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Irish Company Locates Office In Ireland
- EamonLeonard 13y agoNo doubt, they've done so in order to take advantage of Ireland's lax tax laws and asleep-at-the-wheel regulators. It's a disgrace. Down with this sort of thing. Careful now.
- briandear 13y agoYes, every company should move to wherever it is they can pay the most taxes. Perhaps instead of criticizing Ireland for low taxes, perhaps the ire should be forces on jurisdictions with confiscatory taxes and burdensome regulation. I moved from New York City because I was not only paying higher prices for everything but things like rent control, exceptionally high state and local taxes, plus the added bonus of paying insanity rates for health insurance, not to mention a public school system that results in your kid having to travel across town even though there's a perfectly good school a block away. I would never again start a company in New York.
- EamonLeonard 13y ago¬_¬ Can't tell if serious or... EDIT: My comment was sarcastic, the blog post is satirical, and I'm from Ireland.
- yawz 13y agoNow, I'm not sure if this is the case here but using Irish operations for tax purposes is part of a well-understood loophole. Here's a better explanation around Google's activities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKfxVlyh98Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKfxVlyh98Y
- RafiqM 13y agoI think this post, and indeed the OP, has flown over some of our American friends heads ;)
- brianmcc 13y agoTo be fair the ability to spot a Father Ted quote at 80 paces is a pretty British trait :-)
- fmavituna 13y agoThat's absolutely why they've done it but why is it a disgrace? Why not consider this as a free market? If the government is robbing you with extremely high taxes why not just take your business somewhere else? It only makes sense. Free market will improve the quality at the end. Other governments should reconsider their stupid tax schemes.
- apike 13y agoCongrats to Tito on raising a round - by their description it sounds like they got excellent terms.
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- mikegreen 13y agoIs this the onion? "Irish Company Locates Office in Ireland"
- EamonLeonard 13y agoAh sure tis a very Irish thing to be doin now, sure don't ya know?
- DigitalSea 13y agoNice work guys. This is great news for Ireland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well. I think other parts of the world with bad economies need to learn from Ireland and attract startup and technology companies with incentives. The one thing that doesn't sit well with me in this situation is the PR speak from the founder and lead members masking the real reason they've decided to open an office in Ireland: tax incentives and very loose regulations. > "It just seemed to make sense" This translates too: we'd pay more tax somewhere else, so it makes sense to open an office in Ireland and tax advantage of the perks. >"Dublin is great. There’s something really familiar about it that I can’t quite put my finger on." Dublin is definitely a great place, especially when you're not paying much tax. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, Ireland have played it smart luring the likes of Apple and Linkedin to their corner of the world repairing their economy quite quickly, but lets cut to the chase: tech startups aren't moving their offices to Ireland because of the weather. Can't we all just be honest with one another?
- EamonLeonard 13y ago¬_¬ Can't tell if serious or...
- handelaar 13y agoYou don't think it's at all likely that they are from Dublin and were here already?
- paulca 13y agoI suspect you didn't read past the second paragraph.
- niallpaterson 13y agoActually one of the attractions for Google is the Irish weather (cooler so less costs in keeping data centers cool) anyway, perhaps you should read past the first paragraph..
- dkersten 13y agoIreland's economy which not too long ago was decimated and has recovered exceptionally well Well, recovering from a 10% drop isn't really thaaat hard.. ducks
- brianmcdonough 13y agoIt's rumored that Oscar Wilde's favorite color was green.
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- nverba 13y agoPfft.. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't even paying his Ma proper digg money.
- i_can_code 13y agoThat a serious accusation!
- brianmcc 13y agoYeah but I wonder if his Ma even reddit...
- thatthatis 13y agoI'm going to assume this post was dripping with irony, clever sarcasm, and wit that I missed due to not being Irish. That said, good going Tito. I think. I'm not really sure if the news is good or if there really is any news, but I'm assuming this is both news and good news.
- thePaddyFactor 13y agoWell, fiddle dee dee, potatos!
- EamonLeonard 13y agoWhat are ye like?