What annoys me the most is that, as a small company, I can't evade from my country tax system. I pay the taxes. All of them, at full rate.
But there are these big companies which can afford to create offshore companies/holding just to evade some tax system, and lower their tax rate.
So, what? The tax rate of a country is now "artificial", because it will never be applied to all revenues from all companies, because the higher profiles will be able to evade a part of it.
If governments want to reclaim more, they could raise up the tax rate, considering that the biggest players will only pay a fragment of it. But the small companies, the one that can only follow the rules? They are screwed.
All companies should be considered equals regarding the tax system. It is simply not the case when such schemes are used.
Edit: exactly the same point of view as jitbit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15651457
But there are these big companies which can afford to create offshore companies/holding just to evade some tax system, and lower their tax rate.
So, what? The tax rate of a country is now "artificial", because it will never be applied to all revenues from all companies, because the higher profiles will be able to evade a part of it.
If governments want to reclaim more, they could raise up the tax rate, considering that the biggest players will only pay a fragment of it. But the small companies, the one that can only follow the rules? They are screwed.
All companies should be considered equals regarding the tax system. It is simply not the case when such schemes are used.
Edit: exactly the same point of view as jitbit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15651457