Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash taxes

Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by akvadrako on Thursday January 18, 2018 @09:57AM (#16177481)

The bonds have to be paid back eventually, so it's just delaying the inevitable.

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by nikdaheratik on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:38AM (#16184358)

Except that they can just pay it with their overseas money in whatever form makes sense. On top of that, debt repayment comes out before the profit/loss that determines income so they could even use that to selectively lower their tax burden in future years.

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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by akvadrako on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:31AM (#16185276)

Are you sure you can take a loan in the US and then pay it back overseas? That would be effectively transferring money from abroad. The whole point is to avoid that.

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