Apple

[TreatyStones]

The Twitter melt down from the People Before Profit (i.e. non working) types should be a joy to behold.

[Ashman]

Banter

[briantinnion]

They pay a decent amount of tax now. We collected almost €11bn in corporate taxes last year, the bulk of it from multinationals.

The Apple case was about historic deals that don’t apply anymore.

You’ll have people moaning about what we could have done with the €13bn but if we’d lost it would have upset the apple tart in a big way and put the €11bn we get every year at risk.

[myboyblue]

Will Goodbody (willgoodbody)

Will Goodbody (willgoodbody)

Will Goodbody (willgoodbody)

#thankyouapple

Posted from my iPhone

[myboyblue]

Thank God Sinn Fein didn’t get a chance to start spending the Apple settlement money.

[Tim_Riggins]

I’ve written quite a bit on this here before.

This was basically a EU tax grab for amounts they weren’t due. The dumbass lefties in Ireland just saw free billions to piss up the wall.

In reality, more tax should have been paid in the US and earlier. Similarly, they should have paid more in China. But the meme that they didn’t pay tax isn’t true either. After Trump’s tax reforms (a very good move, something he was given zero credit for pushing), a lot of tax has been brought home.

The Celtic Phoenix - A thread to list the economic miracles of Michael Noonan & Fine Gael

I brought up the 20-40%, not you. I said it depends how you measure it. Apple pay a substantial amount of taxes of all kinds. Income tax is also a cost of doing business, the point about what Apple pays in taxes is to stop people talking shite about Apple not paying tax. It isn’t particularly difficult. If you read financial statements you will see that they do in fact disclose what they pay in federal, state and foreign income taxes. Financial statements also have these things called cash fl…

The people who claim to care on the left were trying to take tax money from poorer people living in many US cities. Inner city poverty was one of the issues that the BLM spoke about, but the same people here with black avatars were truing to take money from these people.

In terms of Ireland, the other meme that large corporations don’t pay enough tax is a complete fallacy.

[maroonandwhite]

@briantinnion

You’ll have people moaning about what we could have done with the €13bn but if we’d lost it would have upset the apple tart in a big way and put the €11bn we get every year at risk.

That’ll be understood by all immediately and should put an end to the whinging

Edit cart also but let’s just celebrate the win

[ironmoth]

@briantinnion

upset the apple tart

Seriously?

[Gman]

FAO of
Pelanty
Tour de France
Apple Tart

[Thomas_Brady]

@Ashman badly exposed there

[ironmoth]

Lads in their 40s using their own baby talk.

[Batigol]

Jobs and stuff

[TheUlteriorMotive]

I’m only sad Steve not here to share this victory with Leo.

[Batigol]

Will there be a ceremony with Leo handing over a big novelty cheque?

[iron_mike]

@Tim_Riggins

I’m in tears, got up early just for this news, I’m vindicated. Bad luck @mikehunt

There’ll be parties all over tax departments in Dublin this evening.

A great day for the country. They should make the 15th of July a national holiday from here on out.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Apple Pay.

[artfoley]

Lads I wouldn’t be celebrating just yet: van der leyen is gunning for multinational tax takes and won’t make stupid mistakes like drunker

[glasagusban]

Given the size of this presumably the Commission will appeal. They’ll want a definitive ruling.

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Things are changing alright but this was the Commission exceeding their competence using State Aid rules. They have been slapped down before in a similar way with Seat case.

[Ashman]

@artfoley

Are we talking at least 2 years to ECJ ??