IRELAND: Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown on ‘Sweetheart Deals’

As published on: wired.com, Wednesday 11 September, 2024. 

Apple has been ordered to pay €13 billion ($14.4 billion) of back taxes to the Irish state, in a court ruling that ended a decade-long fight between Europe and the big tech company.

In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) agreed with a European Commission ruling in 2016, which found that for a period of more than 20 years Apple enjoyed illegal tax advantages that constituted state aid from the Irish government.