kowenicki said:
Squilliam said:
Khuutra said:
Man how is that a close call? Does Media Molecule pay its own taxes for operating in the UK? What I'm saying is that if Media Molecule up and left, it would remove part of the active work force, take away all the taxes they were paying, and remove a source of exported income for the UK(!).
Media Molecule being relocated to Vancouver would cost the UK a lot more money than MM paying lower taxes, and that's a pretty strong bargaining chip.
I don't think the government will give in either, but that doesn't mean it's not legitimate on Sony and Activision's ends.
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Technically a game like Little Big Planet is a Japanese export, not a U.K. export because it was produced by people employed by a Japanese company. The profits and therefore taxes in a majority sense are already Japanese, and their going overseas is only a loss in the sense of losing some moderately to high paying jobs. Its definately not the same as Rockstar for instance who AFAICR are locally owned and operated and therefore pay taxes on the entirety of their taxable profits.
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Correct.
Media Molecule export nothing.
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Income tax, we do want people employed dont we
