Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or are reg. in tax havens

Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by thrill on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:08PM (#22925179)

So, companies acting completely legally by seeking to minimize their tax burden, which serves to further maximize the money available for their owners, get penalized. Likewise, companies acting completely ethically, by returning much of their profit to their shareholders via dividends instead of hoarding it themselves get penalized. And this gets celebrated?

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by BeetleB on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:53PM (#22925720)

I think you'll find a lot of people do not agree with your definition of "penalized". Not giving something to someone who was never entitled to it is not penalizing.

> So, companies acting completely legally by seeking to minimize their tax burden, which serves to further maximize the money available for their owners, get penalized

It's fairly simple. If you don't want to pay the government, the government doesn't want to pay you. Just as you are acting legally in tax avoidance, they are acting legally in not bailing you out.

> Likewise, companies acting completely ethically, by returning much of their profit to their shareholders via dividends instead of hoarding it themselves get penalized.

This did strike me as strange, but there are several interpretations. As an example, if you're doing well enough to be paying dividends, you don't need to be bailed out.

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by thrill on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:15PM (#22925952)

IF someone is offered an advantage not offered to me then I have been penalized.

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by gbear605 on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:43PM (#22926318)

The rules:

1. You can incorporate in a tax-advantaged state ("tax haven") and not get benefits ("bail outs")

2. You can incorporate in a non-tax-advantaged state (eg. Denkmark) and get benefits ("bail outs")

Your company has chosen option 1 but you are claiming that your company is being penalized because you can't get the benefits of both options.

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by akamaozu on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:44PM (#22926330)

Do you feel penalized every time you can't park in a convenient parking spot because it's reserved for people with mobility issues?

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by BeetleB on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:17PM (#22927312)

Responding to "you'll find a lot of people do not agree with your definition of penalized" with your preferred definition of the word doesn't exactly further the conversation.

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by kortilla on Monday April 20, 2020 @02:00PM (#22926520)

All companies are being penalized by nearly every government. Penalizing all companies and then only bailing out some is picking winners and losers.

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Re:Denmark: No aid for companies which pay out dividends or ... by BeetleB on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:15PM (#22927286)

> Penalizing all companies and then only bailing out some is picking winners and losers.

Without going into the semantics of the word, I will point out that yes, that is the role of the government. They provide incentives for certain behaviors, and lack of incentives (or even disincentives) for others.

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