well

Well, recovering from a 10% drop isn't really thaaat hard..

ducks

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#19

No doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators. It's a disgrace. Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.

I think this post, and indeed the OP, has flown over some of our American friends heads ;)

Re: Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland

#20
I'm going to assume this post was dripping with irony, clever sarcasm, and wit that I missed due to not being Irish.

That said, good going Tito. I think. I'm not really sure if the news is good or if there really is any news, but I'm assuming this is both news and good news.

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