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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Who does this $17 billion get divided between? Every country Apple sells in? Or is it every country they have design shops in? Or factories in? Or is it just the US because it should go by where the company was founded? But the latter is still complex because a number of companies Apple has merged with were founded outside the US. So do all the founding countries get a cut?
My point is -- it is hard. Not impossible, but there's a reason, other than corruption, why tax laws are long and it take lawyers and courts to work out the meaning of the laws.
Hmm. So do eInk readers get a lower tax rate than tablets? Sounds good to me, given that I prefer eInk  |
Yes, complex tax laws we have.. I get very frustrated that a company like Apple has to figure out a way not to pay tax in the U.S. when their Home Office is in Cupertino Calif.. it turns me off to Apple.. I was a big Apple guy. not any longer.. bottom line is none of us will get out of this mess of cheaters and scammers alive.. I will buy Samsung.. at least they can say we are not a U.S. company.. I don't want to buy from Apple ever again.. Tim Cook is a idiot to alienate so many customers..
Doug