Taxation: Ireland supports Apple facing the European Union – Le Figaro

The Irish government has decided to appeal the decision of Brussels asking Apple to reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros of tax benefits.

the Irish Government has decided to appeal the decision of Brussels asking Apple to reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros of tax benefits, announced a spokesman of the Ministry Irish Finance Friday. “After a brief meeting, the government decided to appeal the decision of the Commission. A motion will be presented Wednesday before the Dail (Parliament) for approval of this decision, “said the spokesman of the government. The decision was “unanimous”, he insisted.

The main Irish opposition party, Fianna Fail, being favorable to appeal against the EU’s decision, the government should get safely parliamentary approval next Wednesday. Dublin is a little over two months to file his appeal. Apple also promised to appeal the decision of the European Commission.

Tuesday, Margrethe Vestager, the “Iron Lady” of the commission Juncker, had massively upped the ante with the giant Apple and the United States States: it had amounted to 13 billion euros imposed the recovery in the iPhone’s inventor – who is also the first company in the world – and found “illegal” under European law the special tax status it enjoys in Ireland. According to the commission, Apple has paid in 2014 as 0.005% tax on its profits in Europe through a tax arrangement established with Dublin in 1991.

Fine Gael, the main party in the ruling coalition, a more general principle is challenged by Brussels, that of a low corporate tax which is behind the creation of ten jobs in the country. Independent Alliance, the group of five elected officials whose support is essential to the survival of the government, however, sought and obtained from its coalition partners that they undertake to consider the taxation of multinational enterprises. This review will evaluate “the tax pay and should pay the multinationals,” said John Halligan, State Secretary of the Government and a member of the Alliance.

The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, warned the Irish government Thursday, saying it would send a wrong signal if it did not join the technology giant to appeal against the Commission’s decision, which he considered a ” absolute political stupidity. ” It has been successful in this showdown.

(with agencies)