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> Then, as we said, in 2018, the commission had a change of heart, felt rules had been broken, and wanted that €13 billion in tax from Apple. > Fast-forward to
by tekla 3y ago
> Then, as we said, in 2018, the commission had a change of heart, felt rules had been broken, and wanted that €13 billion in tax from Apple.
> Fast-forward to 2020, and the General Court of the European Union decided Apple didn't actually need to pay the tax due to the arrangement the iPhone maker had in Ireland seemingly being above board.
It was ok, then not ok, then ok again. The powers that be are going to keep trying until they want the ruling they want.
- hef19898 3y agoAnd of course Apple is totally uninvolved in all of that...
- DangitBobby 3y agoI certainly don't like to see companies get away with cheating their taxes, but the back-and-forth nature of this reflects poorly on the EU and not on apple. Having it go through the courts so many times with decision reversals feels more like a money grab than enforcement. Surely at some point, when the court says you are off the hook you can actually expect to never get dragged back through it over the exact same matter.
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- realusername 3y agoApple should be happy that the legal Irish fiction continues. Rather than paying the standard Irish taxes, the whole scheme should be disbanded and they should pay their taxes like any other normal company.