Re:Apple Will Start Paying Back Taxes to Irish Government Ne...
by frgtpsswrdlame on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @12:48PM
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>Ireland created tax laws, to incentivize companies to come.
That makes it seem like the EU decided Ireland's corporate tax rates were too low but that's not what happened here. Ireland gave specific tax considerations to Apple that it didn't give other companies which is illegal in the EU. This is just forcing Apple to compete on a level (tax) playing field with other corporations.
That makes it seem like the EU decided Ireland's corporate tax rates were too low but that's not what happened here. Ireland gave specific tax considerations to Apple that it didn't give other companies which is illegal in the EU. This is just forcing Apple to compete on a level (tax) playing field with other corporations.