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Apple Inc: Corporate Tax Avoidance

corporate tax avoidance: LONDON - As western politicians consider moves to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance, some conservative economic thinkers say the damage done by avoidance is overstated and any remedies are more likely to do economic harm than good. , according to Reuters. But those who have long argued that taxing corporate income discourages investment and job creation say the current drive to extract more tax from companies is a step in the wrong direction and will prove only temporary. By Tom Bergin Revelations that companies including Apple Inc, Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc have shielded billions of dollars in profits from taxes by using tax havens have ignited a public debate on the issue. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.