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May 17, 2012
How Apple Avoids Paying Billions in Taxes
Apple, the technology giant known for the innovative iPad and the fun iPhone, takes advantage of tax codes written before the digital age to avoid paying high taxes by locating parts of its business to states and countries with the lowest tax rates.

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