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Apple May Owe $8 Billion To the EU After Tax Ruling (bloomberg.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-forget-the-gratuity dept.

Robotron23 writes: An investigation by the EU Commission may make Apple liable for up to $8 billion in back taxes. Bloomberg Intelligence estimates Apple has paid only 1.8% tax on profits between 2004 and 2012 — this ruling increases their liability to 12.5%. This decision comes hot on the heels of a tax avoidance settlement Apple reached with Italy last month for $347 million.

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  1. Re:*May* owe $8 billion by jbssm · · Score: 4, Informative

    We don't have "settlements" in EU like you do in the USA. When a case is presented to a legal court (consumer arbitral court is different) the matter can only get settled by the court itself, the parties cannot go around the court. The only thing they can do now it to appeal to an higher court.

  2. Apple is cheating on their taxses... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...and so is Starbucks, and Amazon. and McDonalds, and Google, and Fiat-Chrysler ... et cetera ad nauseam. I hope they all get to pay billions in back taxes. Tim Cook, Eric Schmidt and the rest of those corporate demigods can regurgitate all the capitalist free market ideological diarrhea they want. As long as I'm paying something like half of what I earn in various taxes, they and their corporations can pay up too. According to Google's 2014 results statement their effective tax rate was 16%, that's a tax rate I can only dream of.