Ireland and Apple against the European Competition Commission

Apple will have to pay around 13 billion in Ireland, according to a decision announced by the European Commission in a case launched in June of 2014. The European Competition Commission considers that Apple's tax cuts for many years by the Irish Government are not in line with EU rules.

Σύμφωνα με την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, η Apple κατέβαλε φόρους που ήταν σημαντικά χαμηλότερες στη χώρα, κάτι που συνέβαλλε σε μεγαλύτερα κέρδη της εταιρείας που "δεν ανταποκρίνονται στην οικονομική πραγματικότητα."EU apple

The rules of the European Competition Commission prohibit state aid to companies from EU governments. Exceptions of course exist as in any regulation. One of them is state aid for job creation. Apple such a controversial state aid and thus the tax regime in Ireland is lighter, due to the fact that the company employs 5.500 workers in the country.

"Almost all of the sales profits recorded by the company were internally attributable to a headquarters."
The Commission's assessment showed that this "headquarters" existed only on paper and could not generate such profits. These profits are not subject to taxation by any country under special provisions of Irish tax law, which is no longer in force," a European Commission spokesman said.

However, Apple as you understand will not deliver arms so easily, since it is essentially a state in states. The Irish authorities have in the meantime issued a statement stating that they will appeal against the decision. Below is the statement by Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan:

.. "Διαφωνώ ριζικά με την Επιτροπή, η απόφαση δεν μου αφήνει άλλη από το να ζητήσω την έγκριση του υπουργικού συμβουλίου για προσφυγή. Αυτό είναι απαραίτητο για να υπερασπιστώ την ακεραιότητα του φορολογικού μας συστήματος. Είναι μια καταπάτηση της ΕΕ στους κρατικούς κανονισμούς ενός κυρίαρχου κράτους μέλους στην αρμοδιότητα της φορολογίας."

Apple, on the other hand, also published a statement stating that it would appeal the EU decision.

"Η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή έχει ξεκινήσει μια προσπάθεια να ξαναγράψει την ιστορία της Apple στην Ευρώπη, αγνοούν τους φορολογικούς νόμους της Ιρλανδίας και αναποδογυρίζουν το διεθνή φορολογικό σύστημα στη . The Commission's view is not relevant to how much η Apple σε φόρους και θα έχει μια βαθιά και βλαβερή επίδραση στις επενδύσεις και τη δημιουργία θέσεων εργασίας στην Ευρώπη."

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