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Apple defends tax setup amid reports: 'Paradise Papers' reveals multinationals' tactics as GOP aims for corporate rate cut

WASHINGTON - For years, Apple and other multinational firms have faced inquiries from government authorities about tactics they employed to lower their tax bills.

Now, new published reports show just how some of these global corporations tapped elite tax specialists to devise clever strategies, including island havens and secretive shell companies, to avoid paying billions of dollars into government coffers.

The disclosures contained in the so-called Paradise Papers - documents and corporate records primarily from Bermuda-based law firm Appleby - immediately added fuel to the debate over the

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