I’m inclined to believe it’s honest. Someone probably read the first article then decided to google IKEA.
They do sketchy stuff by registering the parent company as a non-profit though, don’t they?
Edit: can’t find a good source but it sounds like the tax evasion may have (at least partially) ended
That article makes it sound like the plan to avoid taxes had ended (or was ending at that point). Here’s a slightly newer source: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1WM0PS/
Sounds like they did end up paying back at least some of what they owed
Thanks!
Of course it’s astroturfing. Who the fuck would post this on /r/nottheonion? And who the fuck would upvote it?
It’s oniony because most companies just whine that nobody wants to work any more instead of actually addressing the problem.
I fly coach too
You’re halfway to being a billionaire!
Riches shout, wealth whispers. Does not surprise me at all to see some folks that achieve billionaire status basically just trying to live as normal, only with the ungodly large number following them around to presumably be exclusively used as a family trust upon the original mogul’s passing.
