Apple CEO: Fixing the Broken Tax Code = Jobs, Investment
May 21, 2013
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Apple's Tim Cook is testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee on what Apple sees as a vastly simpler corporate tax structure to replace the outdated, overly complex structure that the U.S. has today. Listen to what he had to say in his opening statement.
We'll have updates later this afternoon.
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