Apple paid just 2% corporation tax on their profits outside of the US
Comment | Print | Email to a Friend | Font Size: AAOutside of the United States, Apple only paid a slither of their corporation tax - just 2%, according to their filings with US regulators. Apple paid $713 million in the year to September 29 on foreign pre-tax profits of $36.8 billion, a rate of just 1.9%.
It hasn't been suggested that their tax avoidance is anyway illegal, but considering the record profits they're making, it's a bit of a sour grape. Apple aren't the only ones doing so, with Starbucks, Facebook and Google paying low rates on overseas tax.
Apple paid just 2.5% in the previous year, as the company funnels most of their business in Europe through a subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland, which has much lower corporation tax than Britain. Ireland charges just 12.5% compared to Britain's 24%.
SOURCE #1
Related Tags
Further Reading: Read and find more Business, Financial & Legal news at our Business, Financial & Legal news index page.
Do you get our news RSS feed? Get It! Got a news tip? Tell Us!