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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by gruez on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:40AM (#27380365)
>The only thing I can think is that this entire thing has to be flipped into some sort of "VAT"/usage situation.

Then it's a consumption tax (aka sales tax), which we already have and is generally regressive.

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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by EMM_386 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:49AM (#27380467)
So there is no solution then. The entire concept of "corporate taxes" can be thrown out the window because they will just set up "shop" wherever is offering 0%.

And whichever country that happens to be at the moment gains nothing other than a shell company with zero employees.

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