Since 2016, both Apple and Ireland have been denying the merit of the European Union’s tax clawback…
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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…
President Trump suggests European Union out of line in suing U.S. tech firms
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested the European Union was out of line in suing U.S. technology companies…
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…
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may investigate Apple Pay if there are formal complaints
Apple’s mobile payment service Apple Pay, launched in October 2014, is available in 10 EU countries…
Second term unlikely for EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager
European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, a former leader of a political party…
Apple acquires Shazam, offering more ways to discover and enjoy music; Shazam app will soon become ad-free for all users
Apple today announced it has completed its acquisition of Shazam…
Apple pays €14.3 billion Irish tax bill amid ongoing appeal over EU tax grab
Ireland has collected €14.3bn in disputed back taxes and interest from Apple….
EU clears Apple’s purchase of Shazam
The European Union approved Apple’s planned acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam on Thursday…
How Apple easily circumvented EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager’s tax grab
In August 2016, European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Ireland to claw back 13 billion euros…
Apple declines invite to EU hearing, cites appeal against EU tax clawback
iPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation to an EU lawmakers’ hearing…
Apple $1.8 billion tax arrears payment eases EU pressure on Ireland
European authorities indicated they are open to dropping a case against Ireland…
Apple to fight EU Irish tax clawback without U.S. support role
The U.S. lost a bid to help Apple Inc.’s court fight against the European Union’s order to pay Ireland…
Ireland, Apple appeal over EU tax clawback gets timeframe
An appeal by Apple and Ireland against a European Union ruling for the U.S. firm to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in disputed taxes…
EU antitrust chief says investigation of Google’s Android, AdSense is advancing
Investigations into how Google may be using its Android smartphone operating system…
Apple’s Irish tax billions said guarded by Bank of New York
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. won a contract to be custodian for as much as 13 billion euros…
EU says Ireland’s Apple complaint will only be dropped if it takes the full $16 billion in tax clawbacks
The European Commission will withdraw its complaint against Ireland for not recovering 13 billion euros…
Ireland expects final disputed Apple bill remaining around $16 billion
Ireland expects the final disputed tax bill that the European Commission ordered…
EU court rejects U.S. government intervention in Apple’s Irish $15 billion tax case
Europe’s second-highest court has rejected a request from the U.S. government to intervene…
European Commission forces Ireland to collect €13 billion tax clawback
Ireland is to comply with a European Commission order to collect a disputed €13 billion tax bill from Apple…
Ireland expects Apple tax clawback in escrow account in first quarter 2018
Ireland expects iPhone maker Apple to start paying up to 13 billion euros…
Ireland expects progress in Apple tax clawback in coming weeks
Ireland expects to make progress in recovering up to 13 billion euros…
Apple holds on to tax billions as Ireland set to miss deadline
The Irish debt office is hiring custodians and investment managers for the estimated 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in…
EU sues Ireland over $15.3 billion tax clawback from Apple
Ireland is being sued by the European Union authorities for failing to collect a year-old bill…
NTMA extends Apple multi-billion euro tax fund deadline
The National Treasury Management Agency has extended the deadline on a tender process…
Apple will help choose investment manager for $17.9 billion EU tax grab
Ireland and Apple Inc. will jointly choose investment managers for as much 15 billion euros…
Ireland opposes EU’s 13 billion euro Apple tax grab, calls it unjustified
Ireland’s finance minister said the European Commission’s demand that Dublin retroactively collect…
Apple close to deal protecting Ireland in fight over EU tax grab
Ireland and Apple Inc. are close to a deal to protect the Irish government from any losses…
France and Germany plan tax crackdown on U.S. tech giants
France is working with Germany and other partners to plug loopholes that have allowed U.S. tech giants…
Ireland seeks custodian for Apple $15.2 billion in back taxes as collection nears
The Irish government is setting up a fund to manage the estimated 13 billion euros…
Should America’s tech giants be broken up? Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook may be contributing to the U.S. economy’s most persistent ailments
Google is as close to a monopoly as the Bell telephone system was in 1956…
President Trump on collision course with Brussels again as White House backs Apple in EU tax clawback case
U.S. President Trump has set the US on a collision course with Brussels yet again after the White House lodged a formal intervention…
European Union hits Google with record $2.73 billion fine for abusing internet search monopoly
The penalty is the biggest ever competition fine from the European Commission, doubling the previous record…
EU Commissioner Vestager: Ireland ‘taking too long’ to recover Apple tax
EU’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Irish authorities are ‘taking too long’ to get so-called unpaid taxes from Apple
Apple: European Commission made ‘fundamental errors,’ tried to ‘redesign Ireland’s corporate tax system’
Apple has alleged that the European Commission made ‘fundamental errors’ as it ruled last year…
EU’s hypocritical Margrethe Vestager going after Apple while backing Madeira tax avoidance scheme
This morning I heard an interesting radio report on the European Commission’s long-standing…
Irish calculation similar to EU on Apple tax estimate, says Irish finance minister
The European Commission’s estimate that Apple owes Ireland up to 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in a disputed tax…
Apple has missed the deadline to pay $13.9 billion to Ireland in illegal tax benefits
Apple has not fully paid the 13 billion euros ($13.9 billion) it owes to Ireland in illegal tax benefits…
Apple CEO Tim Cook dines with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, senior advisor to President Trump
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were spotted eating last night at downtown hotspot Tosca with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…
Why President-elect Trump is singing Apple CEO Tim Cook’s praises
Yahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers and Pras Subramanian discuss Donald Trump’s latest comments about Apple and Tim Cook…
Apple’s EU bill creeps up as analyst sees $1.6 billion interest
Apple Inc.’s bill for unpaid taxes in Ireland is creeping upwards, as authorities try to figure out…
Britain has world’s strongest economy after Brexit
Britain ended last year as the strongest of the world’s advanced economies with growth accelerating…