How Apple benefited from 2018’s U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

On Jan. 1, 2018, the biggest, most sweeping U.S. corporate tax cut ever enacted went into effect.
A year later, we’re able to see how businesses used all that extra cash.
The short answer: to buy back shares.
The long answer is slightly more nuanced, but not by much. Bloomberg’s Laura Davison explains on “Bloomberg Technology.”

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MacDailyNews Take: The more shares Apple can retire or use to attract and retain quality employees, the better!
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