When Microsoft got dragged into court for their antitrust issues, wall street pointed out that it was partially because Microsoft didn't play politics.

They didn't employ lobbiest in any meaningful way, infact they ignored Washington altogether and just went about their business.

Google and Facebook internalized this lesson and became two of the most politically connected companies and some of the biggest spenders on lobbyists in America.

It turns out one good thing about the IRS is that it doesn't care much for politics or who is running the show, it just cares that it gets paid what it thinks its owed. Say what you will about the IRS but I think it might be one of the least political organizations in Washington.

If the issue is that auditors are signing off on companies licensing its IP and trademarks way too cheaply to a wholly owned foreign subsidiary, then maybe the solution is to have auditors responsible for a portion of the taxes owed if the IRS challenges and wins. At the least it would start making auditors a more risk adverse.

Here is a list of companeis with Irish subsidiaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Ireland

and check out the list of companies using the double Irish agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

There are alot of heavy hitters watching this case very carefully:)