| nanarchy said: What needs to happen is countries to slap large sales taxes/tarrif on all goods sold from countries like Ireland until they stop screwing other countries with a tax system designed to import jobs into the country at the expense of everyone else. |
Should they do the same for US companies as well then? Seeing as there are more Irish jobs in America than American jobs in Ireland? Or is this just a bully the little guy thing? Or maybe you just have no idea what you're talking about and believe everything Fox News tells you?
The USA makes these deals all the time and taxes small companies at 40% while making deals with larger companies. Ireland taxes all companies at 12.5% on profits made IN Ireland. The USA can drop its tax if it's so wishes. Apple paid the 12.5% tax but only on profits made in Ireland, while the EU says they should pay tax on profits made in all EU countries. Ireland can't force them to do that. The EU commission, who made the ruling are not democratically elected. It's all a pathetic farce. Apple are an American company. Ireland can't force them to do anything with regards to profits from outside of Ireland. The EU is trying though. The US has said they shouldn't pay it.
If they paid tax in every country on their profits in that country, Ireland wouldn't be affected in any way. That's what was supposed to happen. Thus, Ireland didn't take anything from anyone. Apple did and abused international tax treaties and took a dump on Ireland in the process. In basic math terms, they are putting the figure they paid on Irish tax profits, and putting it over the entire amount owed for the entire EU. Ireland never had the power to take that amount. Thus, our tax rate, that we charge on profits made in Ireland is not relevant!!
