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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by axlee on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:17AM (#27380813)
The definition of a parasitic economy. Other countries are well in their rights to pressure Ireland as hard as they can to end this theft.
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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by de_Selby on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:22PM (#27383639)
You seem to have a very strange definition of theft. Other countries are perfectly entitled to do similarly, as Netherlands does.

Why is there not a focus on countries such as Bermuda here? They are the "tax havens" who make this possible in the first place.

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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by axlee on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:42PM (#27383917)
>Why is there not a focus on countries such as Bermuda here? They are the "tax havens" who make this possible in the first place.

There is. Two wrongs don't make a right. The topic at hand is Ireland.

> Other countries are perfectly entitled to do similarly, as Netherlands does.

If every country acted the same way, there would not be a single functioning nation on earth. Their benefits only exist because other countries are losing out, which makes them parasites.

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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by de_Selby on Friday June 04, 2021 @10:21AM (#27393873)
> there would not be a single functioning nation on earth

Holy hyperbole, Batman.

No, it would just mean that there would be a homogeneous corporate tax system, which is what people seem to always argue for.

'Parasites' is also a ridiculous description.

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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by rorykoehler on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:21AM (#27380876)
I agree other countries can do what this wish but realistically what's the carrot for Ireland though?
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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by djbebs on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:51AM (#27381339)
As opppsed to the german economy?
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