On 08/04/2018 22:32, Your Name wrote:
On 2018-04-08 10:18:37 +0000, RJH said:

On 07/04/2018 13:47, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote:

I would argue, quite successfully, that Apple pays nothing like every
tax dollar they should.

That is a lie, they pay ever dollar they are required to, just like
everyone else.

It's not a lie. It's an opinion that's based on evidence. And is
coincidentally shared by a lot of people. Not you, obvs ;-)

it absolutely is a lie. the evidence is very clear that apple pays what
they owe.

'Should' pay more. The word is 'should'. And they should pay more.
Should is different to must. It is my opinion - Apple should pay more
tax. it's not a lie.

Even an article linked to from Apple's UK site says as much (read the
para 'The U.S. rate is 35%. Why is Apple’s effective rate so much
lower?').

http://fortune.com/2017/10/31/trump-tax-reform-apple-multinational-companies/


from

https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2017/11/the-facts-about-apple-tax-payments/


I suspect the US language is part of the confusion here - they use
words such as sheltering and deferral as well as avoidance.

Apple (and Google, and all the other companies fools whine about)
already pays all the tax it is legally obligated to pay.


Yes, I know. It's that *I* don't think the law in this case is good law.
We're all at liberty to do that. Some people didn't like slavery, rape,
murder etc - all of which were once legal in the UK, all of which still
legal elsewhere.

I wholly accept that you, nospam etc support the current law in this
case. I don't. History will prove one of us right ;-)

If you want these companies to somehow pay more local taxes, then you
would have to change the tax laws

Yes, quite. As I said earlier, EU laws are changing soon to capture more
tax from the likes of Apple sales.

.... and then prices of *every* product
and service will rise exponentially ... and then of course the same
whiners will be complaining that they have to pay $60 for a small packet
of butter.Â* :-\

Business taxes in the end come out of your pocket since you have to pay
for their goods and services.


Indeed. Could happen. or Apple could take less profit ;-)

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Cheers, Rob