Randy?I'm sorry, but someone for the love of God make a dedicated thread for this guy.
(now yell at me)
But he's just the messenger here? The important part are the news.I'm sorry, but someone for the love of God make a dedicated thread for this guy.
(now yell at me)
If we're not getting one dedicated thread for, say, any news related by anything racist said by some random asshole I don't see why Jim can't have his own thread when there's something new to talk about.I'm sorry, but someone for the love of God make a dedicated thread for this guy.
(now yell at me)
New news, new thread. You shouldn't have clicked it if you hate the guy. However this particular issue isn't just Activision Blizzard. This is a serious flaw in the u.s. tax system that many, many companies take advantage of. It sucks. I hate taxes and I particularly hate that as the little guy there's nothing I can do about it.I'm sorry, but someone for the love of God make a dedicated thread for this guy.
(now yell at me)
i have to click to ignore it.New news, new thread. You shouldn't have clicked it if you hate the guy.
a-fucking-menIf we're not getting one dedicated thread for; say, any news related by anything racist said by some random asshole I don't see why Jim can't have his own thread when there's something new to talk about.
We can't have all that we want.
Go and give him a thumbs down to the video while you are it.
you can filter threads based on keywords i think
You already know the answerDoes this mean they are paying a ton of taxes in Holland (before any refund, of course)?
Can someone explain this like I'm 5? Activision just set up a base in Amsterdam and say they don't need to pay tax?
Can someone explain this like I'm 5? Activision just set up a base in Amsterdam and say they don't need to pay tax?
Probably no. The point of tax heaves is to avoid paying as much as possible, so they do pay, but at an extremely low rate.Does this mean they are paying a ton of taxes in Holland (before any refund, of course)?
this article goes into detail about how exactly the system works in the NetherlandsI'm not sure I do. Having simple taxes, myself, I am not sure how tax havens work. I watched the video and heard a lot about Federal (USA?) taxes, but I am not sure how it is possible for someone to completely avoid paying taxes on hundreds of millions of dollars.
As I understand whole situation US ław tells Activision should pay tax in Netherlands (Dutch Activision "owns" IP rights and thus profits) and Netherlands ław says Activision should pay tax in US. So they pay in neither country.I'm not sure I do. Having simple taxes, myself, I am not sure how tax havens work. I watched the video and heard a lot about Federal (USA?) taxes, but I am not sure how it is possible for someone to completely avoid paying taxes on hundreds of millions of dollars.
Best thing Jim has used his platform to educate people on in quite some time.
I wonder how much traction this gains or outrage it generates compared to what virtual storefront a game debuts on or women being put in a war game.
This pisses me off so hard. All those employees got laid off- meanwhile Act/Blizz had record profits and paid $0 taxes. This is just too awful to be true
I thought gaming companies couldn't make any money without microtransactions, now they can't even make money without evading taxes. Really makes you think.
"You pay more taxes than Activision Blizzard".
Fuck those 800 people tho. Bunch of parasites.
Discuss? (Or cry in disgust)
I can't think about shit like this too much or it just makes me want to die. It shouldn't be allowed. It's disgusting.
Blame Trump and the GOP, and their tax cuts which have pushed federal deficits to all-time highs. Here's the report:
https://itep.org/wp-content/uploads...ce-Remains-Rampant-Under-New-Tax-Law_ITEP.pdf
Other companies in the list paying no US federal taxes include Amazon, Chevron, Delta, Halliburton, Honeywell, IBM, Netflix, and many more.
I often hear about evil Activision laying off people despite record revenue etc., but I rarely see it mentioned that this years numbers will be far below last years, or that Blizzard's revenue this year is going to be a multi-year low.