1. In your own words, describe: (a) What is Apple attempting to achieve? (b) How is it possible that Apple, as a U.S. company, does not pay the regular corporate tax rate? 2. In your opinion, to what extent should the design and creation of intellectual property in the U.S. influence and trigger U.S. taxation? What are the possible consequences for Apple if these events would be the criteria for taxation? 3. Provide examples and comments in which Apple has been criticized for not paying appropriate taxes in other foreign countries in which it conducts business. 4. Why does General Motors Company not use the same "Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich" technique of tax