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WEEKS AFTER BECOMING embroiled in the ‘UK versus Ireland’ tax controversies that have plagued a number of multinational firms in recent months, Twitter is on the lookout for a Dublin-based tax expert.
The micro-blogging site, which already has 100 staff in Dublin, has created the new role of Tax Manager to work out of its International HQ.
The position will be awarded to a qualified accountant and tax professional with at least 10 years experience in a multinational role, as well as an “in-depth knowledge and exposure to international tax”.
The successful applicant will be asked to ensure tax compliance for all European, Middle East and Asian legal entities, as well as “keep abreast” of changes to European tax legislation.
A report in the Guardian newspaper on 5 July suggested that Twitter was using “controversial corporate structures in Ireland to book fast-growing sales from British advertisers”. According to the article, the process meant any resulting profits were not subject to UK tax.
Responding to questions about whether UK sales were “routed through Ireland”, the company said:
“Since Twitter UK opened in 2011 we have been steadily building our team, focusing on promoting great uses of Twitter by all elements of UK society – the arts, sport, government, and brand partners.”
In 2012, Twitter filed small company accounts in Britain, reporting retained profits of £92,408 on which it paid tax.
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Interviewer: Come on in have a seat, we don’t like this ’12%’ corporate tax business so much. We want to pay 0.002 like the google guys. Can you do this?
Is that avoidance or evasion. ..either way I’m in !
Ha, Thats the spirit, Emmett! Is there really a difference though?
both words are the same
to evade is to avoid/to avoid is to evade…
True dat bro’
100 staff with 10 of them Irish I bet.
I have friends who do computers and that’s the impression they gave me, a humble historian.
I think the most worrying thing here is you have friends who “do computers”
ok they’re in computers or whatever the industry phrase is. As I said, it’s not my field of expertise.
and i have a friend who works in a science factory
And what would your expertise be?
Got a buddy in Meatail
I’m a historian specialising in western guilt driven revisionism in the 20th century.
Probably best to stick to facts rather than general impressions. That’s what the grown-ups do.
History is mostly bunkum.
Ah twitter. What would journalists have to write about if it vanished off the face of the earth?
Twitter if your looking for somebody to tweet DM me . Or any job will be considered :)
Im not surprised that multinationals want to engage in high level tax avoidance considering the low value for money the governments of the western world give even paying 12% corporate tax in Ireland is like paying 1000% vat on a mars bar, a waste of money.
How is this a news story?
I can absolutely recommend Google.
Every Irish man/woman is a f****ng tax expert, now that we are all counting the pennies (cents)……
#loopholes
Michael Noonan?
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