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Re:The missing profits of nations by kyrra on Thursday July 26, 2018 @01:38PM (#17619259)
All large multi-national corporations do this. For example, NYT did a piece about Apple doing it[0]. Wikipedia has a list of companies that used the Double Irish setup[1]. The double-irish has been closed (via regulation) and most companies will be moving off of it by 2020.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey....

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement#US_mu...

Re:The missing profits of nations by soneil on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:17PM (#17620133)
They'll figure out an alternative. eg, Liechtenstein only has 2.5% corporate tax rates for IP & royalties. So create a shell there, sell it your IP, and then license it back.
Re:The missing profits of nations by hinkley on Thursday July 26, 2018 @04:01PM (#17620452)
> U.S. IP-heavy multinationals now employ a quarter of Ireland's private sector workforce,[28] pay 80% of Irish business tax,[29] pay 50% of Irish salary tax and VAT,[30] and create 57% of economic value-add.[28]

Doesn’t that mean Ireland is fucked in 2020?