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Apple's Tax-Dodging Techniques Do Indeed Sound Quite Spectacular

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chrisv

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May 21, 2013, 9:28:24 AM5/21/13
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"Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress
for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques."

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-2013-5

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Lloyd

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May 21, 2013, 2:09:13 PM5/21/13
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In article <mftmp89r7rnan79o3...@4ax.com>,
chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> "Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress
> for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques."
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-2013-5

LOL! Raked over the coals for doing what? Following the law those
clowns in Congress made?

Lloyd

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May 21, 2013, 2:09:42 PM5/21/13
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In article <mftmp89r7rnan79o3...@4ax.com>,
chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> "Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress
> for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques."
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-2013-5

Oh yeah, and using the same laws to avoid taxes that your butt buddies
at Google use.

Snit

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May 21, 2013, 2:14:42 PM5/21/13
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On 5/21/13 11:09 AM, in article
lloydparsons-09DE...@news.eternal-september.org, "Lloyd"
The difference being that Apple, reportedly, paid about 2.5% of all
corporate US taxes in 2012 and that Apple is proactively working to get the
rules changed so that neither they or other companies can play these games
(though I am not so na�ve as to think Apple will not work to make sure they
pay as little as they can... that is what pretty much all people and
corporations do!)


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chrisv

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May 21, 2013, 3:02:53 PM5/21/13
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Lloyd wrote:

> chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> "Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress
>> for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques."
>>
>> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-2013-5
>
>LOL! Raked over the coals for doing what? Following the law those
>clowns in Congress made?

Hey, I'm only passing-on the story, "Lloyd". Write your congressman,
if you think he's a "clown".

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Lloyd

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May 21, 2013, 4:39:11 PM5/21/13
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In article <n3hnp8hulpj9g9itk...@4ax.com>,
chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> Lloyd wrote:
>
> > chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> "Apple CEO Tim Cook is going to get raked over the coals by Congress
> >> for the company's spectacular tax-dodging techniques."
> >>
> >> http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-2013-5
> >
> >LOL! Raked over the coals for doing what? Following the law those
> >clowns in Congress made?
>
> Hey, I'm only passing-on the story, "Lloyd". Write your congressman,
> if you think he's a "clown".

I think they are all a bunch of clowns. If you don't, you aren't paying
attention.

Jeff-Relf.Me

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May 21, 2013, 9:52:49 PM5/21/13
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Quoting This Page [ New York Times ]: <<

 Apple Operations International has not filed a tax return in Ireland,
 the United States or any other country over the last five years.
 
 It had income of $30 billion between 2009 and 2012.
 By shuttling revenue between international subsidiaries,
 Apple was able largely to sidestep paying taxes,
 Congressional investigators said.  >>

Snit

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May 21, 2013, 10:02:12 PM5/21/13
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On 5/21/13 6:52 PM, in article Jeff-R...@May.21{18.52.Seattle.2013},
"Jeff-Relf.Me" <@.> wrote:

> ?
> Quoting This Page [ New York Times ]
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/apple-avoided-billions-in-taxes-co
> ngressional-panel-says.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0> : <<
>
> Apple Operations International has not filed a tax return in Ireland,
> the United States or any other country over the last five years.
>
> It had income of $30 billion between 2009 and 2012.
> By shuttling revenue between international subsidiaries,
> Apple was able largely to sidestep paying taxes,
> Congressional investigators said. >>

Funny how they paid $6 Billion in US taxes last year... more than any other
company and reportedly about 2.5% of all corporate taxes.


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chrisv

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May 22, 2013, 8:14:13 AM5/22/13
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Lloyd wrote:

>I think

Idiot. The issue of this thread is Apple's "spectacular" tax-dodging.

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chrisv

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May 22, 2013, 8:17:03 AM5/22/13
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Lloyd wrote:

>Oh yeah,

Oh, looky, the crApple fanboi imagines that I'm also a corporate
fanboi, but "Lloyd" is a idiot and wrong.

Meanwhile, most experts have *never seen* the likes of Apple's tax
evasion.

"Even as Apple became the nation’s most profitable technology company,
it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world
through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and
went beyond anything most experts had ever seen, Congressional
investigators disclosed on Monday."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/apple-avoided-billions-in-taxes-congressional-panel-says.html?pagewanted=all

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Chris Ahlstrom

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May 22, 2013, 8:36:17 AM5/22/13
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After swilling some grog, chrisv belched this bit o' wisdom:

> Lloyd wrote:
>
>>I think
>
> Idiot. The issue of this thread is Apple's "spectacular" tax-dodging.

I think Rroyd has tloubre with Ingrish.

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LOL. I thought it was the bees and spiders in his head.

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-hh

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May 22, 2013, 8:42:11 AM5/22/13
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On May 22, 8:14 am, chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Lloyd wrote:
> >I think
>
> Idiot.  The issue of this thread is Apple's "spectacular" tax-dodging.

Unfortunately, when the same techniques are being employed by MS, HP,
Google, Facebook, etc, etc, etc - - it actually isn't particularly
"spectacular", but merely "business as usual" for a multinational.

As such, the only thing that this "spectacular" claim really does is
to illustrate how naïve the OP is.

For example, individual US residents can be eligible for the 'Foreign
Earned Income Exclusion" of up to $95,100 per year (2012). Here's the
short form:

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f2555ez.pdf

YMMV if a $95K deduction off chrisv's income counts as "spectacular"
or not. Regardless, it is entirely legal and has been part of the
existing tax code for years, available to all US citizens.


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GreyCloud

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May 22, 2013, 1:03:57 PM5/22/13
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On 5/21/2013 7:52 PM, Jeff-Relf.Me wrote:
>
> QuotingThis Page [ New York Times ] <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/apple-avoided-billions-in-taxes-congressional-panel-says.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>: <<
>
> Apple Operations International has not filed a tax return in Ireland,
> the United States or any other country over the last five years.
>
> It had income of $30 billion between 2009 and 2012.
> By shuttling revenue between international subsidiaries,
> Apple was able largely to sidestep paying taxes,
> Congressional investigators said. >>
>
>
Yeah, the central banks that use the IRS as their collection agency
wants a cut of the action of Apple similar to gangland mafia.
Otherwise, some of them will be wearing concrete sneakers.
See the picture now?

GreyCloud

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May 22, 2013, 1:04:30 PM5/22/13
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GreyCloud

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Justin

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May 22, 2013, 6:42:06 PM5/22/13
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The Irish were too drunk to audit Apple, that's how they got away with it.

Justin

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May 22, 2013, 6:45:56 PM5/22/13
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As a CPA, I help clients do the exact same thing, including keeping net
revenue overseas.
I helped save one client (currency broker) $275,000 by keeping their EU
division's NR in Italy; even though the office was in the UK.

Hadron

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May 23, 2013, 6:23:23 AM5/23/13
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No you didn't Just-in.

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