Tim Cook Calls Apple's Irish Tax Avoidance Accusations 'Total Political Crap'

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Corporate Tax rate in Ireland: 12.5%
Rate Apple paid: 0.005%

Nope. Apple paid 12.5% on income subject to Ireland's corporate tax rate.

If Ireland doesn't tax profits made elsewhere in Europe then Apple should be paying that tax elsewhere in Europe, but it's not.

Why does it need to be taxed in Europe? It will be taxed by the U.S. The tax is simply deferred until the funds are repatriated per U.S. law.

Morally, and this is just my personal opinion, as I've said they should simply pay that up front amount. 12.5% in Ireland, but they also shouldn't be locating themselves for legal purposes in the place with the lowest rate. They should be paying most of it in California.

Which is exactly what they plan to do.