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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by chupy on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:15AM (#12389718)
Sure, there was some news that EC has dealt with Amazon, Starbucks, InBev but did they actually pay anything back? Did they appeal? Last I heard for InBev the Belgian Finance minister said: "the consequences for the companies concerned would be considerable and the reimbursement itself would be particularly complex" aka will take forever and we will probably not really do it.
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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by pwinnski on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:27AM (#12390452)
It has taken a number of years for the investigation of Apple to reach this point, and the investigations of Starbucks, Amazon, and InBev are ongoing. I don't believe your "aka" summary is accurate.
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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by masklinn on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:48AM (#12390628)
I believe the Starbucks case is "over" and they're to pay 30m in owed taxes.
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Re:Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits of up ... by chupy on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @03:46AM (#12396636)
The investigation for those three companies mentioned is complete and they have to pay the taxes. Now if they finally will do after years of appeals that's a different question. That was my "aka" summary.
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