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Re:Meta Fined $843M by EU over Marketplace Ads by olliebrkr on Thursday November 14, 2024 @12:07PM (#42138307)
Based on their stock and wealth, I don't think Meta and Google are exactly suffering. They've been getting away with this shit for, well, decades.
Re:Meta Fined $843M by EU over Marketplace Ads by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Thursday November 14, 2024 @12:22PM (#42138556)
What does that have to do with anything? You don't become an economic super power by letting poorer countries tax your richest companies.
Re:Meta Fined $843M by EU over Marketplace Ads by olliebrkr on Thursday November 14, 2024 @12:25PM (#42138599)
but you can become an economic super power by avoiding tax smaller companies pay?
Re:Meta Fined $843M by EU over Marketplace Ads by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Thursday November 14, 2024 @03:59PM (#42141146)
Tax strategy is so integral to large corporations' business strategy that "tax strategy ≈ business strategy" is basically a true statement for them.