Apple in the crosshairs? Cupertino ponders higher taxes on employers


  • TECH
  • Sunday, 27 May 2018

An Apple Campus 2 aerial view is captured from a drone in Cupertino, Calif., on April 15, 2017. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

CUPERTINO: Cupertino leaders are considering a restructuring of the city's business license fees by imposing taxes on employers based on the number of people who work for them, municipal officials said – a levy that could jolt Apple. 

Alarmed by increasingly challenging commutes and skyrocketing home prices, Cupertino officials have turned to the prospect of higher taxes on employers such as Apple as a way to raise cash for new transportation efforts in the Silicon Valley city. 

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