Comment by lucianbr
> the clear way to deal with this is to make them choose
My understanding is that the whole problem stems from companies being able to choose. Apple chose to pay taxes in Ireland for some things, because Ireland gave them a tax advantage, thus avoiding taxes in other European countries.
Allowing import tariffs between EU countries would maybe help with this but cause other problems. The EU free market isn't a whim, it has good reasons to exist and significant benefits.
There is no "clear way" to fix this. If there was, it would be used already.
> There is no "clear way" to fix this. If there was, it would be used already.
What do you mean by "this"? When I said "this", I meant this specific form of tax avoidance. There is a clear way to fix it, as I mentioned.
When you say "this" it seems like you mean tax avoidance in general, in which case I would agree that there is no clear way to fix it.