A US Senate subcommittee has accused Apple of using Irish subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in tax. The claims, made in a report this week, will be seized upon by those who wish to attack traitorous multinationals and low tax countries. But the senators would do better to look closer to home. An overcomplicated US tax code has allowed the principle of no double taxation to degenerate into one of double no taxation.
美国参议院一个委员会指控苹果(Apple)利用其爱尔兰子公司逃税数十亿美元。该委员会在本周发布的一份报告中提出了上述指控。有人会利用该指控，来炮轰那些“背叛祖国”的跨国公司和那些低税收国家。但参议员们更应仔细审视的是美国自己的问题。美国税法过于复杂，导致“不重复征税”的原则被用来“重复免税”。
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