Re:The Story of Apple's $14B Tax Bill
by SixSigma on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @03:23PM
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Well, Apple followed the law.
But the law was changed in their favour by Luxembourg in a deal to deprive other EU countries of tax by creating sweetheart deals.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the current president of the European Commission, who was prime minister of Luxembourg admitted after the “Lux Leaks” publications that the system was “not always in line with fiscal fairness” and may have breached “ethical and moral standards.”
But the law was changed in their favour by Luxembourg in a deal to deprive other EU countries of tax by creating sweetheart deals.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the current president of the European Commission, who was prime minister of Luxembourg admitted after the “Lux Leaks” publications that the system was “not always in line with fiscal fairness” and may have breached “ethical and moral standards.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36662636
The only people who suffered directly as a consequence were the leakers
> Former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet received 12 and nine-month sentences respectively for leaking documents.