tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post218610511915906406..comments2023-09-22T03:17:50.469-04:00Comments on Middle Class Political Economist: Apple, Starbucks, Others Under EU Tax InvestigationKenneth Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747704671007690674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post-63132699478427706372016-08-11T16:41:21.423-04:002016-08-11T16:41:21.423-04:00It seems hard to justify how Apple can sell hundre...It seems hard to justify how Apple can sell hundreds of billions here -- necessarily, I would think made by a U.S. corporation -- and have the revenue from those sales transferred without taxation to a foreign subsidiary. How is that done, and how is it that the IRS does not have some rule somewhere which would reasonably be interpreted to force a captre of U.S. generated revenue?urban legendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post-46160238916698183652014-06-14T17:15:54.858-04:002014-06-14T17:15:54.858-04:00Then how would they ever spend it? How would they...Then how would they ever spend it? How would they buy houses and food?<br /><br />There we go -- just put a sales tax on. jackhttp://novatownhall.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post-11134991700281999422014-06-14T08:26:01.933-04:002014-06-14T08:26:01.933-04:00What should be dealt with in trade agreements is h...What should be dealt with in trade agreements is harmonization of (corporate) taxes to avoid all these tax avoidance schemes. Of course what they do contain is items that actually create and widen these loop holes. How can we demand from our rulers to dump the current TTIP, and restart the negotiations with this goal in mind? It should be a win-win for the states involved (just not for the companies involved, so who has the real power?).Christiaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390409981798681710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post-52556797820813730182014-06-13T11:45:40.510-04:002014-06-13T11:45:40.510-04:00The personal income tax could not work without a c...The personal income tax could not work without a corporate income tax as a backstop. Otherwise, people would "repackage" all sorts of income through incorporation and escape taxation of their personal income.Kenneth Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747704671007690674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6685155377705481833.post-19100968847778339882014-06-12T21:46:26.372-04:002014-06-12T21:46:26.372-04:00The idiocy of corporate income taxes never ceases ...The idiocy of corporate income taxes never ceases to amaze me.jackhttp://novatownhall.comnoreply@blogger.com