EU Commissioner Vestager: Ireland ‘taking too long’ to recover Apple tax




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  1. You join the EU you gotta play according to EU decisions. You subject yourself to EU laws and regulations you must submit to EU rules. The only way to be free of EU is not sell any product or stash any money in an EU country. These boys play for keeps.

      1. The tax follows IP creation, not distribution of products. There is no significant IP created in the EU for Apple products as far as I know. However EU countries (and others globally) do collect a significant consumer tax called a VAT which is harmonized collection of many taxes. That provides a LOT of money from taxes.

    1. The last I read:

      1) The Irish parliament voted to NOT collect the EU imposed taxes from Apple

      2) Ireland IS (Bot is wrong, again) appealing the EU finding.

      3) Apple IS appealing the EU finding.

      IOW: The EU can bitch all it likes. There are protocols in place for appeal, plus Ireland has thrown the ball back at the EU, leaving THEM to figure how to enforce their finding.

  2. The US may allow tax money to return to US at a lower corporate rate. This could drain those accounts held in the EU. As there is an EU credit for tax paid, Ireland may not actually get this money. Perhaps this may underlie the pressure to get the money now.

    1. When our president overcomes Traitor John McCain and his lovely wife, Graham Cracker…the 15% corporate tax will bring back jobs, money and real hope roaring iback to our shores.

      “Money goes where it is welcome.” – Rand Paul

    2. Of course, the lunatic exorbitant US tax on overseas corporate profit is THE problem. Supposedly, this is going to be addressed in the vaporous US tax system overhaul. We wait…

      My POV: No more frickin’ tax holidays. Just make a reasonable tax rate permanent.

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