In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral Damage

Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by zepto on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @01:47PM (#17348770)

Despite the innuendo, that piece doesn’t actually show that.

Apple exists under the same tax regime as every other company and pays what is due. You can certainly argue for increasing taxes on various corporate activities, but to claim that Apple doesn’t pay it’s share is false.

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by mrguyorama on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:28PM (#17349603)

The point is, paying their legally mandated share is not necessarily paying their fair share

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by twblalock on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @06:49PM (#17350908)

By what standard, other than tax law, can the fair amount of tax be determined?

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:12PM (#17351035)

By some assumed standard of morality. "Fair" tax can never be determined by tax law - only "legal" can be determined that way.

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by kazinator on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:16PM (#17351066)

There exists a fair tax: the user fee. Pay for what you use. (But then we are still reduced to bargaining over what is a fair price).

Insurance is also a form of fair tax, when premiums are based on claim history and objective risk factors, and the market is reasonably competitive.

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Re:In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral D... by zepto on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:30PM (#17356888)

Are any companies paying their ‘fair share’ then?

Can you show me a single example of a company paying more than it’s legally mandated share?

If not - why pick on Apple?

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