In a striking illustration of how corporate tax structures and long-running legal battles can reshape national revenues, Apple paid Ireland…
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Tap to Pay on iPhone expands to Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden
Apple on Tuesday introduced Tap to Pay on iPhone in Austria, Czech Republic, Ireland, Romania, and Sweden, enabling millions…
Ireland didn’t want the EU’s €13 billion tax grab from Apple, but it’ll spend it
Ireland now needs to figure out how to spend an almost €13.8 billion ($15.2 billion) European Commission tax grab that Apple was ordered…
Apple loses court fight over EU’s $14.4 billion Irish tax grab
Apple has lost a EU court fight over a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax grab. The EU’s Court of Justice in Luxembourg backed a 2016…
Apple’s Irish tax escrow account has lost almost a billion dollars in the last year
The amount available at the end of the day for either Apple or the Irish government from lengthy legal proceedings over the company’s Irish…
Apple now makes almost 7% of its iPhones in India in effort to reduce its reliance on China
Apple assembled more than $7 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal year, tripling production in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone…
Apple’s Irish operation profits increase to $69.3 billion
Apple’s main Irish-registered company made pre-tax profits of $69.3 billion last year, as its income surged to $222.8 billion, company…
Inside Apple’s belated attempt to free itself from China
Tim Cook spearheaded Apple’s move to make products “Designed in California,” but “Assembled in China.” It worked marvelously well, until…
Apple expands Cork campus in Ireland with 1,300 new hires
In a significant expansion of its Irish workforce, Apple has announced plans to build a new office building on its Cork campus that will be…
Apple opening new engineering and test facility at its Cork, Ireland campus
Apple is opening a new multimillion-euro engineering and test facility in its Cork, Ireland campus. The new facility – the first of its kind…
Apple still plans data center in Athenry, Ireland; says will begin work as soon as possible
Apple says it aims to have built a data center on the site in Athenry, Ireland by the end of the extension period…
Apple’s HomePod mini now available in Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand
Apple’s HomePod mini is now available in Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand. Apple’s diminutive smart speaker delivers impressive sound, the…
In bid to overturn $15.7 billion Apple tax verdict, EU claims court made errors
EU antitrust bureaucrats have claimed a court made legal errors when it scrapped their 13 billion euro ($15.7B) Apple tax grab in Ireland…
Apple rolls out all-new Maps across the UK and Ireland
Today, users in the UK and Ireland can experience the new Apple Maps, with faster and more accurate navigation, and comprehensive views of…
Apple: ‘We have always abided by the law in Ireland,’ as EU appeals tax grab loss
On Friday, Apple said it has always complied with Irish tax laws and that the issue which led to an EU tax order of 13 billion euros…
Apple court triumph forces tough choice for Vestager’s EU tax crusade
Apple’s July court triumph over a massive European Union tax grab is forcing antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to make a tough choice…
Apple wins fight over $14.9 billion tax grab in blow to EU
Apple won its court fight over a record $14.9 billion Irish tax grab in a crushing blow to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
Ruling in EU’s Apple tax grab case due on July 15th
The European Union’s second highest court will next week rule in an appeal by Apple and Ireland against an EU ruling for the U.S. company to pay a tax of…
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner questions Apple over Siri recordings
Ireland’s DPC said it was in contact with Apple after a whistleblower called for action over a program, now changed, that listened to users’ Siri recordings…
Disney+ launches in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria
Disney+ launches today in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. The service will launch in France on April 7th…
Irish prime minister: Ireland cannot tap Apple tax fund to fight coronavirus
Irish PM Leo Varadkar said on Monday that Ireland cannot use the more than 14 billion euros (US$15.1 billion) in disputed taxes it has collected from Apple
Apple TV+’s ‘Foundation’ sci-fi series suspends production due to coronavirus
Add Apple TV+’s “Foundation” sci-fi series to the burgeoning list of productions that have shut down due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic…
Two more coronavirus cases at Apple Campus in Ireland
Two more cases of the coronavirus Covid-19 have been detected at the Apple headquarters in Ireland. The two new cases brings the total of COVID-19 cases…
Apple employee in Ireland tests positive for coronavirus
A employee at Apple Distribution International in Cork, Ireland has tested positive for coronavirus. The employee was tested for COVID-19…
Sinn Fein-influenced Irish government could hurt Apple
If Ireland’s populist Sinn Fein party manages to form an Irish government, Apple, along with banks and real-estate companies, may be among those hurt …
Apple TV+’s ‘Foundation’ is Ireland’s largest-ever, creating over 500 jobs
“Foundation,” an Apple Original drama series for Apple TV+, based on Isaac Asimov’s novel series, is the largest production ever to film in Ireland…
Governments ‘moving fast’ to rewrite international tax rules
After talks this week in Paris, the OECD said on Friday that nearly 140 governments have agreed to launch a rewrite of decades-old international tax rules…
Apple reduces massive bill for back taxes the EU claims it must pay Ireland
According to regulatory filings, Apple reduced a massive back tax bill it must pay Ireland after other governments claimed a slice of the payment last year…
Disney+ launch moved up in UK, Western Europe to March 24
The Disney+ launch has been moved up a week. Those in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Global corporate tax system must be overhauled
In Ireland on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook backed changes to the global corporate tax system, agreeing with the general consensus…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to receive award from Ireland’s Prime Minister
Ireland’s decision to present Apple with an award may raise some eyebrows. Although it’s one of the country’s biggest employers…
Starbucks wins, Fiat loses, Apple kept guessing in EU tax grab rulings
Starbucks Corp. won a court fight and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit lost one over European Union tax orders in decisions…
Apple may get clues about its chances of winning tax case of the century
Apple has been arguing its case at the European Union’s General Court to topple a record 13 billion-euro ($14.3 billion) EU tax order…
Apple and Ireland blast European Commission’s ‘fairy story’ behind $14 billion EU tax grab
Apple accused the European Commission of misunderstanding its business on day two of the iPhone maker’s appeal against a $14 billion tax order…
Apple slams EU as epic court battle over $14 billion tax clawback commences
Lawyers for the world’s biggest company faced EU officials in the Luxembourg court, challenging a decision that CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as “total political crap” with no basis in law…
Apple says $14 billion EU tax clawback ‘defies reality and common sense’
Apple is appealing to Europe’s second highest court to overturn the European Commission’s 2016 ruling that it pay the record sum of over 13 billion euros to Ireland…
Apple takes fight against $14.4 billion EU tax grab to court
Apple is expected to send a six-man delegation headed by Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri to the two-day court hearing…
Apple to fight EU’s $14 billion tax grab in European court next month
Since 2016, both Apple and Ireland have been denying the merit of the European Union’s tax clawback…
Why the Apple Card is better than a regular credit card
Apple Card completely rethinks everything about the credit card. It represents all the things Apple stands for. Like simplicity, transparency, security, and privacy…
Apple Card launch imminent as Apple trademark filings appear
With Apple’s new payment card appearing to be set for imminent launch in the U.S.A…
Ireland invests disputed Apple taxes in low-risk bonds
Ireland’s debt agency has invested disputed taxes collected from Apple in low risk, highly rated euro-dominated fixed income securities…
EU’s Margrethe Vestager says Europe must lead the way with a digital taxes
There is still disagreement among EU members over how to implement a so-called ‘GAFA tax’ – named after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon – to ensure the global internet giants pay…
