Apple loses fight against order to repay $14.4 billion in outstanding taxes to Ireland

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[@murpho999]

EU is difficult to deal with as they protect its citizens rights and privacy. You can thank the EU for iPhones now having USB-C which benefits consumers but Apple didn’t want to introduce them and keep lightening.

[@jonpetter8921]

You need to pay your tax Apple

[@MaryONeill-g5y]

lets give everyone in Ireland a million what a big party we could have well it is our money

[@lthomson2024]

only if even with everyone in Ireland each person would, could get $£2549.01 each

[@murpho999]

So you think Ireland’s population is only 13,000 people?

[@tq5523]

Ireland has refugees to look after this will come in handy.

[@eoinparkinson4224]

@@tq5523unfortunately

[@Yimello]

Don't be hasty, you could build about three hospitals for that kind of money.

[@View2Views]

In my opinion Apple is rotten from the core out....

[@jeremiahkearney5191]

The money was already put aside I think in 2017, (by court order if I remember correctly) so it doesn’t come out of this year’s earnings. Apple and all other big global companies are good at avoiding tax I suspect.

[@tomsheehy1]

And the Irish government made it easy for them by setting up tax dodging scams like "stateless companies" the "Double Irish , Double Dutch fraud" and other devices to help the greedy yanks pay little or no tax on their vast profits . Ireland have been doing the dirt on the European Union for a long time so as to attract massive F.D.I. to their Tax scams. This after Ireland with Portugal having gained the most from joining the E.U. Ireland on the back of this roguery & dishonesty attracted up to 60 % of all the investment going into the E.U. in the nineties and part of the noughties. Their wealth is due directly to attracting tax dodging multi-nationals who provided thousands of jobs to the economy. The European Union was well aware this was going on but were surprised to learn eventually of the scale of the tax evasion. They gave Ireland, a small poor country a lot of latitude by requesting them to close down the loop-holes. They made an attempt to do so but with the connivance of the US multinationals opened up other schemes to facilitate tax dodging. The E.U. eventually got fed up Ireland and with the help of some US senators and the O.E.C.D. started to pursue Apple /Ireland through the E.U. courts and the end result is that Ireland will now benefit from the finding of the courts and stand to receive 13 Billion ( Less some monies to be repaid to other countries ) in Corp. Taxes due, as well as having initially received all those thousands of jobs on the basis of their tax avoidance scams. Instead of trying to scam the E.U. regulations they should be forever grateful to them for having provided them with such a tax windfall. There are lots more Banks and Insurance & re-Insurance that set up in Ireland for the same tax dodging facilities available. reason and which the E.U. should also pursue. During all these allegations the Irish govt. stood shoulder with Apple and claimed that they were receiving the correct taxes as set out in legislation. Irelands reputation has suffered a severe blow from these proceedings and I am sure the E.U. will be keeping a keen eye on their tax structures going forward.

[@thomasucc]

Still waiting for the check from Apple

[@thomasucc]

Taxpayers money is not used for bailouts

[@Donabate2]

EU population is over 740 million people. Massive market for apple. Pay your taxes luke everyone else. EU has helped consumers by simple standardisation of all tech device's. Well done EU.

[@WalayatFamily]

Tax dodging baskets!

[@Kevin_Harte]

That's around 2200 euros to everyone in Ireland

[@aightm8]

Let's hope they either spend it on some long term infrastructure that will pay dividends to the economy, and dont just hand it out to dole merchants :)

[@niallsheehan474]

Cheers from Mcgregors pub

[@dazza9859]

The money will be used to upgrade transport infrastructure.Thats what Apple and Google are asking the Irish government to do.The Irish people won’t get a cent of it.

[@AllAroundAndWithin]

Maybe America should take some lessons.

[@navajojohn9448]

A nation makes a tax deal with a company. A court outside the country says the nation illegally gave the company the tax deal. That is global government called the EU.

[@johnduggan8656]

There was no “tax deal”. The same rules applied to Apple as applied to everyone else. Revenue merely gave its opinion has to how those rules applied to Apple’s particular situation.

[@swaggitypigfig8413]

Okay, braindead Russian bot.

[@jgg59]

Tell me you know nothing about tax law without telling me you have a narrative about the EU that you want to push this benefits Ireland maybe they’ll build a The goddamn Dublin metro

[@jgg59]

You do realize during the whole time the government refused to take the $14.4 million they were cutting pensions creating an austerity budget making the Irish people suffer none of that that had to happen

[@forretresss]

Apple, please move to Singapore or other Southeast Asian country. We would probably not tax you but even pay you to set up shop here LOL

[@navajojohn9448]

I don't know the details of the tax but the ruling helps explain why Europe is no zone of innovation or beehive of economic activity plus no bastion of individual liberty. The EU has about 500 million people and only generates about the same GDP as the 330 million person USA. Plus those 500 million need America the sucker to defend them with NATO.

[@lthomson2024]

you only have the same GDP as use have so much debt

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Yes but 10% of us gdp is based on debt. You borrow $1trillion every 100 days, yeah your economy is great. US Mentality, we can’t win against foreign car manufacturers or aeroplane manufacturers let’s sanction or tariff them. China is going to very quickly displace the USA into irrelevance.

[@aightm8]

No individual liberty? I'm sure you have some cherry picked examples from individual nations. But would you care to give examples? Living in Ireland I have never experienced suppression of my liberty. In fact, we rank higher than the US on most freedom indexes

[@LeMerch]

What a strange take. It’s as if you know nothing about Europe.

[@patrickkeating7074]

Ireland gets 13 billion euros..............nice payday.

[@lthomson2024]

would be cool if well all got $£2549.01 from itt

[@geraldstafford2240]

Yipppeee lets spend it all on sweets an cream cakes.

[@JohnLukins-bk1ce]

Problem is most of it will be used for the immigrants . Irish people won't benefit from it .

[@LeMerch]

@@JohnLukins-bk1cestop talking BS.

[@Yimello]

It's funny that the Irish government also spent over €10 million euros on legal fees to defend Apple in this case.

[@Anjuli72]

And stop the illegal flights into Irish airspace😉

[@geoopolis]

Ah the ol’ bait n’ switch

[@AndyHarwood-y1g]

Apple pie with no cream

[@mopthermopther]

ha ha too funny Erin Go Braugh 🍀

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[@Hunter-go4bv]

All these Europe become so innovative and has slow growth that they are targeting all American big caps.

[@WalayatFamily]

All these europeans should stop buying American products and buy european products, problem solved.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Ironic statement. Boeing has to beg the us govt to take contracts Airbus won with a better plane and now the US is stuck with junk technology Boeing flight refuellers. Car manufacturing only dumb yanks want to buy us cars, the only cars exported form the USA have Japanese or EU badges on them. US let’s put tariffs on foreign competitors who make better cars, planes etc and protect our backward technology.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Having 10% of your economy based on debt is not a good move mate. Your USA is bankrupt and living on borrowed time.

[@aightm8]

The american and global tech sector is propped up by ASML. It's like the foundation for the entire global chip/hardware industry, and the software industry relies on chips.

[@ComputroniumMan]

bank of america and apple need better accountants.

[@niallsheehan474]

At least yall can’t use is for making your other famous export BOMBS

[@forretresss]

Ireland desperate for free money? LOL

[@aightm8]

No, Ireland was on apples side on this for them to NOT pay. It was Ireland and Apple vs EU

[@harbster2]

Why should Apple have to pay tax ?

[@yogeshpande1101]

Communist Europe on the way 😂😂

[@tonyhawkes2040]

You know nothing😂

[@ath3263]

EUSSR

[@blueocean2510]

Many other Non EU companies will also pay high taxes,

[@blueocean2510]

They may have to pay it every year from now on.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Would that it were.

[@Max86421]

🍎😁

[@lthomson2024]

I say eu,uk are very hard to deal with as there a fully functional country, countries. in the us money talks, and connections help unlike the EU you'd need millions of connections for each and every place

[@LeMerch]

WTF are you even saying 😂