Rovio considering moving to Ireland to benefit of tax breaks

[garyopa]

The 'Birds' migrating from Finland to Ireland



Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds is thinking about moving to Ireland to reduce taxes

Tax breaks are always a sweet candy for any company out there and this is not an exception for the Angry Birds creators, Rovio.

They are considering the possibility to move from its natal Finland to Ireland where taxes are much more lower.

According to Irish Central:

Angry Birds the massively successful cell phone game will likely move their world headquarters to Dublin from Finland the company Chief Executive has stated.

The game has been downloaded by over a billion people last year and the Rovio group is anxious to capitalize on Ireland’s low tax rate, 12.5 percent compared to Finland’s 24 percent says CEO Mikael Hed.

He told the Irish Times that Rovio employs 400 people in Finland and that Ireland could also end up manufacturing the game and other new games they have created.

“The Irish authorities have been very active and we have been promoting that. We are considering it. It is something that we need to look at. For now we have stayed in Finland. But it is on top of our minds.”

NEWS SOURCE: Angry Birds company set to migrate to Ireland says CEO (via) Irishcentral

Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news item!

[Battlefield]

This is one of the most non-innovative companies ever, and the only thing they do is milking their game.

Team 17 have milked Worms for ages, and still does...but atleast they made good games before Worms.
Project X, Alien Breed series, Full Contact, Body Blows etc...to name a few.. Worms AGA for A1200 is still their best Worms ever, and it was released in 1995. The game was also fully moddable from day 1 of release..

Rovio made only one game ever...Their next game is... more levels...same ****, different wrapping..

They were just "there" at the right time... Its pure luck that Angry Birds became popular as it was just a rip off from older games.

[wewii]

omg... Alan Harper from Two and Half Men created angry birds.

oh wait... its his stunts double... lol

[billysastard]

This is one of the most non-innovative companies ever

lol, sony since the late 80's would like a word.