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by t0mas88 4229 days ago
There is a simple reason all revenue outside the US goes through Ireland and the Netherlands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

From the Wikipedia page: "The offshore company continues to receive all of the profits from exploitation of the rights outside the US, but without paying US tax on the profits unless and until they are remitted to the US.[5]"

So yes: all of it goes through Europe.