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ido on Jan 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Google became such a great place to work

Ireland has (or at least had as of a couple years ago) some sort of tax loophole that allows international companies to dodge paying some taxes both in their home country and in Ireland.

gfritzsche on Jan 22, 2013 | [–]

See e.g. the Double Irish Arrangement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

easytiger on Jan 22, 2013 | | [–]

its not a loophole, they have very low corporation tax compared with anywhere else

hect0r on Jan 22, 2013 | [–]

It's not a loophole. It's a competitive differentiator for Ireland in attracting MNCs to invest and hire there.

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