What’s horrifying about paying every cent of tax you are legally obligated to pay?
If i own a stock that increases 50% this year, am I doing something unethical by not selling it until january so i don’t have to pay taxes on the gain for another year?
That’s equivalent to what Apples doing. It pays all the taxes it owes in every country it does business in. It pays taxes in the US, UK, France, Germany, etc, etc, and what’s left over from the foreign profits it chooses not to bring back to the US, or leave in France, Germany, etc, etc.
Instead it moves those profits to Ireland or the Channel islands so it doesn’t have to pay more taxes on their interest every year while it waits for US corporate tax policy to no longer be so irrational so it can directly return that money to its owners, Apple shareholders.
If i own a stock that increases 50% this year, am I doing something unethical by not selling it until january so i don’t have to pay taxes on the gain for another year?
That’s equivalent to what Apples doing. It pays all the taxes it owes in every country it does business in. It pays taxes in the US, UK, France, Germany, etc, etc, and what’s left over from the foreign profits it chooses not to bring back to the US, or leave in France, Germany, etc, etc.
Instead it moves those profits to Ireland or the Channel islands so it doesn’t have to pay more taxes on their interest every year while it waits for US corporate tax policy to no longer be so irrational so it can directly return that money to its owners, Apple shareholders.