New Posts For Thread: Facebook.....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebookPeople like big numbers but how is this explained.......Facebook has 59 million users - and 2 million new ones join each week. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room six years ago. Five hundred million people have joined since.TheTo me(but how do you get a proper figure unless an independent body is set up,i'm not up on the law etc)they pay tax on the revenue produced from what country the hit or order comes(shipping address) from,therefore they pay tax to the government thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541976121#541976121To me(but how do you get a proper figure unless an independent body is set up,i'm not up on the law etc)they pay tax on the revenue produced from what country the hit or order comes(shipping address) from,therefore they pay tax to the government thatThu, 23 Oct 2014 06:52:38 -0500Well it obviously didn't stack up, when it was said "2 million new per week!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541975987#541975987Well it obviously didn't stack up, when it was said "2 million new per week!Thu, 23 Oct 2014 06:42:25 -0500wikipedia says founded 2004 and 1.32 billion usersi thought 59 million seemed very lowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541975609#541975609wikipedia says founded 2004 and 1.32 billion usersi thought 59 million seemed very lowThu, 23 Oct 2014 05:59:55 -0500I'm not an economist dotchinite, so any solution I could come up with would be simplistic at best.I presume from the tone of your question that you have some idea of the consequences of enforcing a stricter tax regime for these companies. Do you thinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541975587#541975587I'm not an economist dotchinite, so any solution I could come up with would be simplistic at best.I presume from the tone of your question that you have some idea of the consequences of enforcing a stricter tax regime for these companies. Do you thinThu, 23 Oct 2014 05:56:37 -0500How would you change the tax laws to increase the amount FB has to pay and what problems do you forsee in this.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541975513#541975513How would you change the tax laws to increase the amount FB has to pay and what problems do you forsee in this.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:41:53 -0500Another tax avoiding bunch of filth.How the **** can we allow our elected representatives to let these behemoths pay no tax while they demonise and defenestrate the poor? What a shambolic nation we have become.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541975481#541975481Another tax avoiding bunch of filth.How the **** can we allow our elected representatives to let these behemoths pay no tax while they demonise and defenestrate the poor? What a shambolic nation we have become.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 05:38:25 -0500Active vs registered users, probably.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541974405#541974405Active vs registered users, probably.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:28:29 -0500People like big numbers but how is this explained.......Facebook has 59 million users - and 2 million new ones join each week. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room six years ago. Five hundred million people have joined since.Thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30371881/facebook?post_id=541974363#541974363People like big numbers but how is this explained.......Facebook has 59 million users - and 2 million new ones join each week. Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his college dorm room six years ago. Five hundred million people have joined since.TheThu, 23 Oct 2014 02:09:27 -0500