A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point by Point

Re:A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point by Point by happy_tentacles on Thursday September 01, 2016 @06:19AM (#12404125)

Tax unification - would in fact start with Fiscal Harmonisation.. That is to say - tax rates can be different, but the underlying calculations how to calculate income and expenses would be harmonised across the Member States of EU.

We are generations away from Tax Unification, if it ever happens...

Fiscal Harmonisation - more like it, though save some global seismic event - still a generation into the future.

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Re:A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point by Point by danmaz74 on Thursday September 01, 2016 @07:56AM (#12404528)

Fiscal Harmonisation -> would be a good starting point.

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Re:A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point by Point by blowski on Thursday September 01, 2016 @08:57AM (#12404862)

I believe this is the political calculation the EU is making. Further EU integration is unpopular right now, but not as unpopular as large corporate tax dodgers.

This is partly about showing how only a big powerful EU can stand up to companies like Apple, whereas small countries like Ireland have to beg for tax.

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Re:A Tax Expert Takes Tim Cook's EU Letter Apart Point by Point by pjc50 on Thursday September 01, 2016 @09:20AM (#12405001)

The Eurozone crisis and the treatment of Greece tells me that we're a very long way away from that happening.

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