what baffles me the most is that people make this out to be "a loophole"
a loophole even that only the filthy rich are able to exploit
I live in the south in The Netherlands about 5 minutes away from Belgium
just over the border all the bigger houses belong to Dutch people who have moved there because of favourable Belgian tax rates and because houses (especially land really) is cheaper there
do any of you really think that these people used "a loophole" in the (tax) law?
do you even think these people are indeed incredible rich and just therefore able to do this?
because you would be wrong on both accounts
what U2 is doing here is even less drastic
as has been pointed out Bono still lives in Ireland and pays his taxes there
most of the U2 company is still set in Ireland and still pays taxes there
now
U2girl said:
It's not like they moved their finances into some fishy bank on Cayman Islands.
if this has happened there would have been something to complain about
no denying of hypocrisy then
as the situation is now I don't really see why anyone would have a problem with it