0.005% is what they paid in 2014 according to the EU Commission, giving them an unfair competitive advantage towards other companies who cannot afford to set up complex schemes to avoid paying taxes like them. A EU country can decide their own tax rate, but not favor a particular company over all the others.
Hence the power of giving cookies, serving beers and inviting your neighbours to a meal/barbecues when you arrive in a new place. It's a lot harder to call the police when they see your children and share your food.
And yes, there may be the crazy one that will still call them, but the neighbourhood will agree _he_ is the crazy one.
I had my own domain-based email address rerouted to yahoo email. Started to get a LOT of spam that would not get filtered out at all, not even close from the the yahoo-based email filtering. Gave up the forward. Maybe should try gmail?
I am trying to learn about the business habits in the Valley. I wish someone could inform me.
To answer your question, obviously I am not from the valley, i run my own business, it is quite profitable, i don't do retreats, and i fly quite a bit, always coach. So if i ever organised a retreat, i would expect everyone to fly coach. Hence my question.