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Is patents also a way to get around tax?

Have a company pay “fee” to the same company registered in another country. You have to defend your patents if not you can get the state against you. The patents is then not guard against competition.

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It quite litteraly is a way around tax in the UK at least. Corporate tax on profits earnt through patents is less (10%) than ordinary corporation tax (19%).