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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by jayflux on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:15PM (#12463577)
Isn't this what happened with Apple in Ireland? They only decided now that it's wrong, yet they want apple to pay back for the last 20 or so years? Even though back then it wasn't seen so much as a problem.
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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by AlphaSite on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:16PM (#12463594)
Well no, in that case they decided that Ireland violated the treaties it previously signed.

I can't compare to this case but that was only retroactive in that they discovered the problem later.

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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by lostboys67 on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:27PM (#12463721)
Just like the Cement price fixing cartel was only found and prosecuted only after it had been running for years.
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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by jayflux on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:18PM (#12463607)
which is even more confusing, as the govt is being rewarded for violating treaties by being paid back all the tax. Was the govt not more in the wrong than Apple was? (sorry, thread hijack)
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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by k-mcgrady on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:48PM (#12464490)
It's not a reward for the government, hence why they have lodged an appeal. Ireland has a lot more to lose by accepting that tax money than they would gain.
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Re:Mastercard sued for $19B in Britain's biggest damages claim by lostboys67 on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:29PM (#12463738)
And presumably all the other states will want a share of those profits transferred to Ireland to avoid tax.
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