We have companies in the U.S. that sell to the U.S. mareket, hire U.S. citizens and pay U.S. taxes.
And there are companies that locate offshore, whether via a legal fiction or otherwise. They sell to the U.S. market, don't hire U.S. citizens, and avoid paying U.S. taxes.
Now, think carefully. Which is better for the U.S. and her people?
Offshoring - treason by any other name would smell as foul.
Correct so far.
And there are companies that locate offshore, whether via a legal fiction or otherwise. They sell to the U.S. market, don't hire U.S. citizens, and avoid paying U.S. taxes.
WRONG! Accenture still has hundreds, if not thousands of U.S. employees, and the business it conducts IN AMERICA is subject to American taxes. Where they avoid paying taxes to America is when they do business in Germany. When they do business in Germany, they are able, by virtue of no longer being incorporated in America, to pay only German taxes, just like companies competing for the same business located in Germany, or any other country.
Now, think carefully. Which is better for the U.S. and her people?
What's better for the U.S. and her people is to quit trying to put additional tax burdens on our companies when they do business OVERSEAS that makes them uncompetitive when bidding for that business with companies not located in the U.S. and subject to the same Congressional greed.
Offshoring - treason by any other name would smell as foul.
Your ignorance is what smells so foul. You're complaining about a non-existent problem (Accenture DOES pay taxes to the U.S. government for the business it conducts in the U.S., just like any other company) and not seeing the real one (that our Congress is forcing up the price of American goods and services on overseas markets by demanding tax revenue from business conducted OVERSEAS). You don't realize (yet, I'm optimistic you'll realize if you take the time to read) that this policy of taxing what American companies do in OTHER COUNTRIES is driving companies out of the U.S. because they can't compete if they stay here and have to pay taxes to both the country overseas that they do business in as well as the U.S.