苹果是“美国最大的逃税者之一”
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Apple has been accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by a Senate committee.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]苹果被参议院一个委员会指责为“美国最大的逃税者之一”。[/b][/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The committee said [url=http://www.enread.com/news/business/92782.html]Apple[/url] had used "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Apple chief Tim Cook will go before the panel on Tuesday. In prepared testimony Apple said it did not use tax gimmicks.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The committee said there was no indication it had done anything illegal. [/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Apple has a cash stockpile of $145bn (£95bn), but the committee said $102bn of this was held offshore.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The company says it is one of the largest taxpayers in the US, having paid $6bn in federal corporate income tax in the 2012 fiscal year.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has been examining "methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore".[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Some large firms in the US have come under fire for their reluctance to repatriate their foreign earnings as they could face a top [url=http://www.enread.com/news/business/92782.html]tax[/url] rate of 35%.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]US corporation tax is one of the highest in the world at 35%. However, companies typically pay far less, thanks to numerous
[b]deductions（扣除）[/b] and [b]exemptions（免税额）[/b].[/size][/font]
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