I still don't understand why companies avoid local taxes. It doesn't make any sense to me. Their fiduciary duty is to act in the best interests of their investors. Unless the investors all consider their best-case-scenario to live in a world of anarchy and lawlessness, it is obviously in everyone's best interest (financially and otherwise) to pay taxes as expected. Anything else is an affront to the structure of modern civilization.
It is not in the best interest of Apple shareholders for the quality of life in the US/California/etc to deteriorate due to missing tax dollars. Long-term, stable societies are much more useful for making money than a few billion in secret stash tax havens.
It is not in the best interest of Apple shareholders for the quality of life in the US/California/etc to deteriorate due to missing tax dollars. Long-term, stable societies are much more useful for making money than a few billion in secret stash tax havens.