Not surprised to see Apple investing in the UK. Major market for Apple. Maybe Apple will announce some new expansion/investment in UK during Tim's visit.
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Apple's Investment in the UK Exceeds £18 Billion
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Would be good if they put some of that investment into technical staff that can actually diagnose issues and know what they are doing, rather then follow a set script.
A pint of lager and a pint of cider (by the look of it). Don’t London pubs sell real ale any more?
But it is immoral.
You should pretend something more than "just be compliant with the law" from a company that, for many of you, seems to be "a model".
I don’t see it as immoral to pay the legally required amount of tax. If it is immoral then I don’t know a single moral person. Trying to make tax a moral issue is futile. It’s a purely political and legal issue.
If we want businesses and/or individuals to pay more tax, we change the tax law to enact that, just like we’ve done with the most recent budget and changes to national insurance.
It is immoral for companies to act in any way to reduce taxes and don't contribute with the local community where they act.
Selling one product in one country and try to move the profit in a lower taxation country is immoral.
That’s not immoral, that’s following tax laws that permit them to do that. The solution is to change the law so that they can’t do that.
Like I said, tax is not a moral issue. It’s a political and legal issue.
of course Tim is drinking cider it's made from Apples - got to keep the branding up, even when on the piss!
No, taxes are a moral topic.
Taxes pay the police, the hospitals, the schools... it's the way to contribute.
No they aren’t. I know what taxes pay for. The amount you pay in tax is defined in legal terms.
In the thread about the Indonesian government negotiating a $1 billion investment from Apple in exchange for access to its domestic market, the thread filled quickly with calling it extortion.
Meanwhile in a country 1/4 the population, with ~2.5x GDP, Apple has easily invested more than 20x the amount. Obviously there is a major per capita difference here but this is still pretty noteworthy.
Meanwhile in a country 1/4 the population, with ~2.5x GDP, Apple has easily invested more than 20x the amount. Obviously there is a major per capita difference here but this is still pretty noteworthy.
The amount Apple gets out of the UK will be far higher than the amount they get out of Indonesia. The investment comes when there is likely to be reward.
Just assuming you’re using the word rewards to mean revenues, and, uh sure maybe. But there are other objectives a global corporation can have where their workforce and supply chain development are concerned.