On 04/04/2018 16:47, nospam wrote:
In article , RJH wrote:



apple is paying their *legal* tax obligation. period.

Insofar as I understand it, agreed.

then there's absolutely no issue, is there?


Yes, there is. Just because something's legal doesn't make it right.

Some laws are bad, and in the UK (well, the EU) we have anti-avoidance
directives coming up in January - 'to deter profit shifting to a low/no
tax country'. Apple demonstrably does this, and under UK rules it should
be declared as 'tax avoidance' (the return form is called a CT600 and
has a 'Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes' section) so that it can be
mitigated when/if. And good job too.

paying *more* than what they legally owe is stupid.

It may also be consistent with the makeup of the company. Just because
you think it's stupid doesn't make it so.


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Cheers, Rob