EU wants US tech companies to pay tax
US Tech horrified
European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday.
Apple snubs EU tax inquiry
Says the cash will prejudice its tax appeal
Fruity cargo cult Apple is snubbing an EU investigation into tax evasion saying that if it were involved, it would prejudice its challenge to an EU order to pay up to 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.
Apple owes Ireland 13 billion euro
Pretty much what the EU has been saying all along
The Irish government's tax man was asked by the government what he thought Apple owed the country over its dodgy tax arrangement and he agreed with the EU.
Samsung chairman charged with tax evasion
Even if he loses, it is not as if he is going down
Samsung Electronics’ ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee, was named by South Korean police as a suspect in a $7.5 million tax evasion case that involved the use of bank accounts held by employees.
Google money lost in Bermuda Triangle
Bend it, shake it, anyway you want IT
Tech leviathan Google is up to its tax tricks again.
UK threatens to tax big tech over extremist content
Like that will ever happen
Over the holidays, the UK government started to talk big about taxing big tech companies which fail to tackle extremist content.
Indians tell Apple it will not get special tax treatment
Apple staff need counselling
The Indian Government has told the fruity cargo cult Apple that it will not be a special tax case.
Ireland starts collecting back tax from Apple
Sort of
The Fruity Cargo Cult is starting to pay back tax in Ireland, despite the fact it has denied doing anything illegal.
Apple tax dodges mentioned in Paradise Papers
Sidestepped Irish tax increases
The Paradise Papers have revealed some of the Fruity Cargo cult Apple’s dodgy deals to avoid paying the ridiculously low Irish taxes.
Italy close to tax deal with Google
Taxman makes an offer Google can't refuse
Italy and Alphabet's Google are close to reaching a deal to settle a tax dispute which will not mean the company has to sleep with the fishes.