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Re:EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] by dylanredm0nd on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:27AM (#41498936)
The jobs provided via Apple, FDI in Ireland, Tax paid by apple staff in Ireland... general spend?
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Re:EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] by izacus on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:56AM (#41499122)
There is just a tiny count employees in Ireland, mostly legal to run the sandwitch.
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Re:EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] by InsomniacL on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:05AM (#41499182)
> There is just a tiny count employees in Ireland, mostly legal to run the sandwitch.

Utter nonsense.

Apple Ireland has more employees than Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden combined.

There are employment quotas for the tax arrangements.

> https://www.apple.com/ie/job-creation/

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Re:EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] by Supernaut on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:06AM (#41499184)
That is completely untrue. There are over six thousand people employed in their Irish HQ.
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Re:EU Court: Apple received EUR 13B illegal tax subsidy [pdf] by izacus on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @07:07AM (#41499528)
That is a tiny amount in comparison to their 170.000 person workforce, isn't it?
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