Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 4 months agoCoincidence? Or is IKEA doing some astroturfing to hide bad news?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down13
arrow-up130arrow-down1imageCoincidence? Or is IKEA doing some astroturfing to hide bad news?lemmy.worldPotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-24 months agoI’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
minus-squareBlaze@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agohttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://medium.com/@jurgeng/ikeas-tax-scheme-a-corporate-structure-designed-to-facilitate-profit-shifting-and-tax-avoidance-798caf842fb6 Direct link: https://medium.com/@jurgeng/ikeas-tax-scheme-a-corporate-structure-designed-to-facilitate-profit-shifting-and-tax-avoidance-798caf842fb6
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThat 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
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
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://medium.com/@jurgeng/ikeas-tax-scheme-a-corporate-structure-designed-to-facilitate-profit-shifting-and-tax-avoidance-798caf842fb6
Direct link: https://medium.com/@jurgeng/ikeas-tax-scheme-a-corporate-structure-designed-to-facilitate-profit-shifting-and-tax-avoidance-798caf842fb6
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!