Those evil oil companies.....no wait! XD
What a fine statement - worthy of a French Union member.
Do you think that the purpose of companies is to fund politicians' vote buying schemes or to provide profits for their shareholders? I applaud Google for escaping the rapacious looters in the US and British government. Wish I could do the same.
Any anger here should be directed at the US government, which insists on imposing a hidden tax on people by way of a ridiculously high corporate tax.
I’d rather have Satan, or Soros have the money then Fedgov.
Legally not paying taxes is a good thing, but having tax laws be so complex that only multibillion dollar companies and the super-rich can afford to buy the lawyers and offshore arms and whatnot necessary in order to be able to adopt these strategies is a very, very bad thing. The tax rate should be one or two numbers, three max, with no other exceptions, exemptions, different treatments, or anything else. Here’s the number, you pay this, end of story. This would prevent government from arranging things to try to micromanage your life, and it would make tax increases or decreases clear and easy to understand, and difficult to conceal.
If CEO linked to Soros wonder how much e-mail and data has been sold?.
Nice job Google!