Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by compiler-guy on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:45PM
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These companies are paying the minimum amount of taxes that they can make a reasonable legal case to pay for. They have armies of lawyers that check and recheck the scheme.
Yes, there are many judgement calls, and as with all judgement calls, there may be differences of opinion. But you can bet that they all believe that they can make a strong case that they are within the law.
Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by refurb on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:59PM
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Right, that would be non-compliance as the OP already pointed out.
Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by notliketherest on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:25PM
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LOL saas_co_de accuses Google of engaging in a sham business.
Engaging in sham business activity for the specific purpose of tax avoidance is not legal. Many of these tax schemes could be declared invalid at the discretion of the IRS (or other governments - the EU already has in some cases).
These companies are not complying with tax law. They are cheating and paying bribes or doing favors to get away with it, and everyone knows it.