It seems logical that they wouldn't have to pay taxes. If you look at it in the right way of course. The Tax serves the purpose of government fundraising. Giving the government the ability to pay for its debts. A company, which in the world of borderless trade (or so it might seem) , can exist either in the US, canada, mexico, or any other democratized country you could name. SO, how does the united sates compete with foreign economies to keep these companies within our borders? Simple, waive their taxes. Taxes take up a large portion of a companies usable income, and taking them out of the equation would make billion-dollar corps very happy. It happens all the time in local and state governments, states waiving taxes for particular business for so many years to get them to build and create jobs for their state. It happens in my state all the time (South Carolina). Property tax here is high, so when BMW wanted to build a production plant a few years back, SC offered them 20 years of no property taxes (and a few other taxes, some of which i can't remember) just to build in our state. There are many other examples, but i dont wish to take the time to type them out.
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It seems logical that they wouldn't have to pay taxes. If you look at it in the right way of course. The Tax serves the purpose of government fundraising. Giving the government the ability to pay for its debts. A company, which in the world of borderless trade (or so it might seem) , can exist either in the US, canada, mexico, or any other democratized country you could name. SO, how does the united sates compete with foreign economies to keep these companies within our borders? Simple, waive their taxes. Taxes take up a large portion of a companies usable income, and taking them out of the equation would make billion-dollar corps very happy. It happens all the time in local and state governments, states waiving taxes for particular business for so many years to get them to build and create jobs for their state. It happens in my state all the time (South Carolina). Property tax here is high, so when BMW wanted to build a production plant a few years back, SC offered them 20 years of no property taxes (and a few other taxes, some of which i can't remember) just to build in our state. There are many other examples, but i dont wish to take the time to type them out.
Good movie!! The pods were cool. . apple should invent something like that. . heh, hell of a way to get the gaming market share. .