[the truth]

Announcing their world record quarterly profits of £10 billion today, what percentage do you expect they will pay in tax and will the percentage be more than the men who clean out their sewers?

[Niamh.]

Oh God, I can just imagine all the the tax breaks they're getting

[Nedusa]

Probably less than a million quid....




.

[JoshBB]

They'll probably only pay around 50k tbh..

[Crimson Dynamo]

last year they paid £579.88 in tax so i would imagine they could break the thousand this year.

[arista]

Yes Apple get special treatment
in €ire

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Apple get special treatment
in €ire

[DemolitionRed]

Do Apple still use Ireland as a tax haven?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Do Apple still use Ireland as a tax haven?

yep

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

yep

Yes thats how they got set up over here
€ire undercut the rest

[Niall]

And yet people seem to think that tax avoidance isn't a more serious problem economically-speaking than benefit fraud..

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Niall

And yet people seem to think that tax avoidance isn't a more serious problem economically-speaking than benefit fraud..

That's because most MP's have a finger in many financial pies.

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by Niall

And yet people seem to think that tax avoidance isn't a more serious problem economically-speaking than benefit fraud..

Exactly. Ireland needs to seriously do something about tax havens

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niall

And yet people seem to think that tax avoidance isn't a more serious problem economically-speaking than benefit fraud..

But if its a Legal Deal
with a Sneaky Nation

its not like Criminal Benefit Fraud

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

Exactly. Ireland needs to seriously do something about tax havens

Problem is if we don't give them the incentive to set up here, they'll just go somewhere else who will and then we have loads of people out of work

[smudgie]

Can't for the life of me see why these companies can't be made to pay tax to the country of each sale.
Sort all the loopholes out.