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

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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