Would be nice if he would reaffirm Apple's commitment to the Mac instead.
Would be nice if he would reaffirm Apple's commitment to the Mac instead.
I can't imagine him getting bad press if he came out and truthfully stated, "We really liked the low taxes here, and now the EU wants to tax us to death, so we'll take our business elsewhere (literally)"
I wouldn't fault him for that one bit. In fact, I'm sure his shareholders would be pleased to hear that. Frankly, it just makes Ireland and, more specifically, the EU looks foolish for losing a major investment from the *soon to be* first trillion dollar company ever.
But alas, I'm talking about Tim Cook, the guy has a gift for making me hate anything and everything he says.
Because Ireland didn't require them to. If the IRS tells you that you owe $250, are you going to give them $500? No. Stop with that BS.If you love Ireland / the community so much, why not pay taxes as that goes towards running the community.
I can't imagine him getting bad press if he came out and truthfully stated, "We really liked the low taxes here, and now the EU wants to tax us to death, so we'll take our business elsewhere (literally)"
I wouldn't fault him for that one bit. In fact, I'm sure his shareholders would be pleased to hear that. Frankly, it just makes Ireland and, more specifically, the EU looks foolish for losing a major investment from the *soon to be* first trillion dollar company ever.
But alas, I'm talking about Tim Cook, the guy has a gift for making me hate anything and everything he says.
Why is that kid using a laptop instead of an iPad? Is Ireland a Third World country?
If tax wasn't your sole motivation Tim (which it obviously was) then you could have located in London, which is a vastly bigger city with a huge talent base.
But as tax was your sole motivation you choose Ireland. Lies aren't a good look Tim, you should know better.
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Ireland has a corporation tax rate of virtually zero. Every other European nation has rates around 20%. Ireland is a tax haven, which makes them rather unpopular around these parts. Except perhaps with Jean Claude Junker, the EU president, who used to run the EU's other tax haven - Luxembourg. The EU is such a mess.
I absolutely agree. You know, Tim, just say it out loud. Saying: „Yes, we came for the tax and we like it here“ will do Apple a lot more good than a statement that everybody knows is wrong. Lying will make Apple look bad and will shun consumers from trusting Apple and that will cost a lot more than the tax savings you have made there.Sorry Tim, but anyone with a business major, or anyone with a thread of common sense for that matter, knows you’re BSing
Because Ireland didn't require them to. If the IRS tells you that you owe $250, are you going to give them $500? No. Stop with that BS.
"Virtually zero" and "zero" are two very different numbers. The move Ireland is seeing here should be a wakeup call to the EU to realize that companies will go elsewhere and 20% of nothing is a lot less than "virtually zero" of the largest company in the world.If tax wasn't your sole motivation Tim (which it obviously was) then you could have located in London, which is a vastly bigger city with a huge talent base.
But as tax was your sole motivation you choose Ireland. Lies aren't a good look Tim, you should know better.
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Ireland has a corporation tax rate of virtually zero. Every other European nation has rates around 20%. Ireland is a tax haven, which makes them rather unpopular around these parts. Except perhaps with Jean Claude Junker, the EU president, who used to run the EU's other tax haven - Luxembourg. The EU is such a mess.
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The money matters more than the Mac in Timmy Cooks Apple.
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Trillion dollars on paper, and less and less products people want to buy...
I believe Tim.I absolutely agree. You know, Tim, just say it out loud. Saying: „Yes, we came for the tax and we like it here“ will do Apple a lot more good than a statement that everybody knows is wrong. Lying will make Apple look bad and will shun consumers from trusting Apple and that will cost a lot more than the tax savings you have made there.
Please don't peddle this nonsense. The CTR in Ireland is 12.5% for active profits, double that for passive. Still low relatively speaking but it's hardly Monaco or the Caymans. But then Apple doesn't officially have any in-country legal entities that generate profit, 'tis all tied up in holding companies. Anyway, the money has since moved out to Jersey following the EU ruling.Ireland has a corporation tax rate of virtually zero. Every other European nation has rates around 20%. Ireland is a tax haven, which makes them rather unpopular around these parts. Except perhaps with Jean Claude Junker, the EU president, who used to run the EU's other tax haven - Luxembourg. The EU is such a mess.
Or the voice he uses when saying "We love the Mac..."I don't know. It depends on if he said it using that phoney voice he puts on at the beginning of keynotes when he prattles on about how inspiring iPhones are.
Ugh, that's the one that makes my spleen cringe every time. Especially in his painfully slooow Southern drawl.Or the voice he uses when saying "We love the Mac..."
How long has it been there? 20 years? Maybe it wasn't down so far on the list more than a generation ago.To be fair to Apple, given all the locations within Ireland you could choose from to base your European Tax Avoidance HQ for lots of positive reasons, Cork would be way way down a very long list.
Can't imagine Cork ever being anywhere up on anyone's wish list, least of all in the 90s. Its a hole as even the natives begrudgingly agree (when they're not secretly campaigning for an independent republic). I guess land being ridiculously cheap and a steady population of English-speaking tech graduates were/remain the only positives.How long has it been there? 20 years? Maybe it wasn't down so far on the list more than a generation ago.
They went there for the taxes. The very, very, very low taxes, and special deal.Of course they didn't go to Ireland for the taxes. They went for the lack of taxes.
You could read the lies in it a mile away.Sorry Tim, but anyone with a business major, or anyone with a thread of common sense for that matter, knows you’re BSing
If you love Ireland / the community so much, why not pay taxes as that goes towards running the community.
He's so full of caca.You could read the lies in it a mile away.