| ▲ | dlahoda a day ago | |
When fines became casual? Is it like taxes? | ||
| ▲ | Tade0 a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
It is functionally just a form of tax that can't be offshored. Corporations reliably break the law, the EU reliably enforces it. I'm actually happy that this is the path the EU went, as there's a financial incentive to keep laws which benefit consumers. | ||
| ▲ | spwa4 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
No of course not. Ireland makes sure Google doesn't pay the minimum tax rate in the EU: https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-417489... €4.536bn on €86.6bn, or about 5% (which is one third of the amount Ireland promised in an international treaty they would charge ...) | ||