Re:Google used a tax loophole to shelter $19.2B
by sokoloff on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @08:52PM
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>It messes up government planning and spending by cheating them out of money that they were expecting based on the profits from the company.
>It's clear cut.
See, that's the thing; it's obviously not clear cut to other people.
There's a very reasonable (IMO) position that a taxpayer is merely obligated to comply with the law, but is not similarly obligated to structure their affairs in such a way as to maximize the government's take.
>It's clear cut.
See, that's the thing; it's obviously not clear cut to other people.
There's a very reasonable (IMO) position that a taxpayer is merely obligated to comply with the law, but is not similarly obligated to structure their affairs in such a way as to maximize the government's take.