Re:5 Completely Insane Facts About the Apple Approach to Taxes
by snowwrestler on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @11:41AM
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Your gang metaphor makes no sense because Apple is not committing any crimes.
A better metaphor would be a U.S. citizen who takes the IRS standard deduction even though they know that their itemized deductions would be less. Is that unethical?
What about people who use TurboTax software, which helps them find deductions that they would not have otherwise known about? Is that unethical?
In addition, consider the society of nations as a whole. The U.S. alone among developed nations expects its companies to pay U.S. taxes on profits earned globally. If Apple were a French, Dutch, English, German, etc. company then this conversation would not even be happening. They would just pay the local tax rate and then repatriate the remaining earnings.
A better metaphor would be a U.S. citizen who takes the IRS standard deduction even though they know that their itemized deductions would be less. Is that unethical?
What about people who use TurboTax software, which helps them find deductions that they would not have otherwise known about? Is that unethical?
In addition, consider the society of nations as a whole. The U.S. alone among developed nations expects its companies to pay U.S. taxes on profits earned globally. If Apple were a French, Dutch, English, German, etc. company then this conversation would not even be happening. They would just pay the local tax rate and then repatriate the remaining earnings.