IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland(foxbusiness.com)

409 points by TwoFactor 6 years ago | 3 comments

dang 6 years ago |

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22363150.

markvdb 6 years ago |

Meta remark. It took me quite some time to vet Fox Business Network for basic journalistic quality. [0][1][2] Sorely needed because of the direct link with Fox News.

Why not put in an article source with easier to verify journalistic integrity, like the Irish Times [3][4] for example? That took me all of a minute to find...

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Century_Fox

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Corporation . I've had a short look at their website too.

[2] https://www.foxbusiness.com

[3] https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/facebook-s-9bn-i...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_Times

nsdfg 6 years ago |

Original source:

Paul, Katie (18 February 2020). "Facebook faces tax court trial over Ireland offshore deal". Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN20C2CQ