Tuesday, August 30, 2016

How the E.U.’s ruling on Apple explains why Brexit happened

How the E.U.'s ruling on Apple explains why Brexit happened

On Tuesday morning, the governing body of the European Union ruled that one of its members, Ireland, had broken its rules by allowing U.S.-based Apple Inc. to pay a tax rate of 1 percent — and sometimes as little as .0005 percent. Ireland's regular tax rate is 12.5 percent, and the E.U.'s rules state that members can't give special benefits […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/08/30/how-the-e-u-s-ruling-on-apple-explains-why-brexit-happened/

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