Apple may start making iPhones in America

[Freddie Millergogo]

A week after an election. Good news. Hopefully jobs for Americans but knowing Apple they probably will use prison labor.

Maybe Apple will pay some taxes too and repatriate some of their profits from their offshore haven in Nevada. Apple supposedly owes Ireland $14.5 billion in taxes. Maybe the Irish should get Bono to pay some taxes.

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Apple-could-make-iPhones-in-US-in-future-sources

 

[Growan]

No one pays corporate tax in Ireland. It's kind of a running joke. The tax rate for fairly high earners, 70k or thereabouts is like 52%. Fucking joke. Take it from the people, not big business.

They even have a made up tax for 'registering you vehicle'. New or imported they fuck you for a few Euros. Only country in Europe that does it.

But I'll not rant on about that any longer. But if you think Apple will leave that cushy corporate tax haven.....? I dunno. Not a bet I'd take.

 

[torontoke]

So the costs of iPhones are about to double and the quality gets even worse.
Yay

 

[srh88]

No one pays corporate tax in Ireland. It's kind of a running joke. The tax rate for fairly high earners, 70k or thereabouts is like 52%. Fucking joke. Take it from the people, not big business.

They even have a made up tax for 'registering you vehicle'. New or imported they fuck you for a few Euros. Only country in Europe that does it.

But I'll not rant on about that any longer. But if you think Apple will leave that cushy corporate tax haven.....? I dunno. Not a bet I'd take.

you gotta pay tax and tags here too..

 

[Growan]

you gotta pay tax and tags here too..

Yeah, but the VRT system is pure robbery. The Revenue calculate what they consider to be the 'open market selling price' of a car, which is hugely over the top and then base the tax on that.
Example, I bought a Land Rover Discovery for £800 in the UK and when I looked into registering it, the registration tax was e740. The annual tax would have been e1040. So I thought fuck that, it can stay UK reg'd and you can have nothing.

Sometimes greed begets fuck all.

What's the system like over your side of the pond? I always figured it would be kind to the American motorist, or is that me being naïve?

 

[Growan]

you gotta pay tax and tags here too..

Yeah, but the VRT system is pure robbery. The Revenue calculate what they consider to be the 'open market selling price' of a car, which is hugely over the top and then base the tax on that.
Example, I bought a Land Rover Discovery for £800 in the UK and when I looked into registering it, the registration tax was e740. The annual tax would have been e1040. So I thought fuck that, it can stay UK reg'd and you can have nothing.

Sometimes greed begets fuck all.

What's the system like over your side of the pond? I always figured it would be kind to the American motorist, or is that me being naïve?

 

[srh88]

Yeah, but the VRT system is pure robbery. The Revenue calculate what they consider to be the 'open market selling price' of a car, which is hugely over the top and then base the tax on that.
Example, I bought a Land Rover Discovery for £800 in the UK and when I looked into registering it, the registration tax was e740. The annual tax would have been e1040. So I thought fuck that, it can stay UK reg'd and you can have nothing.

Sometimes greed begets fuck all.

What's the system like over your side of the pond? I always figured it would be kind to the American motorist, or is that me being naïve?

im not really sure how or why it works.. they just give me a price and i pay it lol.. i think the dmv charges you the sales tax on a used car. everytime i buy a car from someone i know or sell a car to someone i know.. we say we sold it for a dollar lol. then the plate/registration is only like 40 bucks here..
£800 is about $1000 here i think. thats a good deal for a land rover

 

[Freddie Millergogo]

So the costs of iPhones are about to double and the quality gets even worse.
Yay

Yeah - because they treat the workers at Foxconn in China so well. If they are not price competitive they will lose. Seems like Apple is getting with the program of brining jobs back to America.

 

[UncleBuck]

Yeah - because they treat the workers at Foxconn in China so well. If they are not price competitive they will lose. Seems like Apple is getting with the program of brining jobs back to America.

sorry, holocaust denier.

manufacturing companies are not gonna flood back to sparsely populated, poorly educated, crumbling rust belt states just because of president elect creepy bad touch.

you got conned.

inb4 move to politics.

 

[Singlemalt]

Yeah, but the VRT system is pure robbery. The Revenue calculate what they consider to be the 'open market selling price' of a car, which is hugely over the top and then base the tax on that.
Example, I bought a Land Rover Discovery for £800 in the UK and when I looked into registering it, the registration tax was e740. The annual tax would have been e1040. So I thought fuck that, it can stay UK reg'd and you can have nothing.

Sometimes greed begets fuck all.

What's the system like over your side of the pond? I always figured it would be kind to the American motorist, or is that me being naïve?

Across the US, buying a car from a dealer is straight forward: price plus sales tax. Then it's different state to state: Calif will then charge additional tax and license fees based on price of vehicle; then a slowly decreasing annual registration fee. The reg fee is a composite with all sorts of other fees within it( at least 7). Years ago a reg fee would decrease down to $25 after 15-20 yrs and stay. Not now. So, if you buy a new vehicle and keep it for 10 yrs, it will cost at the very least $3000 additional, usually much more

 

[cannabineer]

sorry, holocaust denier.

manufacturing companies are not gonna flood back to sparsely populated, poorly educated, crumbling rust belt states just because of president elect creepy bad touch.

you got conned.

inb4 move to politics.

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