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They will find another one after 15% rate too. The problem is not the effective rate (which is currently 12.5%) but that the companies are allowed to get away by paying 0% through the loop holes

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Nope, again this doesn't really happen any more.

Hilariously enough, because of all the anti-tax haven stuff, Ireland has ended up with the cleanest dirty shirt and now books lots of revenue from corporation tax.

Yes it does happen, search for r&d tax rebates, all Tech and Pharma companies apply for it, even though the work is not necessarily research one. I have worked in 3 MNCs and they all asked us to present our work as research instead of production

While working in the Netherlands I often filled out timesheets which our company presented as R&D, even though it was actual production work.

Sure, but those kinds of tax credits are incredibly common across basically every developed country, so not sure why the Irish ones matter.

Full disclosure: I live in Ireland and have benefited from these credits in the past (though not at present).

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