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Apple’s €13bn tax bill retort: ‘This claim has no basis in fact or in law’

on Aug 30, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Apple has denied it owes the Irish state €13bn ($14.5bn) in back tax, challenging the ruling made by the European Commission today (30 August) which found the company had entered into an illegal tax deal with the Irish government.

“In Ireland and in every country where we operate, Apple follows the law and we pay all the taxes we owe,” said the company’s chief executive Tim Cook in a lengthy customer letter to combat the outcome of the three-year investigation.

In a scathing analysis of the EU’s position, Cook said that the “European Commission has Read full story ›

Source: The Drum