European Commission to Appeal against Apple’s decision to pay taxes in the amount of 13 billion euros

The European commission is appealing against a court ruling that said Apple did not have to pay €13bn (£11.9bn) in alleged back taxes to the Irish government, reopening a landmark battle in the EU’s campaign to stop sweetheart deals for multinationals. The bloc’s competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, said on Friday she would appeal to the EU court of justice to try to oblige Ireland to collect the alleged unpaid taxes and interest from the tech giant. “The commission … respectfully considers that in its judgment the general court has made a number of errors of law,” her office said in a statement. The commission needed to use all available tools to ensure companies paid their fair share of tax, it said. “Otherwise, the public purse and citizens are deprived of funds for much needed investments – the need for which is even more acute now to support Europe’s economic recovery. We need to continue our efforts to put in place the right legislation to address loopholes and ensure transparency.” In 2016 the commission ordered Apple to pay for gross underpayment of tax on profits across the European bloc between 2003 and 2014. It said the iPhone maker had used two [...]

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