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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by pembrook on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:22AM (#27381768)
> Why would a developing country want to tax companies at the same level

The point of removing corporate tax is to not tax companies at all. Remove the decision of how to position your country against others altogether.

You could enforce these things by creating a free-trade area for anybody who joins, and excluding or putting stiff tariffs on those who don't.

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Re:Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £22... by Semaphor on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:41AM (#27382094)
> You could enforce these things by creating a free-trade area for anybody who joins, and excluding those who don't.

Then you need those free trade agreements. Remember the last time when it was only between EU and US? Protests in many European countries and in the end Trump decided to break it off.

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