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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by roenxi on Sunday March 03, 2019 @08:55AM (#19294434)
There is no science to what the 'correct' level of tax is, and assigning which part of a multinational corporation is responsible for what dollar of profit is genuinely complicated.

As long as they are playing by the rules, no company has an obligation to try and guess what level of tax is fair for them to pay. Since they are taxed according to their interpretation of the situation (as represented in their account books) there isn't anything wrong with choosing an interpretation that is tax effective.

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Re:France Plans 5% Digital Tax as Governments Chase Internet... by platz on Sunday March 03, 2019 @09:03AM (#19294460)
Oh, I am not implying the "rules" are correct by any means either. Yes, I am saying that just because the rules/laws permit a thing, doesn't mean it isn't broken. The whole point of courts is to decide what broken laws mean, governments to fix holes in the laws, and people to decide who the government is.
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