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Old April 3rd 18, 07:53 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.apps,rec.photo.digital
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In article , RJH wrote:

Exxon/Mobil has to drill oil wells, run tankers, clean
up spills.... how is it that Exxon/Mobil and Apple are
both near the top in profits? How is it that Apple
managed to collect a $215B tax evasion stash offshore
in the space of 7 years? *Billion!* That's about $30B/year.
And that's only the money they're hiding to cheat on taxes.


apple has not evaded paying *any* taxes. apple pays every tax dollar
they owe.


I think s/he meant tax *avoidance*. And Apple most certainly does avoid tax.


no they don't. apple does *not* evade or avoid paying taxes. period.

apple, like other companies as well as individuals, pay the taxes they
owe, however, they *minimize* it to the extent that the tax code
allows. in fact, as a public company, they're legally *obligated* to do
so.

judge learned hand,
http://intltax.typepad.com/intltax_b...x-quotes-4-5.h
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Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low
as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best
pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase
one's taxes.
Gregory v. Helvering, 69 F.2d 809, 810 (2d Cir. 1934)

Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister
in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible.
Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes
any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced
exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of
morals is mere cant.
Commissioner v. Newman, 159 F.2d 848, 851 (2d Cir. 1947) - dissenting
opinion

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


you would fail incredibly hard at such an argument.

apple might not pay what *you* think they should but that's very
different.

*you* didn't write the tax code, so what *you* think apple or any other
company should pay is completely irrelevant.

and why single out apple? amazon, who paid nothing compared to the ~11b
that apple paid in fy'17, along with microsoft, facebook, google, cisco
and the rest, all use the tax code to their advantage.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/...2017-but-paid-
no-federal-taxes
Jeff Bezosą sprawling e-commerce giant Amazon reportedly raked in
more than $5.6 billion in U.S. profits in 2017, but despite that, the
company essentially paid $0 in federal income taxes.