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Top EU court rules Apple owes Ireland over $14B in back taxes. (www.icij.org)
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[–] darkevilmac 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I didn't see it in the article, but doesn't Ireland have comically low tax rates to start with?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, that is why many big tech companies have their european hq there.

Edit: Wikipedia on Ireland as a tax haven

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And you could say they are pretty lenient with enforcing GDPR & co (they don't do fuck if not forced).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Ireland really seems corrupt as fuck when it comes to Facebook, Apple and I think Google.