Amazon and Apple hit by EU tax crackdown

Re:Amazon and Apple hit by EU tax crackdown by oblio on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @06:26AM (#15399415)

I'm pretty sure Ireland can thrive without leeching taxes from the rest of the EU. And regarding no natural resources, I don't think Japan or South Korea or quite a few other developed countries have those either.

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Re:Amazon and Apple hit by EU tax crackdown by easytiger on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @06:30AM (#15399437)

Ireland is around 4 million people and in the 80s was an incredibly poor country with little industry. Now it is building a large services economy and is a business destination. Thanks to the tax policies implemented in the early 1990s. Without those, the jobs and net population decline would have continued faster than it is now.

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Re:Amazon and Apple hit by EU tax crackdown by oblio on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @06:36AM (#15399462)

Ok... and when does it stop? Ireland now has one of the highest GNIs per capita in the EU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu...

How long does the "poor, old me" thing apply?

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Re:Amazon and Apple hit by EU tax crackdown by easytiger on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @08:31AM (#15399959)

They also have one of the largest national debt per capita statistics.

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