• Apple wins landmark battle with EU over $15 billion tax bill

    Apple wins landmark battle with EU over $15 billion tax bill

    Apple on Wednesday was handed a major victory by Europe’s second-highest court, which rejected a European Union order for the tech giant to pay $15 billion in back taxes. It is the culmination of a tax battle that has been raging since 2016, when the European Commission ruled that Apple had artificially reduced its tax …
  • Coronavirus relief funds went to firms that avoided US taxes

    Coronavirus relief funds went to firms that avoided US taxes

    Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than $9.4 million in cash from a US government program that has provided emergency loans to millions of businesses hit by the coronavirus. The money was part of the $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) — a linchpin of President Trump’s …
  • Slash tax rate in half for corporations returning to US, White House adviser suggests

    Slash tax rate in half for corporations returning to US, White House adviser suggests

    White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow on Friday floated the idea of cutting the corporate tax rate in half for US companies who bring their operations back from other countries. “Why not provide a 50 percent discount for the corporate tax rate if you’re moving from outside the US to the US?” Kudlow told reporters …