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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by TimPC on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:45AM (#27380419)
What exactly is your background where you assume your answer is correct when you know even the experts have substantial disagreements on taxation. Maybe there are a lot of legitimate disagreements on how much and which taxes because taxes aren’t a universal good but rather a necessary evil.
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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by johnday on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:56AM (#27383271)
What claims do you think I have made? All I have said above is that taxation (a) is complicated and (b) has hidden externalities, both of which are obviously correct and appropriate responses to the things being asked.
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