EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU

Re:EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU by throw310822 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @11:04AM (#41501506)

Yes. Which if you think about it, is doubly unfair. First Ireland reaped the benefits of keeping Apple in the country; then it gets paid Apple's taxes anyway. Sure, this puts a stop to the practice and makes it much harder to sell such deals in the future, but for the moment Ireland had its apple cake and ate it, too.

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Re:EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU by hirako2000 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @03:20PM (#41504488)

It would be unfair if the term was fair to begin with, but it wasn't, according to that court.

What would be interesting is to see Apple revealing the cost of its lobbying, to claim a claw back. It won't.

It turned out great for Ireland yes, it is odd the court didn't fine that country for offering illegal tax terms.

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Re:EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU by throw310822 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @03:32PM (#41504602)

I think that the court ruled that it was unfair to other countries, not to Ireland. Ireland gained from the deal, didn't lose anything.

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Re:EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU by orwin on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:31PM (#41505806)

No, it's unfair to other _companies_. The issue like I said was that Apple was taxed ~1%, when others were taxed ~12%, which impact fair competition.

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Re:EU top court confirms Apple's €13 billion tax bill in the EU by throw310822 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:09PM (#41506125)

True. In any case, not unfair to Ireland.

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