Apple wins its EU court fight over the record $14.9B Irish tax bill, as EU's General Court rules that Ireland's tax arrangements with Apple weren't illegal
- EU lower court ruling on Apple, Ireland cases can be appealed — Company, Ireland challenged European Commission decision
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Discussion
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@eucourtpress
@eucourtpress
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EUGeneralCourt annuls the decision taken by the @EU_Commission regarding the Irish #TaxRulings in favour of @Apple #Apple #EUCommission #StateAid https://twitter.com/...
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@pitts_man
Pitts
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This case was always about that the fact that the EU remains an unfinished political project. Using state aid rules to combat the low-tax states is a shortcut than federalism. https://twitter.com/...
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@lewis_crofts
Lewis Crofts
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Vestager on today's EU court judgment: “will study it carefully & reflect on next steps.” Stresses she's won other principles on tax/state aid in other cases. https://ec.europa.eu/...
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@gerrycarrollpbp
Gerry Carroll
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If by “Ireland wins” you mean, “Corporate Ireland wins” then this headline is correct. Ireland's status as a tax haven that gives handouts to corporations whilst destroying public services is firmly cemented in stone. https://www.irishtimes.com/...
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@sophieintveld
Sophie
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Massive blow to efforts to make tech giants pay taxes. Shows clearly that EU should get its own dedicated powers to conduct the fight against tax avoidance&evasion. National sovereignty comes at a high price for citizens https://twitter.com/...
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@tconnellyrte
Tony Connelly
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Breaking: Apple and Ireland have won their appeal against the European Commission's €13.1 billion ruling: The General Court of the European Union annuls the decision taken by the Commission regarding the Irish tax rulings in favour of Apple
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@jamesrbuk
James Ball
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Part of why no-one can ever get anything done about big tech: you're always hopelessly out-lawyered when you try, even when you're the damn EU. https://twitter.com/...
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@fuestclemens
Clemens Fuest
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No surprise. State aid control is not the right instrument to fight tax avoidance, and the case of the Commission was not convincing. To fight tax avoidance, the international corporate tax system needs to be changed. https://twitter.com/...
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@naomiohreally
Naomi O'Leary
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Ireland did not give Apple illegal state aid, the European General Court has ruled, in a blow to EU Commission tax crusade. The billions in back taxes Ireland was ordered to collect likely to remain in an escrow account until final appeal https://www.irishtimes.com/...
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@aidan_regan
Aidan Regan
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Apple wins. I assume the @EU_Commission will now appeal. But don't assume this is a win for “Ireland”. The Commission will increase its efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, and the small states that enable it. https://twitter.com/...
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@counternotions
Kontra
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Judge Lucy Koh orders Apple to appeal EU czarina Margrethe Vestager's latest cash grab. ↓ https://twitter.com/...
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@benthompson
Ben Thompson
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Huh, turns out I got it right. Amazing it took nearly 4 years. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@iratxegarper
Iratxe Garcia Perez
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Disappointing result from the courts overturning the @EU_Commission decision on Irish tax rulings for #Apple Now is not the moment to give up on the fight for #TaxJustice. This ruling shows that Europe needs more powers to ensure big companies pay their fair share of tax. https:/…
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@samschech
Sam Schechner
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This decision is a blow to the Vestager's European Commission's efforts to rein in tech companies. But it also paradoxically gives fodder to people, including Vestager, who say that *new* laws are needed to curb alleged tax and competition abuses. https://twitter.com/...
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@teddycleps
Teddy
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There are only two things you can't avoid in your life: - death - taxes @Apple: “hold my beer” https://twitter.com/...
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@markdistef
Mark Di Stefano
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Ireland happy. “We welcome the judgment by the General Court of the European Union annulling the Decision of the European Commission of August 2016, which alleged Ireland provided State aid to Apple. Ireland has always been clear that there was no special treatment...”
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@davidealgebris
Davide Serra
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Ireland has in its tax code that a Co managed abroad can pay zero. Ireland destroys Europe allowing non EU Corporates to elude €15bn per year of EU Taxes stealing them from other EU Countries . It's finance minister now in charge of Eurogroup. EU is dead as Tax Elusion is OK http…
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@aoifewhite101
Aoife White
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EU court ruling on Apple's record state aid/back-tax order is a crushing defeat for a headline @EU_Commission case, extremely harsh on how regulators weighed the Irish tax deals. And EU must pay Apple's legal costs (nice one for the London bar.) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@mariatad
Maria Tadeo
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Apple wins case vs EU which CEO Tim Cook once called “political crap” https://twitter.com/...
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@conoraon
Conor O'Neill
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On the #AppleTax ruling, remember: this is not a vindication of Ireland's role in enabling avoidance. The court has said that Apple didn't get a unique ‘sweetheart’ deal - in essence, the huge reductions facilitated by Irish law extend beyond one company. https://www.bbc.com/...
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@mehreenkhn
@mehreenkhn
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Serious blow for @vestager whose landmark ruling on Apple is annulled by the European Court of Justice (!!!) https://twitter.com/...