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Ireland gets the money. The EU is making Apple pay us. And yes we didn't want it - mainly for reputational reasons and partly because our argument was "we never
by scandox 2y ago
Ireland gets the money. The EU is making Apple pay us. And yes we didn't want it - mainly for reputational reasons and partly because our argument was "we never done it".
- techpression 2y agoI stand corrected then, thanks. I was under the assumption this is like most legal wins for the EU that it goes into the pot to lower member fees.
- dathinab 2y agooversimplified you can think of it as Ireland is required to collect the taxes it always should have collected (but waved to get a competitive advantage for attracting tech giants and giving them in turn a competitive advantage over EU based competition) as a side note tax benefits to attract companies aren't perse illegal but what Ireland did went far beyond what is healthy/acceptable for the EU