Mike_L on 31 August 2016
| Ka-pi96 said: Seems really harsh to me. It is an insane amount of money, but I don't think there's really anything wrong with Apple taking tax breaks if the Irish government offered them. Seems silly to punish Apple for that. If state aid is illegal then surely it's the Irish government that has broken that law rather than Apple themselves so shouldn't they be the ones that get punished? |
This is 10 years of unpaid taxes where Apple has exploited the system and only paid 50 euros for every 1,000,000 euros profit.
How is that fair competition towards companies that've paid the normal tax rate? In Ireland the tax rate is 12.5%. Far from what Apple has paid.
As the most valuable company in the world I think it's time for Apple to show a little responsibility.
Besides, I think Apple will survive 
