How much in taxes did the Apple employees pay in Federal taxes?
In my country employee taxes mostly come out of the employees wages, the company only gathers sum and gives it to the government. So technically the employees pay that for the bit of their life that they will never get back.
How much in taxes did Apple share holders pay on dividens and capital gains on their stock.
Share holders are not the same as the company, it may be that the company will hold share of itself, but are you suggesting that tax paid an another entity be counted as tax paid by Apple? If you are, could you pay my taxes for me?
Also if Apple stock lost money would you propose that Apple inc. pay tax as the stock holders would have reduced their tax bill?
Also there have been no Apple dividends
So on top of that Apple is supposed to pay too? How does that even remotely make any sense?
Well as has been pointed out before in this thread Apple and other large corporates are channelling money though third party countries to reduce, or even remove the need to pay corporation tax. Corporation tax is the price for being an American corporation and for the privilege of doing business in the USA, I am under the impression that all countries have some sort of tax like this, it is just that Apple et al don't want to pay this price. Do you think that Apple etc. should be allowed to to operate in the USA without paying their dues?
The governement is supposed to get what 90% of everything we do? How is that "fair"
No, as pointed out earlier in other posts, corporation tax is 35%. Not 90%! I know you think that you are cumulatively adding up all the payments, but really you are getting confused with gross and net profits and what taxes apply to where or when.
Of that $34 Billion dollars they made how much is that tied up in the business itself? It's like having to pay taxes on your car, but the only way to pay it is you have to sell the car. Once the car is gone how are you going to get to work? It works the same way in the corporate world.
Apple tie this money up in the business by not spending it, they are sitting on $100 Billion in cash reserves. I am not suggesting that this is wrong, they are entitled to hold as much money as they want, but it is disingenuous for you to suggest that the $34 Billion is tied up in the business.