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

by TwoFactor on 2/19/20, 3:47 PM with 3 comments

• by dang on 2/19/20, 6:44 PM

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

• by markvdb on 2/19/20, 6:49 PM

  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

• by nsdfg on 2/19/20, 7:39 PM

  Original source:

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

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