Apple said fiscal 2012 tax $ 6 billion corporate America's 2.5%

On January 6, according to foreigncar dvr media reports, Apple issued a statement on Thursday, saying he had paid their $ 6 billion in the 2012 fiscal year as a whole the total taxes, accounted for United States companies total tax 2.5%.
United States Senate Permanent Committee on investigations conducted a survey covering a large number of technology companies to avoid United States taxation, to use specific means of accounting. The investigation is coming vehicle dvr to an end. United States tax rate is higher than many other countries.
Sources said Apple has always been one of the highlights of the survey. Accounting for the company's taxable income of approximately 70% have been moved overseas. Although this practice perfectly legal, but members of the investigating Committee, Senator Carl Levine (Carl Levin) was also expressed, such off-shore profits and intellectual property rights will bring losses to the Government budget,vehicle dvr will eventually affect all Americans.
Senator Levin said enquiries revealed that Apple had 2009-2011 years deferred tax liability is more than $. Apple actually paid tax amount and not many, taxes paid by the company in fiscal 2011 to $ 3.3 billion.
Apple said in a statement issued on Thursday, their ", if not the largest, also in the United States top tax-payer in the enterprise. "The Smartphone and Tablet PC Developer also stressed that all of the company's business conduct" were conducted in accordance with the highest ethical standards and car dvr in compliance with legal norms and accounting standards. ”
Apple said, themselves to local governments in the last fiscal year, State Governments and the Federal Government to pay a "huge tax." "In the 2012 fiscal year, we paid $ 6 billion of the federal corporate income tax. United States Government received $ 40 enterprises income tax, including $ 1 from us, "the company said in a statement.
Apple in the 80 's of the last century took the lead in establishing a set of measures, profits through Ireland and the Netherlands with subsidiaries transfer abroad in the Caribbean, this method is called "Ireland Favorites Netherlands sandwich". Media said there are hundreds of companies use similar methods to reduce the tax burden.
In the United States itself, Apple was accused of car dvrtransferring profits and investment to set up headquarters in Nevada, so as to avoid California tax rates of up to 8.84%.
There have been reports, Apple is now combined with the action of the Commission of inquiry. Commissions of inquiry or submit recommendations to Congress, and has the potential to affect the future of the tax code.

Apple map clearer airbase confidential details exposed legible

    
Commander mobile dvr range early-warning radar in Taiwan Hsinchu Leshan bases, the army is still highly classified, but people as long as the iPhone mobile phone or iPad, use the iSO6 version of Apple's navigation map, you can claim further investigations to Leshan, satellite Aerial photograph of the base. Software can even 3D automatic car dvr angle of 360 degrees around the bases, bases in various types of buildings, structures, trails, tarmac, radar wave radiation screen with 3 surface radar, are legible. In this regard, Taiwan is part of the air force, has been moral suasion to Apple, but so far has not been answered.

According to Taiwan, vehicle dvr the United Evening News reported, study of long-range early warning radar Leshan base in Hsinchu, Taiwan "Legislative Yuan" defence and Foreign Affairs Department "legislators" months before the investigation trip on schedule 3 times in a row. Twice due to weather discomfort before flight, helicopter was unable to land and canceled the trip this week into the 3rd adventure through the land, complete the investigation. But people can make use of mobile phone, easily seen in the Palm of light military mountain positions this as absolutely confidential.

In this regard, the Taiwan air force command of MND political warfare director Wu Wanjiao said after the air force appeals whether navigation version Google maps, Google Earth, software, satellite Aerial photograph of Leshan base has been blurred,mobile dvrbut Apple has yet to respond to the air force's appeal. He said, the air force will be sustained through strengthening measures such as camouflage, ensure that the base security.