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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by solarkraft on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @12:00PM (#23847135)
> It's not hard to imagine that Apple has contributed far more than $14bn to the community, and country

Even assuming that's the case (sounds far fetched to me), would that mean they now wouldn't have to pay a fair tax rate?

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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by ksec on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @12:03PM (#23847174)
>pay a fair tax rate?

They would, but you have to define "fair" first.

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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by m12k on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @12:10PM (#23847290)
How about 12.5% like all other Irish companies, not 0.005% like they managed to fiddle it down to?
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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by scatters on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:41PM (#23848720)
0.05 percent of what?
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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:33PM (#23852218)
Can i also define a fair tax rare that suits my ehim? Why am i paying taxes if they dont need to?
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