The American company Apple is going to fight against the decision of the European Commission, ostanovitsa to recover from the Corporation 13 billion euros in allegedly unpaid taxes in Ireland. CEO Tim cook, as reported by Reuters, said the decision “political” and will appeal it.
“This all stems from the policy and has neither actual nor proper law justification,” said cook. – We have not done anything illegal, and the Irish authorities have not done anything illegal”. In his opinion, the decision about the need to pay 13 billion euros, as well as interest, it was nice in Brussels on a wave of anti-American sentiment (Paris and Berlin recently spoke out against the creation of a Transatlantic free trade zone between the US and the EU).
Earlier, the European Commission accused the authorities of Ireland to provide Apple unjustified tax advantages that have enabled American corporations to significantly understate the amount of contributions in the Republic from 2003 to 2014. According to the European Commissioner for competition, Margrethe Westher, the decision on payment was made on the basis of the facts, and calculations are made on the basis of data previously provided by the company. According to experts, the total amount of penalty payments could reach 19 billion euros.
