Apple was the largest corporate taxpayer in the US - $6 billion.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carmineg...ol-under-fire/
Key quote:
--------------------------------------------
Which of these statements is accurate:
Apple ’s Web of Tax Shelters Saved Billions
Apple Paid $6 Billion in
Taxes, Largest Corporate Tax Payer in U.S.?
Both are accurate. The first headline is from the front page of
The New York Times today and the second is from Apple CEO Tim Cook as he testified today before a Senate subcommittee investing the practice of protecting offshore profits from U.S. taxes.
-------------------------------------------
Apple paid a ton in taxes on its US income.
The other companies are designed to minimize the bite the IRS takes out of Apple's foreign income.
Tax evasion is illegal.
Tax avoidance is NOT illegal.
What Apple did was legal. It was tax avoidance.