Re:Apple’s Agreement with Cupertino Is Taxpayer-Fleecing Col...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:35PM
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> it took this many years for an article?
It took this many years for CDTFA audit to be started, completed, and the city to be told it needs to end the program, which is what the article is ultimately about.
Given the total amount identified and the per-year current amount, the amount seems likely to have been small potatoes for most of the life of the program. In 1998, a lot more of the business was brick and mortar, and it was before even the iPod, much less the iPhone, was introduced.
It took this many years for CDTFA audit to be started, completed, and the city to be told it needs to end the program, which is what the article is ultimately about.
Given the total amount identified and the per-year current amount, the amount seems likely to have been small potatoes for most of the life of the program. In 1998, a lot more of the business was brick and mortar, and it was before even the iPod, much less the iPhone, was introduced.