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Apple ordered to pay 13bn euro tax bill to Ireland, both to appeal

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The European Commission has taken a big bite out of Apple.

The tech giant has been ordered to pay up to 13 billion euros in back taxes to the Irish government in Dublin.

The EU accused Apple, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, of benefiting unfairly from special arrangements with the country that allowed it to keep its tax bills there to a minimum. The EC ruled the scheme, which saw profits routed through Ireland, was illegal state aid.

As a result, the bloc slapped Europe’s bigges…
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2016/08/30/eu-regulators-order-tech-giant-apple-to-pay-up-to-13-billion-euros-in-back-taxes-to-irish-government

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