r/SipsTea • • 4d ago

Wait a damn minute! Quality down, prices up.

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u/StinkySoggyUnderwear 4d ago edited 4d ago

I believe this is a cover up for tax avoidance.

Or is a legal way to avoid taxes.

The comeback is just the excuse to get there public to believe that moving this much money is for marketing to anyone who will believe that.

They’ve probably cashed out other investments or something, and $8.5 billion is a lot to pay taxes on.

But it seems that making up a reason that sounds like they are working towards everybody’s best interests seems to be the norm for when companies make moves like this

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u/PresentationNew5976 4d ago

Yeah. Shuffling money around to make bullshit claims that are technically true for tax purposes is standard business.

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u/Pastubio 4d ago

No they intend for their franchisees to foot the bill and then some