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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by estel on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:23AM (#12388714)
Because other companies pay about 20%.

If you want to completely reform our taxation system, sure, whatever. But that doesn't impact Apple's liability under the current one.

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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by phillc73 on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:47AM (#12388858)
Ireland's official corporate tax rate is only 12.5% on trading profits[1] anyway, which is one of the lower rates in the EU, not 20%.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_in_Europe

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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by eru on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:26AM (#12388735)
Fair point!
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