Click to enlarge Source: NYT   Unbelievable chutzpah:  “Thanks
to what lawmakers called “gimmicks” and “schemes,” Apple was
able to largely sidestep taxes on tens of billions of dollars it
earned outside the United States in recent years. Last year,
international operations accounted for 61 percent of Apple’s
total revenue.  Investigators have not accused Apple of breaking
any laws and the company is hardly the only American
multinational to face scrutiny for using complex corporate
structures and tax havens to sidestep taxes. In recent months,
revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance
strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have all stirred
public anger and spurred several European governments, as well
as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a
Paris-based research organization for the world’s richest
countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.  Still,
the findings about Apple were remarkable both for the enormous
amount of money involved and the au